Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi wrote a very educational book called Understanding the Language of Music, a Drummer’s Guide to Theory and Harmony. This book presents the basics of theory and harmony in a very organized and easy to understand format. It is an excellent book for drummers looking to learn about the language of music beyond drumming, and further their musicianship. This month we will continue to reprint the parts of Ron’s book on Key Signatures and Major Scales so drummers everywhere can continue to learn about not only the language of drumming, but the language of music!

June 2023 Issue