Rubatosis Drum Studio is a personally owned and run, private lesson service. We serve the Denver Metro area including Arvada, Lakewood, Golden, Westminister, and Wheat Ridge.
We focus on building your comfort, passion, and understanding around the drum kit. Whether that be through posture, techniques, or music theory. We use a general curriculum to adapt your skills which we believe to encompass the basic and general skills you need to grow in whichever direction you can imagine.
The Curriculum
Progressive Steps To Syncopation for the Modern Drummer: Ted Reed
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Voted second on Modern Drummer's list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums.
Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills.
Stick Control for the Snare Drummer: George Lawrence
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George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it first in the top 25 drumming books of all-time.
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In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand.
A Funky Primer for the Rock Drummer: Charles Dowd
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This best-selling progressive 46 page encyclopedia of rock/funk patterns for all tempos, utilizes a new contemporary teaching style for independence, rudiments, styles, and more.