“How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.” Malin Maria Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian Actress
You can make all sorts of sounds on the drums, but the most important aspect of all is rhythm. Browse our sheet music and scores, and find your rhythm with Stretta Music today!
Dating back to pre-history, it is believed that drums were the first instruments used by man. The earliest records of a drum date back as far as 6000BC, and drums were made from all sorts of animal hides and natural materials. Originally found in Asia and Africa, drums made their way to Europe and North America through Italy and Greece.
It was at the start of the 17th Century, that a variety of percussive drums and instruments started being used in classical music, and it was in the 1890s that the first foot pedals were introduced, paving the way for the modern drum set. In the 1920s, the icing on the cake for the drum kit, the Hi-Hat, was introduced, and drum kits were a feature in Jazz, Bebop, Rock, Pop and Classical Music throughout the 20th Century.
Innovative exercises for drums
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, CD, online audio
Item no.: 680072
A Comprehensive Source for Playing Drums in Odd Time Signature
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160945
Rhythm Patterns for Drummers
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 397312
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 684001
A System for Musical Expression
Includes Online Audio & 2-Hour Video
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 664375
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 608675
Drum Play-Along Volume 1
Play 8 Songs With Sound-Alike CD Tracks
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 461866
Sight Reading Pieces for Drum Kit
Book 1: Grades 1-4
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 613285
Drum Instruction
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 801499
for bass and drumset
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 604387
A Study in Contemporary Music for the Drums
The Collective Contemporary Styles Series
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 463415
Instructional-Drum-DVD
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 455782
The Essential Reference for the Working Drummer
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 346983
for: Drum kit
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 248014
His Way for Beginners
All new hot Licks Titles on DVD!
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 763014
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1020965
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 137429
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 142869
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 145713
Book 1
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 468846
Book 1
Rudimental Studies
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 468845
for: Drum kit
Book (softcover), CD
Item no.: 372630
Includes a Vic Firth poster of the P.A.S. International Drum Rudiments
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, poster
Item no.: 609313
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 586655
Book 1
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 334425
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 425943
Eine Einführung in Rock und Pop-Styles, Technik, Sound und Ausrüstung
for: Drum kit
Item no.: 582766
154 Essential Drumbeats in Popular Styles
Drum Instruction
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 477876
Dave Weckl shares inovative concepts that help players express themselves more freely on the drums.
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 296280
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 664365
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 370031
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 499825
for: Drum kit
Item no.: 467257
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 486486
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 473457
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 261629
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 179739
Double-bass/double-pedal coordination exercises and
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 310983
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 206644
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 604518
Play eight Songs with sound-alike Audio
(with lyrics)
for: Drum kit
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 680790
A Study in New Orleans Street Beats and Second Line Rhythms as Applied to Funk
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 105970
Vol. 5: Advanced studies
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205053
600 Progressive Studies in Sight Reading, Vol. 9
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205072
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1169061
Drum Play-Along Volume 6
Play 8 Songs with Sound-Alike CD Tracks
for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 564701
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 218533
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 344928