Jazz Drum Set Independence: 3/4, 4/4, and 5/4 Time Signatures

Steve Fidyk

okt 2010 · Mel Bay Publications

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The exercises in this text can help develop your coordination, reading and ability to swing in odd time signatures. If practiced thoroughly, you will gain the facility and the confidence to express yourself musically.

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Jazz drummer, author, and educator Steve Fidyk has toured and recorded with Maureen McGovern, New York Voices, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, The Capitol Bones, The Taylor/Fidyk Big Band, an ensemble he co-leads with Stan Kenton arranger Mark Taylor, and is currently the drummer with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble from Washington D.C. As a leader, Fidyk's discography includes: Big Kids (U.S. Roots), A Perfect Match (Write Groove), and Live at Blues Alley (OA2), and can be heard on over 50 recordings as a contributing artist. Fidyk has served on the faculty at Wilkes University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, George Mason University, and The University of Maryland and is presently a jazz faculty member at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He holds a master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's in Music Education from Wilkes University.