Alfred Expands its Percussion Catalog with The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes

Alfred Music Publishing, home to the world’s largest percussion print music catalog,

releases The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes, an instructional method book by

Florian Alexandru-Zorn.

The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes is a comprehensive study for playing with

brushes on the drumset. The book contains proper drum notation with detailed

illustrations on every exercise eliminating the guesswork of brush movement in a

clear, concise method. Beginning to advanced players will equally benefit from this

course with topics including rudiments, sweeping motions, exercises in straight and

odd times, and grooves for genres such as jazz, Latin, funk, and rock.

To help foster proper brush technique, the included DVD features all of the book’s

exercises for playing-along. Every lesson is recorded in split screen with two

camera angles (front and overhead perspectives), yielding a complete performance

display.

“Florian has produced an up-to-date, modern text on the wonderful art of playing

with brushes,” said jazz drummer and clinician Steve Smith. “The instruction is

clear, concise, and helpful for drummers looking to expand their palette to include

the expressive world of brush playing,”

As part of Alfred’s ongoing commitment to improving our environment, this book is

printed on 100\% recycled paper stock.

The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes book and DVD set (00-20134US) is now available

for $29.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com/drums.

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