Contains books 1 and 2 bound together in one easy-to-use volume.

Code for access to online audio and video included.

Introduction -- Parts of the drumset -- Care of the drums -- Grips and strokes -- Getting started -- Music reading basics -- Coordination -- 8th notes -- Playing the toms -- Ties and rests -- New strokes -- Drum fills -- More grooves and fills -- Musical form -- 16th notes -- New rhythms -- 16th note fills -- Triplets -- Jazz drumming -- The shuffle -- New meters -- Encore #1 -- Encore #2 -- Limb independence -- Half-time grooves -- 16th rests -- Syncopated fills -- Funk grooves -- Displaced backbeats -- Ghost notes -- Jazz comping -- Jazz stickings -- Chart interpretation -- Set-ups -- Long vs. short sounds -- Drum soloing -- Jazz charts -- Rock/funk charts -- Brush playing -- Country drumming -- Hip-hop/Dance beats -- Calypso/Soca -- Afro-Cuban styles -- More Afro-Cuban styles -- Brazilian styles -- Encore #3 -- Encore #4.