The transcription of Dave Weckl's Tower of Inspiration

Dave Weckl drum solo - The drum sheet of this lesson dedicated to Dave Weckl, contains the complete transcription of Tower of Inspiration, a song taken from Dave Weckl's debut as a leader, Master Plan.

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Introduction to the drum lesson: Dave Weckl drum solo

One of the drummers came to fame in the 80's, Dave Weckl has an extraordinary technique and a beautiful musical sense, a unique style that got him into the Gotha of the greatest drummers. Born is St. Louis (USA) in 1960, he completed his musical studies at a very early age, and was still very young when he began his professional career. In 1985 he started his nine-album collaboration with Chick Corea, the most important partnership in his career. During this period Dave Weckl worked both on acoustic and electronic sounds. Dave Weckl has since played with George Benson, Mike Stern, Simon and Garfunkel, Diana Ross, Robert Plant and many others, and besides his many experiences as a sideman, he has recorded with his own band since 1990.

In the drum sheet of this lesson you'll find the transcription of Tower of Inspiration, from the first album "Master Plan" recorded in 1990 by Dave Weckl.

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This drum lesson dedicated to Dave Weckl is a part of the published advanced drum lessons.
The advanced drum lessons are directed to the drummer who has some experience, who knows the percussion instruments, musical theory and basic drum techniques and wishes to improve his knowledge and his skills. In this part of the method for drums you'll find some exercises to improve the techniques you have learnt in the basic lessons, a deeper knowledge about different rhythms, and some studies about style and technique of some great drummers, from past and present times.
Reading the drum sheet music and the transcriptions in some of the following lessons requires a good knowledge of musical writing; even experienced drummers can find something new to learn in these pages.

Topics in the advanced drum lessons and in the online drum lessons' published drum sheet music are: Snare drum studies, Advanced drum beats and Drum solo transcriptions, with transcriptions of drum solos by Michael Bland, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Dave Weckl, Tony Williams.