Voted second on Modern Drummer s list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993 Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums. Created exclusively to address syncopation it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills. This book includes many accented eighths dotted eighths and sixteenths eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos. In addition teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.