In Real Time Drums - Basic Method for Drumset (Level 1), composer Arjen Oosterhout puts his many yearsof experience as a teacher and musician to good use. The nine chapters in this method give beginner drummers all the necessary tools to begin playing popular music, including essential information such as notation and the important aspects of different styles and techniques. The student will also find background information, rehearsal suggestions, guidelines for variations and fills and the encouragement to improvise. As each chapter is a complete entity the different styles such as rock, shuffle, jazz or latin can be studied and practised individually.The CD included with the method presents all the exercises twice - once to listen to and once to play along with, so the student can put everything they have learned into practice immediately.