Kräsch! Bum! Bäng! Intensiv: Drumset Book, MP3 CD & Online Audio

This book cuts through the intermediate plateau where many drummers lose momentum. Rather than abstract exercises, Satzer delivers concrete grooves, dynamic challenges, and the inclusion of open-handed playing techniques (with guidance from Claus Heßler) give students both immediate wins and long-term development tools. The built-in progress checklists mean drummers can actually see their improvement.

Energetic and purposeful. The exercises feel playable from day one, but each chapter layers on new demands, tighter timing, more intricate stickings, looser hand independence. The included play-alongs keep things musical; you're not slogging through unmusical drills.

Intermediate drummers ready to deepen their groove vocabulary and tackle techniques like open-handed playing that expand their musical toolkit. Whether you're coming from the earlier Kräsch! Bum! Bäng! books or jumping in with prior drumset experience, this book scales to where you actually are.

• Use the metronome exercises to lock in your internal clock before moving to the play-alongs; this foundation transforms how secure you feel behind the kit.
• Work through the dynamic exercises slowly enough that you can hear the difference between soft and loud notes; rushing this undermines everything that follows.
• Record yourself on the drum play-alongs and listen back. Your ear will catch timing and coordination issues that feel fine in the moment.
• When tackling open-handed playing, don't force it all at once. Pick one groove and commit to five minutes a day rather than cramming it in.

Assign this as a semester-long method book for intermediate private students or as a repertoire source for band percussion sections looking to strengthen their kit players. The checklist system means you can track progress in quarterly assessments without relying on performance anxiety.

• Metronome accuracy and internal pulse
• Dynamic control across the full range of the drumset
• Triplet stickings and polyrhythmic subdivisions
• Open-handed playing technique and hand independence
• Groove reading and stylistic interpretation
• Coordination between hands and feet in varied contexts