“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.
Updated & Expanded The Musical Approach to Learning Drumset
Drum Instruction – 2nd Edition
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 693555
interpretation of contemporary studio & big band drumming
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 261886
Rhythmustraining, Grooves, Percussion Arrangements
Ein unentbehrlicher Begleiter für Drummer, Instrumentalisten und Sänger, Laien und Profis
for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 184845
Systems for the Development of Your Own Creativity
Modern Drummer
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 459977
21 complete transcriptions as played by Kenny Washington and 21 drum lead sheets
Jazz Conception
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 295096
The definitive book on bop drumming
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 217009
Drum Play-Along Volume 5
Play 8 Songs With Sound-Alike CD Tracks
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 468282
Vol. 1: Applying solfeggio on drums playing
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205049
Coordinating Independence as Applied to Jazz and Be-Bop
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 311233
Vol. 2: Intermediate
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 357121
For Today's Drummer: 50 Exercises to Master-Sight-Reading in Rock
for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 1552493
The Component Rhythm System
Musicians Institute Master Class
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 550101
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 100236
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 210951
Creative Patterns for the Advanced Drummer In The Styles of Today's Leading Funk Drummers
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 100368
for the modern drummer
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100240
600 Progressive Studies in Sight Reading, Vol. 2
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205065
(Teaching material)
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 585830
for the Modern Drummer
Die Folgeschule von "Drums Easy"
for: Drum kit
Music score (spiral binding), Playback CD
Item no.: 245345
Style and Analysis
Full Drum Play-Along Tracks with Selected Drum Transcriptions from Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along Series
for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 269035
Winfried Funda Conceptions
for: Drum kit
Score
Item no.: 1009281
Playbook for beginners to professionals
suitable for concerts & competitions
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1562440
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 206644
Jam with 7 Stylistic Dave Weckl Tracks
Level 1, Vol. 1
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 145713
Drum Styles from Around the World
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 586655
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 684005
Drum Play-Along Volume 3
for: Drum kit
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 468262
Quick Fixes, Hacks and Tips of the Trade
for: Drum kit
Study book
Item no.: 1654553
For Today's Drummer: 50 Exercises to Master-Sight-Reading in Rock
for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 1689474
Jazz Ensemble Play-Along
for: Drum kit
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 479881
His Way for Beginners
All new hot Licks Titles on DVD!
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1665476
Drum Play-Along Volume 36
8 songs with sound alike audio for drums.
for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1690074
Concepts for Rock, Jazz, and Latin Drumming
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 942262
A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 105982
10 Classic Rock Songs Reloaded
Queen, Skunk Anansie, Kings of Leon and more
for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621748
Innovative Concepts for the Contemporary Drummer
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 4 CDs
Item no.: 100249
Instructional DVD
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1667783
Level 1
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 692093
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1670529
Coordination Studies for Drummers in All Styles
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 1655247
Basic Method for Drumset
Level 1
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 444206
A solid and extremely valuable guide to applying traditional Brazilian rhythms to drumset.
Drummers Collective Series
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 152845
Beginner to Advanced
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 370429
Vol. 2: Basic techniques
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1672574
A Drummer's Guide to Playing "Backbeats" on 1 & 3
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1677067
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1676836
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 493841
Drumset Workout
100 Grove Exercises including Odd Meters & Changing Meter Pieces
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1012741