Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence, Book & CD (Percussion) Paperback – October 1, 2001

I bought this book as a gift for a friend because I’m not willing to loan out my copy.The exercises in the book are a little tedious at first, but will definitely build limb interdependence in a relatively short amount of time if you keep at it.I bought my copy of this book probably 15 years ago and it’s still something I use regularly. Once you’ve worked through all the lessons, pick a page daily and use it as a warm up.Every drummer can benefit, but highly recommend if you’re into technical death metal or jazz. If you need serious chops, this is the book for you.

This is book is very good as long as the exercises within are understood to be a means to an end and not the end itself. You won't be learning licks or musicality with this book, but rather developing the coordination to create your own. It is a TECHNIQUE book and not an "practice-this-lick" book. The underlying concept is to develop your ability to execute any combination with any limb at any time and understand how differing rhythms work with and against each other. Some of the exercises sound terrible and would not be practical in any musical setting, but, again I want to empahsize it's about developing smooth facility and NOT about musicality. As long as one bears that in mind this book will be very useful. Also, this is not material to be ripped through. It demands concentration, memorization and consistency in one's practicing habits to be effective and should be used at the same time in conjunction with books, concepts, etc., that do focus on musicality, otherwise you could end up sounding cold, grooveless and emotionless like somebody riding a bike down a flight of stairs. I spent two months just getting the warm-up exercises down! After working consistently with this book the results ARE awesome - it gets easier and easier to play accurately exactly what comes into your head and develop new, interesting material for your musical vocabulary. Be patient, tho, the exercises can be very challenging and frustrating. I've played off and on professionally for almost 30 years and I'm guessing this book might become the "Chapin book" for the new millenium.

Rhythms are perfectly laid out and the CD OS a great addition.

Just buy this book, it will bring your limb independence to the next level.I’ve only been toying with this book for a week, and I’m already like 10 times more confident when drumming.I’m a beginner drummer, and this book seems to be more like an intermediate level tool. So I’m still stuck at the “Warm-ups” section. But the Warm-ups section alone is worth the purchase! It totally opened my eyes on how bad I am at limb independence. And after playing the warm-ups for a week, I’m already so much better at it! Can’t wait to master the warm-ups and try the actual exercises further from the book!

This is an excellent book. I have spent the past several weeks just working through the warm-ups, which help prepare you mentally and physically for the later material. The warm-ups are brilliantly designed, dividing the body in multiple ways to really force you to find and bring up weak points in your coordination. They are written in straight quarter notes but one can already see the possibilities (e.g. back and forth between eighth notes and quarters, moving into triplets, etc.). The CD is great because it demonstrates various musical applications of the material. Marco is an insane player, and this really gives a good look into where he is coming from. I highly recommend adding it to your library.

The first day.......I threw the drum sticks across the room I was so frustrated with the warm ups.The second day....I took it slowThe third day.....I felt I was a better, more coordinated drummer.End of story.Absolutely fantastic book. Will challenge you to the utmost.

Great book and like all books take it a bit at a time slowly and build upon it. You can’t rush digesting this material

Use to own this years ago. Glad I found it on amazon.