Jim,

I am looking for a rudimental primer geared for the 7th and 8th grade that leads to the more advanced books Tapspace offers.  Do you have anything available or in the works?

Jeff

Not a Tapspace book, but the solos in the beginning of The Rudimental Cookbook would probably be a good start, though they get harder relatively quickly. Stuff like Bachman's Rudimental Logic could help with fundamentals, but some of the concepts might be a little advanced.

Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone is a great book for anyone.  Good investment for younger students, since they can use it for the rest of their careers.

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These are definitely good suggestions. At the moment, we don't really have anything that would fit that bill very well. We did recently create ";a la carte"; versions of Danny Raymond's ";Let it Rip"; snare drum solos. While some of them are quite advanced, others are geared toward beginners or the medium-easy levels. Certainly not full methods, but perhaps some fun solos for your students to consider.

https://www.tapspace.com/LIRalacarte.html

Lalo Davila's Rudimental Book is awesome and of tons of fun to play. They have pre-lessons before the solo to help play the solo and they isolate all the variation of the rudiment through out the etude and it comes with a rockin play-a-long CD. :)

If you are looking at a ";method"; book.  I would highly recommend Kennan Wylie's books.  His ";Simple Steps"; line of books are geared towards teaching beginners and middle school students.  Kennan teaches at Marcus High School in Texas, which has earned numerous awards over the years.  Just a thought.  He does have a website.  http://www.kwylie.com/

Robby