Book of Rhythms?

[Joseph India]

I'm looking for some kind of book with hundreds of traditional rhythms from cultures around the world.
I imagine something like this must exist, but I'm having trouble finding it.

Also if someone could tell me the name of a good book with a lot of African rhythms I would truely appreciate it.

[Josiah]

Hmm well you may want to check out Chuck Silvermans material. He has a book out now as well that is fairly extensive in many central, south american, cuban, afro-cuban and african things. Though keep in mind, it's the approximation of various percussion instruments on the drumset that we do as drumset players.

Covenversations in Clave is also a great book for various latin rhythms and such. There's numerous books on the latin styles besides those as well.

Tommy Iggoe (spell?)'s DVD/book has a lot of various 'world' rhythms, though still mostly in the american varieties or latin. Still an excellent resource for world rhythms.

I'm not sure about various other cultures, such as irish, europian, etc Joel Rotham's 'Basic Drumming' has a bit of different stufff like that in the back, though it's a very small portion of the book.

There are afew things on Tabla, wich would be most the basis (or so) for indian rhythms. There's some different books out there on that stuff.

Though again, the information you seek is going to be spread across many educational findings.
The ones I mentioned above will get you started, though keep in mind they mostly deal in the lati, cuban and afro-cuban and american realms of music.

[We_Love_Lime]

Josiah's got it.
I think You also mensioned a Giovanni Hidalgo or Horacio Hernandez book on Clave's as welll..don't know if that's the one your talking about.

Stanton Moore's- Take it to the Street has some mambo and bossas, but americanized.

[billdrum]

Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drumset, by Frank Briggs has an extensive Latin and World rhythms section with many variations of each for drumset. It also has a great latin coordination workout page combining tons of typical latin rhythms to develop coordination and independance.

[Joseph India]

Thanks guys!
those sound like they will help.

[XAQ]

the drummer's bible covers most all contemporary drum set styles from around the world, along with dsecriptions, info on grooves and fills, etc. it is a very handy reference material

[some jive turkey]

West African Rhythms for drumset.
http://www.wwbw.com/Product/Product.aspx?sku=111088&source=froogle

I own and like this book, but haven't played through all of it yet. It's really great stuff to learn, but not my first priority right now. It's actually pretty challenging,...it's not like you just hear these grooves all of the time on the radio. Listening to a bunch of Fela Kuti inspired me to get it.

[We_Love_Lime]

That looks awesome Jive ^
I might pick that up for Christmas.
Thanks man.

[statdat]

what are you doing wasting your time learning rythems? get stick control and a metronome

[billdrum]

what are you doing wasting your time learning rythems? get stick control and a metronome

Because at some point we have to apply what we gain from Stick Control & a metronome to actually playing something tangible.

Just because you practice Stck Control doesn't mean that that's ALL you should practice. The study of rhythms and style is important too.

And maybe he already has Stick Control and a metronome.

[some jive turkey]

Yeah man, check it out.
Billy Martin supposedly really likes that book.

I thought it would help me wrap my brain around some of Tony Allen's drumming.

Edit:

you can browse the contents better here :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0897247329/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4131076-8207032#reader-link

[some jive turkey]

what are you doing wasting your time learning rythems? get stick control and a metronome

I think that was supposed to be a joke, Billdrum

(I hope)

[statdat]

I think that was supposed to be a joke, Billdrum

(I hope)

you guessed it ;)

[some jive turkey]

yeah,

thought so

the other day people were commenting about how "stick control" is getting prematurely belched out on commmand as the end-all answer to any and every thread.:)

[Kosmos Tree]

Yeah, and the majority doesn't even own it ;)


Topic:
If you want check this book out, too:

Dirk Brand: Thousand Faces of Drum Styles

I don't know if it's available outside of Germany, but it's pretty perfect for what you want.

[statdat]

yeah,

thought so

the other day people were commenting about how "stick control" is getting prematurely belched out on commmand as the end-all answer to any and every thread.:)

yeah i see that waay too often. its like someone asks how to improve their drumming and the first 10 posts are stick control and metronome and nothing about learning anything new on drums or a new approach. it annoys me

on another note, make sure that you listen to the music that you intend to learn. this sounds obvious but most people end up playing rythms instead of the style which you can only learn by constantly listening and playing to it

[Josiah]

That african book looks rad!