Stick Control

Percussionists often refer to George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control as the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it first in the top 25 drumming books of all-time. In the author's words, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with special attention given to the development of the weak hand. 

This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms and moves through categories such as:

• single-beat combinations
• triplets
• short roll combinations
• flam beats
• flam triplets
• dotted notes
• short roll progressions