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Drum Groove Creation: For Creative Drummers & Producers
Hardcover
Technology & EngineeringMusic Instruction: PercussionPhysics
ISBN13: 9781032954936
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 140
Language: English
Drum Groove Creation: For Creative Drummers and Producers gives a comprehensive guide into creating new drum grooves by using unique methods and tools.
The book covers popular genres, from Jazz and Blues to modern Hip-Hop subgenres as well as different cultural rhythms from around the world. This book is designed to equip the modern drummer, producer and beatmaker with the tools to be able to create their own drum grooves. Drum Groove Creation will take you from the absolute essentials of groove construction to the tools you need based on defining characteristics and musical influences. Each groove is showcased in drum set notation and in a piano roll grid system as it would appear on a DAW to ensure it can be used by drummers and producers.
This is book is for anyone wanting to learn about the different grooves and musical examples they may encounter in the modern music industry, as well as producers, composers and songwriters who need to write, programme and create drums in their own work.
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