Drum Training Four On The Floor

The ultimate training program for drums

Order-No.: EH 3946

Drum Training Four On The Floor
What does "Four On The Floor" mean?
Translated you could say: "Four on the floor"! This refers to a certain way of playing for the drummer, who sets the main rhythm with four bass drum beats. If the drummer plays with the bass drum, i.e. with the foot four quarter notes in time and adds snare drum and hi-hat etc. to a complete groove, this is called "Four On The Floor" groove by drummers. Thus, the bass drum also acts like a metronome.

Innovative Concept
Drum Training "Four On The Floor" offers a detailed insight into this playing style and probably the most played drum groove in the world. This phenomenon can be found in countless music genres and not only in current pop music. Over 40 styles including background knowledge are a big part of this book. Furthermore you will find many exercises for coordination, timing and variations for grooves. A collection of well-known songs and their drum grooves round out the whole concept.

Practical and effective
In five chapters you will find numerous exercises as well as many groove and fill-in examples from the everyday playing of a modern "all-round" drummer. From basic grooves to intricate fills, every player at his personal level will find detailed info here to get even better. Fact is: In the end it has to sound good and work for the player as well as for the band and the respective song. You will achieve this goal here on your own.

Best support through QR codes
Through the QR codes given, you can get directly to the respective groove examples. There are around 700 audio examples here, so you can get an idea about the sound, dynamics and also tempos at any time. You can easily access and play the QR codes via smartphone or tablet.

Jamtrack & Bass Loops
In a specially arranged Jamtrack you can directly apply and try out various "Four On The Floor" grooves in different genres. In addition, there are also matching basslines for different styles, which have been specially recorded by well-known bassists. So you jam with some of the most famous bassists of the German-speaking scene. You can get directly to these loops via the respective QR codes.
  • Publisher: HAGE Musikverlag
  • Order-No.: EH 3946
  • ISBN: 9783866265165
  • Lineup: Drums
  • Number of pages: 112
  • Format: DIN A4, Spiral binding
  • Level of difficulty: 4/6
  • Release: 29.03.2021
  • Author/composer: Patrick Metzger
  • Price: 24.90 EUR
  • Workouts, Grooves, Variations, Fills
  • Practice oriented and effective
  • Over 40 different genres incl. background knowledge
  • With extra playalong for jamming
  • Games to the loops of 5 famous bassists
  • Over 700 audio examples
Chapter I - Basics & Workouts
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    		•  Foot technique, sound & dynamics
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    		•  Four On The Floor vs. Hi-Hat Patterns
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    		•  Special Patterns: Four On The Floor vs. Leftfood Clave & Double Bass Variations
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    		•  Subdivision Training & Workout Table
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    		•  Moving accents in 8ths, 16ths, triplets, quintuplets, 6s etc.
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    		•  Accent Variations: Groupings & Latin Patterns
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    		•  Four On The Floor vs. Tresillo
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    		•  Coordination training
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    		•  Groove Pyramid Subdivision 1 & 2
    Chapter II - Groove building blocks & variations
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    		•  Four on the floor with variations
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    		•  Snare variations
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    		•  Open hi-hat variations
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    		•  Hi-Hat Patterns Binary & Ternary
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    		•  Ride patterns with hi hat feet
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    		•  Snare ghostings: checklist, sixteenth notes & shuffle
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    		•  Accent Variations for Hi-Hat & Ride: Groupings & Latin Patterns
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    		•  Workout graphic & groove example
    Chapter III - Grooves & Styles
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    		•  Part A: Modern Styles & Pop Music
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    		•  Disco
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    		•  Disco funk
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    		•  Pop
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    		•  Electro / dance / techno
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    		•  House (+ bonus training)
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    		•  Soul
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    		•  Rock / hard rock
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    		•  Oriental grooves (Arabic, Turkish, Persian)
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    		•  Part B: Oldschool & Traditional
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    		•  Chicago Shuffle / Blues Shuffle
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    		•  Texas Shuffle & Rock Shuffle
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    		•  Swing
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    		•  Rock‘n‘Roll & Rockabilly
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    		•  Beat / surf sound / twist
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    		•  Marching Style & Second Line
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    		•  Other: Tango, Bo Diddley Beat, Train Beat
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    		•  Part C: Latin Styles: Caribbean, Afro-Cuban & Brazilian Rhythms
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    		•  Reggae
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    		•  Pop-Reggae & Police-Reggae
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    		•  Soca & Calypso (+ bonus training)
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    		•  Ska / Rocksteady / Reggaeton
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    		•  Merengue
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    		•  Son Montuno / Mambo
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    		•  Mozambique (NY)
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    		•  Afro-Cuban 6/8 / Bembé (+ bonus training)
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    		•  Bembé & Nanigo (halftime feel)
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    		•  Rumba (Guaguanco)
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    		•  Samba
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    		•  Brazil Snare Patterns (+ Bonus Training)
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    		•  Partido Alto
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    		•  Samba reggae
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    		•  Axé
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    		•  Others: Baião, Frevo, Marcha
    Chapter IV - Fills with Four On The Floor
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    		•  Fill practice concepts
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    		•  Fills about Four On The Floor (short)
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    		•  Fills over Four On The Floor (1 bar)
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    		•  Linear fills
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    		•  Fills with groupings
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    		•  Fills with Claven & Latin Patterns
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    		•  Fills with paradiddle stickings
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    		•  Open handed fills
    Chapter V - Groove Collection & Jamtracks
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    		•  Famous drum grooves
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    		•  Patrick Metzger Grooves & Fills
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    		•  Paradiddle grooves
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    		•  Tom Grooves
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    		•  Jamtrack: The Money Beat
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    		•  Bass loops
    Definitions and terms
    "Patrick has already filled a gap in the market with his last book 'Tools & Skills', and he will do the same with his new book 'Four On The Floor'.
    In every modern band 'Four On The Floor Grooves' are needed, but unfortunately hardly anyone knows the spectrum of these grooves. Patrick has explicitly taken care of this topic in recent years and is now known throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland as a drummer for it.

    The book not only fills a gap in the market, as there is no book on this topic yet, but will also be an important tool for drummers who play in cover bands, top 40 bands or bands in general.

    Additionally, this book is super structured and suitable for any playing level. I myself would like to use this book at my drum school and offer it to the students.
    I especially like the fact that it is not only about pure drumming, but that it also connects to the bass instrument. In the classroom, this tool offers enormous advantages, as the students automatically learn to form a unit with the bass.

    I would also like to mention what an enormous range of styles this book depicts and conveys: It is hard for the "everyday" drummer to imagine where 'Four On The Floor Grooves' can be found everywhere.

    In summary, this book will inspire many drummers and find the right place in the drum literature."

    - Marc Lamerz
    Drummer & Drum Teacher