在中國,隨著社會的進步、人民生活水平的提高、人們對自娛性的音樂開始有所要求。搖滾樂、通俗歌曲逐漸成為人們文化生活的組成部分,架子鼓亦屬熱門樂器,尤其受到青少年朋友的歡迎。但是,在我國,尤其是大陸,爵士鼓的教材依然很落後國際水平。那麼作為一名鼓手,如何選一本好的教程呢?
If you’re only going to get one drum book in your life ,it should be this one.It is the mother of all drum methods.This book is timeless--Jojo Mayer
如果你只能擁有一本爵士鼓教程,那就選擇Stick Control.這本書衍生出了所有的爵士鼓技巧。它是永恆的--Jojo Mayer
Stick Control,很多鼓手熟悉,經常被叫做鼓手聖經,被評為當今鼓手必須擁有的25本鼓聖經之一。在作者George Lawrence Stone看來,「相對於鋼琴、小提琴,爵士鼓的演奏看起來比較簡單。但是這種看起來的簡單,使很多人忽視了練好爵士鼓所需的長期的、艱難的基礎練習。只有練習,才能把自己提高到專業領域。因此我準備了這些練習」。
這是一本提高「控制、速度、靈活、節奏、顆粒、力量、耐力、精準、協調」的理想教程。它適用於所有層級的鼓手,其中涵蓋了單擊,雙跳,複合跳,裝飾音、三連音、滾奏等基礎練習以及相互間組合衍變出的近千種練習。
1993年《Modern Drummer》雜誌把這本教程評選為:25本最佳爵士鼓教程中的第1名,截至目前,這本書在亞馬遜上名列鼓手教程類商品第一名,被稱為世界上銷量最好的教程。
這本書裡沒有什麼其他所謂的技巧,名師秘籍。一路練下來,你會發現裡面全是基礎練習。基本功對現代打擊樂的重要性,不言而喻,堅持每天練習一小時,奇蹟逐漸產生。
國際爵士鼓大師也是它的忠實粉絲,曾給予其高度評價:
From my first drum lesson until today,Stick Controlhas been the guidebook and the omnipresent theme of my drumming career,Even when I looked for drumming literature to improve my foot technique,I ended up using Stick Control.It’s that good—Thomas Lang
從我上第一節爵士鼓課至今,Stick Control一直是我打鼓的指南,在我的鼓手生涯中無處不在。甚至當我為了提高腳上技巧尋找相關教程時,最終還是用上了這本Stick Control(Stick Control主要用於雙手練習,但書中的節奏型和循序漸進的練習理念,同樣適用於雙腳練習)。它就是這麼棒!—Thomas Lang
Regardless of what style of music you play or which percussion instrument you specialize in ,Stick Controlis an essential text for building strong drumming fundamentals—Steve Smith
不管你演奏什麼類型的音樂以及什麼樣的打擊樂器,Stick Control都是你建立強大基本功的必備教程—Steve Smith
It truly is a timeless classic and an essential requirement for every drummer's library—Modern Drummer Magazine
Stick Control是一本永恆經典的教程,是每名鼓手都應該擁有的鼓手字典—《現代鼓手》雜誌。
那麼除了這個排行第一的鼓手聖經之外,另外24本鼓聖經又分別是什麼呢?德鼓文化將一一給大家羅列,方便更多的學者收藏。
2: Progressive Steps To Syncopation For The Modern Drummer by Ted Reed
3:Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer by Jim Chapin
4: Accents And Rebounds by George L. Stone
5: Master Studies by Joe Morello
6: Musicians Guide To Poly rhythms by Peter Magadini
7:The New Breed by Gary Chester
8: Portraits In Rhythm by Anthony J.Cirone
9: Studio & Big Band Drumming by Steve Houghton
10: Future Sounds by David Garibaldi
11: Realistic Rock by Carmine Appice
12: Afro-Cuban Rhythms For Drumset by Frank Malabe and Bob Weiner
13: Drum Concept And Technique by Peter Erskins
14: Modern School For Snare Drum by Morris Goldernberg
15: Double Bass Drumming by Joe Franco
16: The Sound Of Brushes by Ed Thigpen
17: Bass Drum Control by Colin Bailey
18: Modern Rudimental Swing Solos by Charles Wilcoxon
19: Patterns(Vols.1.2.3 and 4) by Gary Chaffee
20: Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation Of Snare Drum Rudiments by Buddy Rich and Henry Adler
21: Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham
22: Modern Reading Text in 4/4 by Louie Bellson and Gil Breines
23: Drum Wisdom by Bob Moses
24: Even In The Odds by Ralph Humphrey
25: The Drumset With Afro-Caribben Rhythms(Parts 1&2) by Chuck Silverman
集齊了這25本鼓手聖經,就好好練吧,下一個國際打擊樂大師說不定就是你。