John (Jack) S. Pratt, U.S. Army retired, is one of America's greatest rudimentalists and percussion composers. His published works have become standard rudimental curriculum for more than half a century. This DVD will reinvigorateyour study of traditional ancient rudimental drumming and provide material for your practice, instruction, music library and drumming pleasure. It features: classic Pratt solos (The Sons of Liberty: The All-American Emblem: TheLittle Toy Drum) · new Pratt solos (Interstatesmen A.B.C.: Swiss Crazy Army Variant 1) · four original Pratt compositions in the Spirit of 1776 rope tension snare and bass drum duets with Ben Hans · traditional drumming standards(The Downfall of Paris: The General: Hell on the Wabash: The Three Camps: The Connecticut Halftime) · the 26 traditional American drumming rudiments · Swiss drum rudiments · drumming tips and stylistic comments · on-screennotation · and printable scores on disc.
