– Introduction Wilcoxon
– Mind Twist
– Rhythm dictations, Dante Agostini, Louie Bellson, Garwhood Whaley
– Development of Soul Music
– Development of Beat Music
– Development of RnB
– Rock reading exercises on the drum set
– Ghost Note exercises in a modular system
– Cross stick exercises
– Second Line/Blues/Jazz

– Matt Savage Rudimental Drumming
– Advanced Flam Exercises
– sticking exercises
– Accent studies on the drum set
– Cut time from tempo 100
– Advanced Compond Exercises
– Snare drum etudes with different dynamic levels Dynamic levels
– Snare drum etudes from the classical percussion section
– The next generation of jazz drummers:
Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes
– The development of funk music
– The first funk drummers and their musical development from the
Rhythm&Blues:
The Meters, James Brown, Chic, P-Funk, Bernie Worrel, Tower of Power
– The swing feel in funk
– Style analysis of various funk drummers:
Clyde Stubbelfield, Mike Clark, David Garibaldi, Yogi Horton
– The evolution of Brazilian music
– The instruments in Brazilian music

– classical percussion etudes: Richard Hochrainer, Jaques Delecluess
– Reading and orchestrations on the drum set
– Ostinato Exercise
– The new generation of jazz drummers
Billy Higgins, Kenny Washington, Jeff Tain Watts, Peter Erskine
– The development of ECM contemporary jazz: 1) Europe: Jan Garbarek,
2) America: Billy Childs, Pat Metheney
– Origin of the clave (6/8 rhythms)
Forms (2/3 and 3/2 clave) Son and Rumba Clave
– Introduction to double bass drum playing
– Working out cymbal phrasing in ECM music
– Vamp soloing concepts in ECM music
– Learning traditional percussion arrangements:
Son Montuno, Bembe, Bolero, Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Mozambique,
Conga de Comparsa, Makuta
– Cascara and clave grooves on the drum set
– Instrument specific didactics

– Students write own composition for several drummers
– odd Meter exercises
– Changing Meters exercises
– Listesso exercises
– Cut time from tempo 120
– Drumhead types and their effect on the drum set sound
– Bass Drum Mufflin
– Introduction Drum Recording: Ambience, Equalizer, Panning, Effects
– Afro-Cuban music history
– Brazilian music history
– Emergence of avant-garde / free jazz
– Emergence of fusion music
– Viennese Waltz, Tango, Slow Waltz, Slow Fox, Quick Step
– Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Jive, Paso Doble
– modern new music styles: re-dj-ing as a drummer
– emergence of techno cult tour:
– Drum’n’Bass, Techno, Two Step, Jungle, Breakbeat, Jumpstyle, Trip Hop,
House, Latin House, Dub Step

– Advanced Chaffee Exercises
– Four Way Independence
– Melodic Ostinato Play
– Metric Modulation / Superimposed Metric Modulation
– Origin and development of Afro-pop:
Highlife, Zouk, Soukous, Kwasa-Kwasa, Afro Beat
– Origin and development of Country Music! In the past and today!
– Western Swing, Bluegrass – Train Beat, Country Cajun – Zydeco,
Contemporary, Two Beat, Country Waltz, Country Ballad, Honky Tonk, Texas Shuffle, Country
Rock, Nashville Pop – Nashville Sound, Country Funk
– Emergence of the Nashville numbers system
– Development of Reggae Music. In the past and today!
– Working out the different Reggae styles
– Groove analysis for Steppers
– Groove to One Drop Playing
– Groove analysis for Four Drop Playing
– Working out typical grooves of Sly Dunbar
– Dancehall and Dub Grooves