Zero To Hero Drum Kit Book Two picks up where the first book leaves off, expanding your playing into the styles, techniques and musical vocabulary that shape modern drumming.
You'll explore Jazz, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Country, Metal and World Music, develop your understanding of compound and complex time signatures, work through essential rudiments and learn how dynamics can completely change the feel and impact of a groove.
Real-world listening remains central to the method, connecting techniques with well-known drummers and songs so you can hear how they're actually used in music.
If Book One gets you playing the drums, Book Two starts turning you into a more complete drummer.
Instead of simply adding harder exercises, it broadens your musical vocabulary. You'll work through the feel of Funk, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Country and Metal, then tackle concepts such as compound and complex time signatures, rudiments and dynamics in a practical musical context.
That's what we particularly like about the Zero To Hero approach. You're not learning a rudiment simply because it's on a syllabus—you see where these techniques turn up in actual songs and how great drummers use them. The extensive suggested listening encourages you to hear the groove first, understand what makes it work and then take that idea back to the kit.
It's a natural progression for students who've completed Book One, but it's also useful for developing drummers who can already play basic rock and pop grooves and are ready to expand their style, control and musical understanding.
For students working towards formal assessments, Books One and Two together cover the necessary methodology for AMEB CPM and Rockschool drum grades, making the series particularly useful alongside regular lessons.