The Sound of Brushes

- Published 1999


A step-by-step guide that develops total mastery of the art of brush playing. This new edition is updated and revised with a section on rock applications. Ed Thigpen’s thorough approach includes all patterns shown with full-size diagrams, and an accompanying cassette of every beat and pattern.

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Ryhthm Brought to Life: A Rhythmic Primer

- Published 2000

“If you can count to four, you can learn to understand and interpret notated rhythm. ‘Rhythm Brought to Life’ was first published in 1977 under the name ‘Rhythm Analysis and Basic Coordination.’ It’s purpose was to give my drum students a foolproof way to analyze, read and play any written rhythm. I later found the method to be quite useful for helping other instrumentalists and vocalists who could theoretically read notated music but still had problems with rhythmic interpretation, particularly when music was to be performed in a jazz or Latin-oriented style.

This revises edition of ‘Rhythm Brought to Life’ is meant to be a rhythmic primer for all instrumentalists, vocalists and musicologists: a basic systematic method that will give you a thorough foundation for understanding and interpreting rhythm… ” - Ed Thigpen

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2000 Ryhthm Brought to Life: A Rhythmic Primer:
Teacher’s Manual

- Published 2000

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Futher reading:

Books:

1963 Ed Thigpen & Ray Brown : Be Our Guest - out of print
1965 Ed Thigpen Talking Drums - out of print (to be revised)
1977 Rhythm Analysis and Basic Coordination - out of print (basis for “Rhythm Brought To Life”)