The guide

So I thought since I'm already in the music shop I ask if they have some books for drummers. The guy showed me a thick & dusty book. I wasn't very impressed. He kept on searching and found this one:

Pocket Rhythms for drums by Dirk Brand

The book contains explanation of the musical notation and instructions on how to use the book in both English and German language. (Awesome!) Each page has a pattern for the hi-hat, snare drum, bass drum and the pedaled hi-hat which you can practice together. The funny thing is that the pages are cut into four pieces so you can combine the patterns from the different pages. Basically the book contains 40^4 = 2.56 million grooves which you can practice. Times 2 if you turn the book upside down. Since it also contained a CD the choice was obvious. You can listen to the CD to copy not just the pattern but the feeling of the music style as well. When I left the shop I had everything to do some serious drumming over the weekend.

5.12 million grooves in one book