This book is aimed at the beginner. Inside you will find many exercises which, with a little patience and determination, will help you get to grips with the basics of drumming. I cannot emphasise the importance of working with a good tutor to avoid developing bad habits. YouTube is a fantastic resource for tutorials, but you can’t beat one-to-one lessons for real feedback on your playing. The exercises in this book range in difficulty from the Initial level to Grade 2 of the Trinity Drum Kit Syllabus, with most of the patterns based around simple backbeats. These kinds of beats are very common in popular music and learning to play them with feel and commitment is a rite of passage for every drummer!