10 Duets for Drum Set: Volume 2

This is the 2nd volume in a series of collected drum set duets. I needed some interesting material for my students to play and have composed some 30+ duets (so far). I also wanted to have them play something more than exercises, so I started writing duets we could play together. Duets offer an added dimension to playing solos. With a duet, you have to listen to the other player and match your performance with theirs. There is a sense of team work you don’t find in playing a solo. But another aspect of some of the duets I’ve written is that the 2 parts are sometimes very different from each other, so you have to play together, but there isn’t the usual common ground. Things can be like 2 different solos being played at once. The challenge here is to play your part and match with the other player, while not really listening to what they are playing.