(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best books about percussion instruments

• Drum lessons or stay at home learning from me and a resource?
  
  I definitely recommend drum lessons if you can. Especially since you have no real knowledge of drumming, this will help immensely. Someone to tell him "No, hold the stick like this" will help in the long run and save him from making habits out of bad technique. This doesn't mean that he can't learn by himself, it just means he will learn quicker, and hopefully have good technique.
  
  
• If we go for drum lessons, is there a text book he'd learn from so there'd be daily practice homework? If it's learn at home from us, what book?
  
  Yes. As soon as he starts lessons I'm sure the teacher will recommend a few good books. They aren't really textbooks, though, as much as drumming exercises. I don't know a whole lot about different books, but I have heard good things about Stick Control for the Snare Drummer. Other than that, any basic rudiments book will be fine something like this.
  
  
  
• Drum pad and sticks or hand drums? Or both?
  
  Interesting question. I'm not really sure how to answer this. Does he want to play hand drums or a drumset? I know when I first started I thought hand drums were dumb (My only experience was playing a djembe in a drum circle in 6th grade music class with a bunch of rhythmically challenged idiots). There was something about all the drums and cymbals put together that just made it so powerful and awesome to me. I'd say whatever he likes to play, let him play. If he falls in love with the bongos, so be it.
  
  
• We're moving into a house in 4 months... adult drum kit or kid size stuff? I know there's stuff marketed to kids online, should I stick with the adult size stuff?
  
  This is a tough one too. I've never really messed with kid's drums, but I'd say take him to guitar center and let him play the full size kits. If he can play it comfortably and is able to hit all the cymbals with a little adjusting, I'd say get a full size kit. I just wouldn't be a fan of getting a kid's kit that he'll grow out of in a couple years. If you have the extra cash, though, it'd probably be more beneficial to get the kid size drumset.

First lesson for me is names of drums, kick-hh-snare-hh linear beat with counting 1234, and maybe a paradiddle if they're really quick on the uptake. Play the follow the leader rhythm game!

I have a sign that says "It's okay to make mistakes" Best policy ever. Works for you and them. They mess something up, you can remind them of it and move immediately to fixing it!

You want them to be making those mistakes. 80% success to 20% failure is best. If they fail too much, slow it down or break it down.
If they breeze right through it have them count, sing parts, or add an ostinato on a different limb.

Look into Active Listening. Best skill for interacting with students!

I've found that being positive works better in the long run. Say "I'd do this.." instead of "don't do this"

Criticism Sandwich: "this was awesome! I'd do this differently. This was also awesome!

Tell kids they worked hard. I avoid telling them they're talented or smart. There's good research on this. It also gives them control and ownership of their success.

Share your passion, and make it fun. Don't stress yourself out too much either. You can only show them the way, they have to do the work.


Resources:


Chart Reading Workbook for drummers by Bobby Gabriele This one taught me everything I wished I known before about chart reading.

Three Dimensions. This is my favorite book for intro to reading rhythms. I like it cause it's a very clear reading progression, and he breaks it up into short etudes, so the kids can feel successful even just getting a few lines. Also has some basic drumset beats, and some neat technique/rudimental exercises!

Gary Chaffee's Patterns
Buy all four. Work through them with your students. Profit.

Obligatory mention: Stick Control, Syncopation, John Ramsay's Alan Dawson book(systems for syncopation are my favorite part), Bop Drumming(and Beyond bop) by John Riley, Master Studies by Joe Morello, and New Breed 1 & 2.

Second week on Reddit. God I hope all those links work...

If you can spare the money I most definitely recommend finding a teacher. You will want to start with rudiments (they can be boring, but you'll be glad you did them in the long haul) and while you can pick them up from books, having a teacher giving feedback helps a lot. You don't have to stay with a teacher on the long-term, if you make it clear that you just want a solid base most teachers know what you mean and want.

If you don't have that money, these are three books I highly recommend to anybody who wants to play any percussion instrument:

http://www.amazon.com/Stick-Control-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/1892764040/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

Description: This book is full of rudiments. Like ctrocks said: This book is evil. You will most likely both grow to hate and love it. Hate it for both how boring rudiments can get (to me, at least) and how hard they get. But love it for the results and seeing how all those rudiments advance your playing immensely. I suggest picking this up as soon as possible.



http://www.amazon.com/Accents-Rebounds-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/1892764067/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343162586&sr=8-1&keywords=Accents+and+Rebounds

Description: The 'sequel' to Stick Control. This book adds accents and even more difficult rhythms. I would suggest picking this up at an intermediate level.

http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Steps-Syncopation-Modern-Drummer/dp/0882847953/ref=cm_lmf_tit_5

Description: Don't let this book fool you. It all starts out really simple. But this is one of those books that really lays down a foundation you will be very grateful for. And when you're getting to a more advanced level, you will see how you can translate a lot of these syncopated rhythms to the entire drumkit. I suggest picking this up as soon as possible.


http://www.amazon.com/4-Way-Coordination-Development-Complete-Independence/dp/0769233708/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c

Description: This book is very well named. You will want to grab this book after you got the basics down, imo. You want to work on the independence of your limbs as soon as possible, but not too soon. Yet again: rudiments. But now rudiments that require all limbs.


http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Techniques-For-Modern-Drummer/dp/0757995403

Description: We're starting to get into the bigger leagues with this book. I honestly don't quite know how to describe this book except for the word: challenging. Challenging in a very, very good way. I recommend picking this up once you're starting to get into a more advanced stage.


These books are for the basics, imo and in the opinion of many fellow drummers as far as I know. But don't forget: the books are merely tools. You don't want to be only playing rudiments, you'll go crazy. I tended to go for a trade: every half out of rudiments rewards me with a half our of putting on tracks and rocking out. Resulting in one-hour sessions a day. Hope this helps!

Edit: Feeling bored so added more books and descriptions.

Here's my disclaimer: if you don't have access to a drum and at least one other person to practice playing clean with, you're already at a disadvantage. No pad feels exactly like a drum and when it comes down to the wire in an audition, what determines who makes the line is usually who can play clean consistently no matter where he is in the line.

Buy this:

http://www.amazon.com/Stick-Control-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/1892764040

No matter where you want to march, it will be your ultimate tool. It will lay the foundation of your playing, and it will give you amazing facility on the drum. Play through all of it. Play through it at every dynamic. Play five lines and crescendo the whole thing. Do whatever you can to essentially turn the thing inside out on itself so that you get as much experience playing things your hands have never felt. The key here is repetition. You want to shed layers so that your hands become so refined that anything you're asked to play is practically second nature.

Once you've played through the entire book ten times, buy this:

http://www.amazon.com/Accents-Rebounds-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/1892764067

Repetition, repetition, repetition. Variation, variation, variation. If something sounds disgusting, practice it until it's beautiful. You need to dedicate substantial time to practicing, and you need to always practice with a metronome. I advise against most phone metronomes, because they tend to be inconsistent. I recommend practicing for 90 minutes and then taking a 30 minute break. Practice consistently. Don't do eight hours one day and then take a week off. Two or three hours a day is ample practice time. You've got to be deliberate and take your practice time seriously if you want to make it. If you're unsure about whether or not you want to march, I'd advise against auditioning because the people who really want it are usually the ones who make the line.

Get on YouTube and check out some different lines from the past maybe three seasons. Listen to as many as you can and see which lines really pique your interest. Then get on Google and look for audition materials (either from past years or current materials). A lot of corps require you to buy their audition materials so if that's an issue for you, you could try another corps. Or you could step up your game, get back on YouTube, try to find some videos of the drumline warming up, and figure out their exercises on your own. Be wary though; that's a pretty significant undertaking.

My best advice is to take initiative, and to try harder than you want to. You'll have to do both of those things if you spend a summer with a corps anyway, so it's better to start now. Best of luck to you.

Any of the Morris Goldenberg 2-mallet etudes would be good. For 2-mallet stuff, something short and sweet is best, but play musically.

Link to Goldenberg book: https://www.amazon.com/Xylophone-Marimba-Vibraphone-Goldenberg-Classics/dp/075790890X

For 4-mallets, it really kind of depends on where you are technically. Yellow After the Rain, Rain Dance, and Frogs are all do-able and would be good audition pieces if you've played some 4-mallet stuff before. A solo out of the Mark Ford Technique through Music book would also be good. Find a piece that will show off what you can do technically. Don't reach for a piece that you can just barely play through. If you're struggling through a piece, they'll know. That being said, the piece should show off a wide variety of techniques, so a chorale isn't really a good audition piece. But, a more technical piece with a chorale section is great.

I like all of the recommendations for Timpani pieces, too. I'd just add that the Vic Firth etudes have some good choices, and the Beck Sonata is a standard in timpani rep, so doing mvmt 2 or 3 out of there would be cool, too. Good luck with your auditions! Where are you looking to study?

Not sure what your skill level is, but check out the books by John S. Pratt and Charlie Wilcoxen (sp?). Pratt's stuff is very military-esque. Morris Goldenberg's "Modern Approach for the Snare Drum" has some great exercises as well. In college, my prof would have me do the simple duets as a solo. Top line with the right and bottom with the left. Additionally Al Payson's "Snare Drum for the Concert Hall" is another great resource for tightening the screws on your chops. For more advanced concepts in the Marching realm, Jeff Queen's book is my go-to text.

Sorry for the lack of links though. I'm on my phone. If any more come to mind, I'll edit this comment. Interested in seeing what other books/pieces people recommend. Happy shedding.

Edit: Someone recommended the Noble Snare books. It's a great collection of "out-of-the-box" pieces from numerous notable composers. If that's your bag, check out Askell Masson's snare solo entitled "Prim". It's a bitch to learn but a blast to play.

Edit 2: Got to my computer and retrieved links for all my suggestions. Who loves ya baby?

You don't have to be super well rounded before college. I did really well in high school and college auditions and I used Burton primarily. Now I'm going to grad school! I sucked at Stevens my first year but my prof and I worked on it slowly and now I'm more comfortable with it. You don't need to worry about it too much.

That being said, if you want to work on it beforehand, I'd recommend Mitchell Peters' Fundamental Method for Marimba and/or Stevens's Method of Movement for Marimba. Peters is a standard and he explains 4 mallets and the techniques well without getting too overwhelming. If you want a challenge, Stevens quite literally wrote the book on his own techniques. It's much more intense but really good. Best of luck!

The book Rockin Bass Drum is great.

Also get a stereo and CDs, iPod or whatever and some big headphones can can cover your entire ear and play along to songs. This is useful even if you don't know the actual drum parts. You can just play along in time with the song, making your own part up until you learn the actual part. This helps so much with timing, limb-coordination and with listening to other instruments, cause most likely you'll want to write some of your own music and probably play in a band one day.

That being said, learn and pay attention to the drum parts of your favorite songs, albums, drummers and play them a lot. This will help build a repertoire of fills and beats to use and gets you thinking of how and why the drummer plays what he/she is playing. Don't just learn and then move on to the next album. As you play the same album or songs a few times, you'll realize stylistic tendencies of different drummers, like maybe how he had the hihat closed the first verse but played with it open during the second which really adds a driving feel to the song after the chorus, or how he switches up his right hand between the hihat, ride cymbal and floor tom to achieve different feels during different parts of the song, or how when the guitars drop out and its just drum and bass, he's playing a part on the toms...things like this. This can help to influence your own style. This leads to the next idea.

Listen to how the drummer is setting up the next part - a big heavy duty fill into a fast, loud part or a few sparse syncopated hits to set up a quiet bridge. If you eventually start playing in bands (or even if you don't) you will realize just how important transitions between parts are and how as a drummer you can greatly influence the overall feel of a song based on what you are playing and how you handle transitions.

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I haven't been in the game long enough to give you "tips," per se, but I suppose I could tell you what works for me. I played piano for many years, which gave me a solid foundation in theory, intonation, and song structure that I think really helps with the drums. I've always listened to a lot of music from a lot of styles, so I can pick up on musical patterns fairly easily when I play--I don't think I've memorized a single song. In terms of day-to-day routine, The New Breed II has challenged me and improved my skills more than any other exercise I've encountered. Lastly, I love playing the drums, and I have a genuine personal interest in playing them as well as I can.

Just want to echo that 30 minutes a day is more than enough. Of that time, I would spend 10 minutes on rudiments and the rest on whatever you want.

>What all will I need to get started? Practice pad, sticks, kit, metronome?

If you buy an electronic kit, I wouldn't worry about practice pads. I'd recommend picking up Stick Control, learning the rudiments, and an introductory book such as Fast Track or Tommy Igoe's beginner DVD. Once you feel more comfortable, I'd recommend picking up Groove Essentials and New Breed.

For stick, I generally recommend starting with Vic Firth 5B hickory sticks. Of all the sticks I've tried, those are the most absolutely average. Weight, balance, size, etc. From there you can move into thinner (5A, 7A) or thicker (2B) as you want, but 5B is a good starting place, hickory is the best wood to learn with (and play with forever, imo, but that's debatable), and Vic Firth is fairly consistent.

Vic Firth's stick size comparisons. The standard sizes used by the majority of drummers, from smallest to largest, are 7A, 5A, 5B, 2B. Everything else is just incredibly minor tweaking that some people like.

I have a couple of recommendations just to get you started.

First, check out Percussion 101 on the Vic Firth education website (http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101.php). This will cover a good bit of concert percussion with video demonstrations.

Second, I highly recommend Gary Cook's "Teaching Percussion" (http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Percussion-2-DVD-Gary-Cook/dp/0534509908). Another great resource with 2 DVD's of examples as well.

And last, I would recommend having the Morris Goldenberg "Modern School for Snare Drum" (http://www.amazon.com/Modern-School-Morris-Goldenberg-Classics/dp/075790906X). The front half is mostly snare exudes and exercises, but the back half has good amount of material, most with excerpts from orchestral works as examples.

Those are a few examples you can do on your own. Good luck!

Any reason why your teacher is telling you that you have no chance??

For my audition I just played a few drum set grooves (swing, bossa nova, samba, 3/4 swing, and a ballad), sight read a snare drum solo, and sight read a marimba piece. I had already spent a semester in the percussion ensemble (because I originally wanted to be an English major, but after meeting the faculty of both departments I settled on music) so my teacher already knew me and had a good idea of my skill level.

My first semester was mainly rudiments and solos from Cirone's portraits in rhythm. Pretty much snare drum only focusing on building my technique. My next semester I got started on Frank Malabe's Afro-Cuban book and John Riley's Art of Bop Drumming. Beyond that I worked through Riley's Beyond Bop Drumming, Ed Uribe's book on Afro-Cuban drumming, and his book on Brazilian drumming. After that I spent a lot of time working on solo transcriptions, playing pieces that my instructor and I picked out for drums and vibes, jamming with my instructor on vibes or on drum set, and working on pieces that I was writing. By the end at lot of what I was doing was driven by my interests and what I wanted to work on to improve.

As far as the music department as a whole I took your standard history, theory, aural skills, and piano classes, along with tons and tons of ensembles.

I practice out of these books and they are fun as sh!t. The Wilcoxon solos, Bass Drum Control, Accents And Rebounds, Stick Control. The Wilcoxon solos will help you to learn to read music if you don't already know how, they are so much fun like drum sudoku or something. I like to mix it up by listening to the metronome on different beats and vastly different speeds. Also it can be very fun to play both stick control and bass drum control at the same time...whoa.

Yes, definitely the Goldenburg Book.

And what will also help is just looking at parts on imslp.org. It's practically history's sheet music at your finger tips. Just print out flute or violin parts, just any C instruments for that matter. Have fun and good luck!

I'm a newish drummer- been taking lessons and working books for about 3 years now. I still only have an electronic drum kit, I don't gig or anything, but I do jam with some guys from time to time.

My practice routine is as follows- and I do this 3-4 times a week (note, this changes as I master certain lessons):

• Single stroke roll exercise, as spelled out in Drummer's Complete Vocabulary. About 20-30 minutes worth, at the fastest speed I can cleanly do (currently 84bpm, 16ths)
  
• Practice 2-3 rudiments- drags, flams, double stroke roll, whatever, for another 10-15 minutes. I use the same book as the single stroke, above.
  
• Drum Set Warmup excercise, half a page. Drum Set Warm-ups. Great book- I move around the set so much easier. This is a really tough book, keeping everything smooth, but it's paid off so much.
  
• Special weekly lesson. Currently this is practicing 3 different types of paradiddles between hi-hat and snare, opening the hi-hat on the first 16th note. This could also be a couple different beats or something like that. It's slow going right now.
  
  All in all, it lasts about an hour and a half, after which I'll play some, or get on a song, or do some pro-mode Rock Band 3.

I really like Billy Martin's Riddim book (on Afro-Cuban claves). Great for digging in to a different style, and good interdependence exercises if you want to treat them as such. Comes with a CD as well.

I like to use a mix of quantized XOX beats with some real-time pad mashing. Sometimes I'll program in claves from this book by Billy Martin, then just jam out something on top.

Lately, I've been having a ton of fun using the 'advanced' sequencer mode on the Rytm, where you can set different lengths for each track, and pick a looping point (or not, for some polyrhythmic fun). It becomes really easy to make varied, but natural sounding transitions by switching between different tracks and altering their lengths and patterns. I can move to a 4 on the floor bass drum to something with a bit more swing with a push of a button, then miss with the interaction between the closed and open hi-hats, and suddenly you have a brand new beat. What I'd really like though, is a feature like on the Intellijel Metropolis sequencer where you can set repeats on individual steps.

You're going to hear a bunch of mentions about Stick Control, which is fair. That book is awesome and will totally get you where you want to be.

If you really want to dig a bit further into rudiments though, I'd highly recommend spending a bit of time with the Savage Rudimental Workshop. There are a lot of exercises that expose the basic skeletons of the rudiments as well as a lot of rudimental solos that show how rudiments work in context. Solos are broken up into section by difficulty, so if you're new to that side of things you can work on the easy/intermediate sections and leave the advanced corps style stuff for later. I never hear anyone else talk about it, but I can't recommend this book enough.

Good luck! Conditioning your hands will unlock seemingly unrelated things on the kit and elevate your playing.

"Chart Reading Workbook for Drummers" by Bobby Gabriele. This is a really good book for setting up big band ensemble figures and understanding how big band charts are written. It's got a good play-along CD and stuff. Highly recommend.

On a side note, I was playing with a big band a couple of weeks ago, and I had a long-haired stoner kid shout out, "Hey, drummer, dude, are you, like, READING all that stuff you're playing?" I said, "Yeah, dude. I'm reading it..."

EDIT: Linky: http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Workbook-Drummers-Leonard-Corporation/dp/079357126X

I see what you mean.
If you find a particular style you are enjoying and want to dive deep in, looking for books on that particular style could be helpful. You'll also find a lot of "[X] world music applied to drum set" books (see below) that you might be able to mine for ideas.

Also, think about taking some percussion lessons! If you post the general area you live in, we could probably point you towards some good teachers to approach for further study.

World Styles on Drumset
Afro-Cuban
Brazilian
West-Africa

Snarescience.com has a very large collection of free exercises. The problem with them is that they are mostly written only for snare.

A little more ready to go resource is frm Vic Firth. The resource is called Marching Percussion 101. The exercises in there cover most of the basics well enough.

You probably won't like my definitive answer. I personally write my exercises so that I can get exactly what I want. Each and every drumline is different in some way and also probably need a different set of exercises to compliment that fact. I do generally take the exercises I write from things I have done before. For example the current exercise packet I wrote for my main line is based off a book by Bill Bachman called "The Essential Guide for the Modern Drummer."The exercise packet I used in the past was largely based off of my college instructor's marching band packet. I still use that one for more basic groups.

You are going to have to throw me a bone with your second question. Is the group competitive? Are they marching? What is the general skill level? How much time do I have?

There is no true "clave" in Brazilian music (Samba). Clave is distinctly Afro-Cuban in origin. While the patterns may sound similar, and translate almost exactly the same on the drum set, functionally there is a significant difference (which has to do with the distinct origins of the rhythms).

"Latin" music has an incredibly rich and complex history. This is a widespread misunderstanding. The distinction between the two may be what is holding you up as far as assigning the pattern a name. There are many samba cross-stick patterns that originate from different parts of the traditional samba band.

A couple of excellent books that expand on this topic are Duduka Da Fonseca and Bob Weiner's "Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez's "Conversations In Clave".

Friend of mine has these, they're pretty interesting and in-depth:

https://www.amazon.com/Drum-Machine-Patterns-Leonard-Corp/dp/0881888877

https://www.amazon.com/Drum-Machine-Patterns-Rene-Pierre-Bardet/dp/0881886327

As a pro who has been playing for more than 40 years - there is no "right" answer to your question. But the most flexible and articulate drummers I know who can "play anything" have a repertoire of rhythmic patterns that fit almost any style of music. Even if they don't know - or have never heard - a specific song before, they can quickly identify the time signature, tempo and style. Then quickly pull out a pattern that fits the song, and adapt it (making small changes) so that it fits precisely. The important thing is to find and feel the groove, then start a dialog with the rest of the rhythm section so that you lay down a solid foundation for the song that the other musicians can build on.

If you are just getting started with this idea - check out Tommy Igoe's "Groove Essentials". It's a how-to that breaks down 50 of the most widely-used rhythms in the world across all kinds of musical styles. You can play along, and the companion book and poster shows you the charts also.

After all these years I can play all of them proficiently, but I learn something new every time I watch Tommy play.

You can buy the boxed set here.

Add a slight ping-pong delay to a few hh or snare hits - real low feedback so they just play off themselves a bit. For transitions the best way to learn is to take a favorite trakc of yours, and try to match the transitions in a similar fashion. They never will sound exactly the same and you will learn a bit each time.

If you are new to beat making a book like this can teach you a TON:
http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Machine-Patterns-Rene-Pierre-Bardet/dp/0881886327

Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone is a great book for developing advanced snare playing. It is simply a must have and a standard book for any percussion program. Amazon link: Portaits

One of the cool things about the book Stick Control is you can play the exercises with your kick drums. You could even mix it up and split the patterns between your hands and feet to build limb independence. As far as books specifically geared towards building double kick chops Double Bass Drumming by Joe Franco is an excellent pick. https://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662

This is the best system I have seen for locking down sixteenth notes once and for all (and eighth note triplets). Wish I had had it 10 years ago!

http://www.amazon.com/Benny-Greb-Language-Drumming-Expression/dp/1458422291/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452028548&sr=1-2&keywords=benny+greb+language+of+drumming

I've never heard of that site but it immediately blew my mind, thank you for sharing.
As for myself I've been working out of Benny Greb's Language of Drumming and also Afro-Cuban Coordination for Drumset by Maria Martinez. Both books are designed for increasing four-way independence but in very contrasting styles.

This one is great as well - http://www.amazon.com/Afro-Cuban-Coordination-Drumset-Essential-Workbook/dp/0793597498/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452782028&sr=1-1

I am currently going through the book in the link, just started really. So far its gone through, 1/8th, 16th, 1/8T patterns and why stuff sounds how it does. I am enjoying it to be honest it has around 5 exercises per 'topic' and then encourages you to experiment giving some pointers. It's good but as anything it requieres you to put some time and work into understanding so that you can apply towards your intention.

Before that I would look at youtube videos or attack magazine tutorials, but those tend to assume you understand some basics already so, to me I was already at a loss. I like to understand fundamentals and this is what this book is giving me, that way I can go to youtube and have a more productive session understanding the why of things.

It will go quite into depth, the later chapters are examples specific to dubstep, rock, etc.


https://www.amazon.com/Drum-Programming-Handbook-Complete-Creating/dp/1480392871

Two great Afro-cuban books are Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset by Frank Malabe and Afro-Cuban Coordination for Drumset by Maria Martinez.

Malabe's book is a great place to start as it has lots of explanation and history of what you're doing.

Martinez's book has a lot of ways to expand on the stuff you'll learn in Malabe's book. It has much less commentary but many more exercises and ways to pratice the material.

It has been a very long time since I have seen it, but I remember that the instructional book Rockin' Bass Drum was very good for working on this kind of thing.

The bible - http://www.amazon.com/Stick-Control-George-Lawrence-Stone/dp/1892764040/

Work them up to - http://www.amazon.com/Accents-Rebounds-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/0984329315/

For your more advanced students, this will also help you with your reading. - http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Breed-Development-Creativity/dp/1423418123/

Of course you don't have to keep them doing everything on the snare, get them to move the exercises around the kit.

This is pretty good.

Have a go at some Latin beats such as samba. Plenty of ride and Tom work and a real step away from what you've been doing.
If you are into sheet music, I've found some of Maria martinez's books such as below a good intro( includes cd) http://www.amazon.com/Afro-Cuban-Coordination-Drumset-Essential-Workbook/dp/0793597498/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407509881&sr=1-8

Do all the same exercises you would on your dominant foot. Then, work on exercises involving both. This is a good book for double kick stuff - http://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662

Bill Bachman has some of the better technique videos that I've seen on Youtube. Try both his channel and searching his name on Youtube.

He also has a website: http://www.drumworkout.com/ and wrote Stick Technique, although I haven't personally used either of these resources.

Bought this book back when I had my EMu Drumulator found it helpful

200 Drum Machine Patterns[Drum Pattern Book ] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0881886327/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IKijDbEM59S8E)

I recommend this book to learn chart reading. Talks all about setting up shots and has play-alongs to practice with

Grab Benny Greb's language of drumming. Out of all the practice books I can say this one is simple, straight forward and you really learn quickly. It helps you learn the different components (Monemes/morphemes if you know what those are from linguistics) and piece them together.

http://www.amazon.com/Benny-Greb-Language-Drumming-Book/dp/1458422291/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_y

Also includes an audio CD which is handy but I just use a metronome.

Try it out! It's also an extremely high quality book. Unlike the glossy crap cover with 30 pages like other lesson / practice books. It has about 100 pages

Marching snare player here!
I would recommend learning the 40 P.A.S. Rudiments
By Matt Savages Book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0757902251?pc_redir=1412330082&robot_redir=1)
I know Matt Savage personally and he's a great guy with a lot of experience in marching percussion.
Also buy the book stick control (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1892764040?pc_redir=1413605838&robot_redir=1)
Those two books should get you started with marching percussion because they lay down the basics for everything that you will end up doing.

I'm really into independence and coordination (of which polyrhythms and polymeters often come into play) so my drumming canon is primarily composed of Gary Chester's New Breed and New Breed II.

Marco Minnemann's Extreme Interdependence is also a spectacular book. It's kind of like applying Stick Control to all of your limbs and pitting them against each other.

double bass drumming

Modern School for Snare Drum by Morris Goldenberg

Rudiments and Motions by Frank Corniola

https://www.drumworkout.com/12-gateway-rudiments/

https://www.amazon.com/Bachman-Technique-Essential-Modern-Drummer/dp/1458418200

Have a look at this.

get this and work through it (https://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662)