| ARRANGING YOUR DRUMSET |
| THE DRUMSET |
| GETTING READY TO PLAY |
| Matched Grip |
| Traditional Grip |
| Striking the Snare Drum |
| The Bass Drum |
| The Hi-Hat |
| The Ride Cymbal |
| ELEMENTS OF MUSIC |
| PLAYING ROCK |
| Basic Rock Beats |
| Embellishing the Left Hand |
| Embellishing the Bass Drum |
| Embellishing the Left Hand and Bass Drum |
| More Advanced Bass Drum Beats |
| Rock Drum Fills in Context |
| More Fills |
| Two-Bar Rock Fills |
| Blues for Time (Drum Chart) |
| Sixteenth-Note Fills |
| More Advanced Bass Drum Beats |
| Embellishing the Left Hand |
| Embellishing the Hands and Feet |
| Two-Bar Fills Using Sixteenth Notes |
| Sixteenth Notes on the Hi-Hat |
| More Advanced Sixteenth-Note Beats |
| Embellishing the Hands and Feet |
| More Advanced Fills |
| Two-Bar Fills Incorporating the Bass Drum |
| Winter Poem (Drum Chart) |
| PLAYING JAZZ |
| Basic Jazz Beats |
| Embellishing the Left Hand |
| Playing on the Hi-Hat |
| Left-Hand Independence |
| Left-Hand Independence Using Triplets |
| Jazz Fills |
| More Fills |
| Two-Bar Jazz Fills |
| Hava Nice Day (Drum Chart) |
| Bass Drum Independence |
| Snare Drum and Bass Drum Independence |
| Jazz Fills Utilizing the Bass Drum |
| More Advanced Two-Bar Fills |
| APPENDIX |
| Tuning the Drums |
| Drumhead Selection |
| Muffling |
| Maintaining Drums |