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Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy hip-hop and R&B drum lessons for beginners.

***Comes with online access to free drum videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***

Progressive Hip-Hop and R&B Drums contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great hip-hop and R&B drummer - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson hip-hop and R&B drum tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of drums. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the drums is required to teach yourself to learn to play drums from this book.

Teach yourself:
• How to play hip-hop and R&B drum beats for beginners and hip-hop and R&B drum fills used in hip-hop and R&B songs
• All the fundamental techniques of hip-hop and R&B drum playing including ghost notes, cymbal effects, cross stick, double kick pedal and using electronics to enhance the sound
• Drum theory for learning how to read drum music for beginners
• Hip-hop R&B drum tips and drum tricks with real examples that every player should know when learning to drum
• Shortcuts for how to learn drums fast by getting the most from drum practice sessions

Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the drums today.

Features include:
• Progressive step-by-step easy beginners drum lessons written by a professional hip-hop and R&B drum teacher
• Full color photos and diagrams
• Easy-to-read hip-hop and R&B drum music for beginners
• 99 hip-hop and R&B drum exercises, hip-hop and R&B drum beats, hip-hop and R&B drum grooves, hip-hop and R&B drum solos and popular easy hip-hop and R&B drum music for beginners

Beginner drum lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the drums, fast.

LearnToPlayMusic.com's hip-hop and R&B drum lessons for beginners are used by students and drum teachers worldwide to learn how to play drums. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted drum lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.