Hudson Music Releases the Language of Drumming DVD

Present The Language Of Drumming — A New DVD, A New System And A New Standard Of Drum Education Featuring The Extraordinary Benny Greb.

"The Language Of Drumming" is a game-changing addition to drum education that contains the method created and used by internationally-acclaimed drummer Benny Greb to develop his awe-inspiring creativity, musicality and technique. For any drummer that aspires be a better player and a more complete musician, he's definitely speaking your language.

From the overture and opening credits to the movie-within-a-movie menu, viewers of The Language Of Drumming (Hudson Music) will immediately sense that even though they're watching a drumming DVD they may well be seeing the beginning of a new era in music education. Beyond its amazingly clever concepts, beautiful sets and Academy-award worthy production values, this groundbreaking two-disc set also presents extraordinary European drummer Benny Greb and his advanced approach to making music that raises the art of drumming to an entirely new level.

As Greb explains in his initial on-camera comments, learning to play the drums is like learning to speak a language. Greb makes the point that knowing a few basic drum beats and fills is like knowing only a few standard phrases in a language; they won't allow you to communicate clearly or have a full, interactive conversation in practical situations. Greb's carefully thought-through solution — and a quantum leap in drum education — is to learn the "language of drumming" by starting with its smallest components: the individual "letters" of the rhythmic alphabet.

Greb then introduces his revolutionary 24-character system and shows how to use the basic binary and ternary rhythms to develop timing, technique, dynamic control and speed… even the traditional drum rudiments. Covering hands and feet, with and without a practice pad, he quickly progresses from simple alphabetical exercises to more intricate examples of "words" (rhythmic phrases) and "syntax" (sentences and vocabulary) on the full drumset.

The second disc goes on to include a vast amount of additional information, from practical discussions about the importance of listening, building fills and solos using improvisational exercises, and developing better time and expanding rhythmic "comfort zones" through creative use of a metronome to ingenious examples of finding new and alternative sounds on the drums.

Throughout the entire presentation, Greb flawlessly performs exercises and patterns that illustrate his theories while referring to the comprehensive archive of printable PDF charts and exercises that are included on the discs. The double-DVD also features several drum solos as well as Greb's performances with master percussionist Pete Lockett and the Benny Greb Brass Band plus a wealth of bonus material and is recommended for all drummers (from beginners to professionals) and drum teachers.

The Language Of Drumming has a suggested retail price of $39.95 and is available at leading drumshops and music stores everywhere.