Rock Rhythms for the Young, by Joe Ambrosio, pub. Trigram

Rock Rhythms For The Young is designed to teach the rhythmic patterns of rock and Pop Music to Young Students. By Joe Ambrosio Published by legacy publisher, Trigram Music in 1984.  These piano pieces are easy enough to learn and enjoyable to play for beginners or those who want to take on a 2nd instrument. In this book we study eight rhythms frequently found in rock music. Each rhythm is introduced in a warmup drill. It is then studied by playing through three different exercises. Following the exercises the student is given an original song to practice .This study of rhythms is app as a problem of technique . For this reason a exercises are kept  in a closely related melodic form student is required to play them in different keys. With the ever increasing publication of rock and pop song sheets, it is imperative that Youngsters earn to read and interpret this music correctly.