10 Best Drum Books of September 2025

List of Top Rated Drum Books from thousands of customer reviews & feedback.

Updated On Sep 2025

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4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set Read Review

  • 4-Way Coordination Book
  • This method book by Marvin Dahlgren and Elliot Fine helps drummers develop complete independence on the drum set
  • The drum exercises focus on hi-hat, bass and snare control
  • 56 pages
  • This method book by Marvin Dahlgren and Elliot Fine helps drummers develop complete independence on the drum set

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First 50 Songs You Should Play on Drums (BATTERIE) Read Review

  • Series: Drum Book Format: Softcover Artist: Various Inventory #HL 00175795 ISBN: 9781495070501 UPC: 888680631994 Width: 9.0" Length: 11.0" 192 pages
  • If you're new to the drums, you are probably eager to learn some songs
  • This one-of-a-kind collection provides an accessible combo of drum notation and kit legends for the most popular songs drummers like to play from artists like the Beatles, Nirvana, U2 and Metallica
  • Songs include: American Idiot Beast of Burden Clocks Free Fallin' Give It Away Hurts So Good La Grange My Generation Peg Shake It Off Smells like Teen Spirit Under Pressure Walk This Way Wipe Out You Really Got Me and more
  • If you're new to the drums, you are probably eager to learn some songs

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Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer (Ted Reed Publications) Read Review

  • Voted second on Modern Drummer's list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993
  • Progressive Steps to Syncopation is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums
  • Created exclusively to address syncopation, these drum lessons have earned their place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills
  • This instructional book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos
  • In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it

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Beyond the Backbeat: from Rock & Funk to Jazz & Latin (Music : Drum Set) Read Review

  • Beyond the Backbeat Book/CD
  • Learn how to take any basic rock/funk drum beat and morph it into jazz and world music feels
  • Improve your chops, expand your versatility, and develop your own style
  • The accompanying CD features over 90 play-along tracks to test out your morphing techniques as you groove with a Berklee band in all contemporary styles
  • Learn how to take any basic rock/funk drum beat and morph it into jazz and world music feels

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Learn To Master Drums Read Review

  • * Learn how to drum your favorite grooves from the greatest songs and from all genres.
  • * 1000s of Drum loops. Including Fills and Rolls.
  • * Adjustable BPM so you can slow down, analyse and learn.
  • * Play along to songs on your device.
  • * Record your own grooves.
  • * Customisable drum sounds, animations, graphics and mixer to suit personal perferences and increase smoothness.