At Jost Nickel’s website, the drummer/clinician/composer posts about his latest instructional publication, Snare Book (Alfred). “I am happy to tell you that my brand new Snare Book is now available,” Nickel states. “It’s in English so you don’t have to learn German (smiley face emoticon). This book is exclusively about snare exercises that will improve your hand technique and your general understanding of rhythm at the same time. Additionally, playing these exercises using different subdivisions and time signatures will further strengthen your rhythmic overview and will make the exercises more interesting and less repetitive.” As he did with his previous Fill Book and Groove Book, Nickel’s Snare Book goes deep into technique terrain. But unlike most academic drum tutorials focusing on snare drum exercises, Nickel challenges the typical practice of adhering to the standard twenty-six drum rudiments, instead using the rudiments as an imagination fire starter and a jumping off […]

August 2020 Issue