--- product_id: 5805529 title: "Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book with Online Audio | Sheet Music and Practice Tracks | Drum Songbook for Beginners to Advanced Players | Tommy Igoe Percussion Method Book with 52 Grooves" price: "169.61 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/5805529-groove-essentials-1-0-the-play-along-book-with-online store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 52 global groove styles included 6+ hours of pro-quality audio tracks 140 pages of expert drum grooves Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book with Online Audio | Sheet Music and Practice Tracks | Drum Songbook for Beginners to Advanced Players | Tommy Igoe Percussion Method Book with 52 Grooves **Price:** 169.61 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🥁 Elevate your groove game—play like the pros, anytime, anywhere! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book with Online Audio | Sheet Music and Practice Tracks | Drum Songbook for Beginners to Advanced Players | Tommy Igoe Percussion Method Book with 52 Grooves - **How much does it cost?** 169.61 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/5805529-groove-essentials-1-0-the-play-along-book-with-online) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Global Rhythmic Journey:** Explore 3 immersive 'Global Tour' tracks that synthesize all grooves learned. - • **Multi-Level Learning Path:** Perfect for beginners, intermediates, and pros with tailored groove challenges. - • **Master 52 Essential Grooves:** From beginner beats to advanced world rhythms, this book covers it all. - • **Bonus Content & Video Integration:** Includes 5 bonus grooves, 10 new tracks, and syncs seamlessly with Tommy Igoe’s instructional video. - • **Interactive Play-Along Experience:** Stream or download 6+ hours of tracks featuring NYC’s top musicians for real-band feel. ## Overview Groove Essentials 1.0 is a comprehensive drum play-along book featuring 140 pages and over six hours of professional audio tracks. Designed by Tommy Igoe, it offers 52 grooves spanning beginner to advanced levels, including global styles and groove variations. The package includes downloadable/streamable audio, bonus grooves, and integrates with an in-depth instructional video, making it the ultimate groove companion for drummers aiming to master timing, coordination, and song structure. ## Description Groove Essentials/The Play-Along represents a quantum leap over anything previously available in any play-along instructional package. With over six hours of music, including styles from all over the world; truly professional sketch charts; and groove variations for every song; Groove Essentials is designed to be your groove companion not for a month, or a year, but for as long as you play drums—forever. The new 2020 Edition contains 5 Bonus Grooves and 10 new tracks. Groove Essentials/The Play-Along offers a focused and interactive groove experience for all levels of drummers with rhythm tracks that feature some of New York City's top musicians. You get a chance to not only learn all 52 grooves, but also to learn how to play them in a real band with real musicians. Additionally, you'll find three “Global Tour” tracks that are 15-minute journeys through all the grooves you've learned. This book works in conjunction with the Groove Essentials Instructional Video, a three-hour-and-forty-minute program that features in-depth instruction by Tommy on all forty-seven grooves, as well as a free Groove Essentials poster. The audio files can be streamed or downloaded and playable on any of your devices. • BEGINNING DRUMMERS will enjoy playing simple rock beats with a real band, giving them a chance to play the drums with good, solid time, utilizing 4-way coordination. • INTERMEDIATE DRUMMERS will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing good, swinging jazz. • ADVANCED AND PROFESSIONAL drummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master, as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on jazz shuffles, jazz waltzes, and R&B tunes. Review: Great accompaniment to the DVD! - I bought this along with the Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials DVD (something you should also purchase). Groove Essentials - The Play-Along : A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer These two products work really well together. You can take the CD from the book and rip all of the tracks onto your ipod so that you can play along with your kit. Also, the book contains full charts for each of the grooves contained on the poster that comes with the DVD. The grooves on the CD and in the book are the same ones that Tommy plays on the DVD, just expanded to 3 minutes or so. At times I find counting within the track to be a bit difficult, so this is a good time to go back to the DVD and watch Tommy play it. He also plays a couple fills on the DVD to give you some good ideas to spice up your playing. As a side note, this book does not include any of the fills he plays on the DVD. It does, however, contain a few variations on each groove that you can try to mix in. It's very rewarding to be able to sit down to these tracks each day and know that I'm getting better, as I'm able to keep up with the band. Plus I'm gradually learning to read drum charts. If you are disciplined this package will give you some very good results, as it's a lot like having a teacher to go back to when you have questions. I highly recommend this product and the DVD that goes along with it. Review: Great groove encyclopedia and learning tool - This book, and accompanying groove track recordings, is invaluable for the drummer of all skill levels on 2 different levels. First it provides a comprehensive groove encyclopedia that can be learned and played in almost any style. Very handy. Second, the book and recorded groove/songs teach the drummer about song stucture and how to build and track grooves to fit seemlessly into the song whether an 8 bar, 12 bar, 16 bar or other song construct. I've never seen this approach elsewhere and working with the book is fun, challenging and will definitely enhance your song management skills! ## Features - Book/Online Audio - Pages: 140 - Instrumentation: Drum Set ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #54,541 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16 in Percussion Instruments (Books) #367 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) #5,212 in Humor & Entertainment (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 489 Reviews | ## Images ![Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book with Online Audio | Sheet Music and Practice Tracks | Drum Songbook for Beginners to Advanced Players | Tommy Igoe Percussion Method Book with 52 Grooves - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61nLGoEacQL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great accompaniment to the DVD! *by N***. on February 16, 2010* I bought this along with the Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials DVD (something you should also purchase). Groove Essentials - The Play-Along : A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer These two products work really well together. You can take the CD from the book and rip all of the tracks onto your ipod so that you can play along with your kit. Also, the book contains full charts for each of the grooves contained on the poster that comes with the DVD. The grooves on the CD and in the book are the same ones that Tommy plays on the DVD, just expanded to 3 minutes or so. At times I find counting within the track to be a bit difficult, so this is a good time to go back to the DVD and watch Tommy play it. He also plays a couple fills on the DVD to give you some good ideas to spice up your playing. As a side note, this book does not include any of the fills he plays on the DVD. It does, however, contain a few variations on each groove that you can try to mix in. It's very rewarding to be able to sit down to these tracks each day and know that I'm getting better, as I'm able to keep up with the band. Plus I'm gradually learning to read drum charts. If you are disciplined this package will give you some very good results, as it's a lot like having a teacher to go back to when you have questions. I highly recommend this product and the DVD that goes along with it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great groove encyclopedia and learning tool *by R***K on January 20, 2022* This book, and accompanying groove track recordings, is invaluable for the drummer of all skill levels on 2 different levels. First it provides a comprehensive groove encyclopedia that can be learned and played in almost any style. Very handy. Second, the book and recorded groove/songs teach the drummer about song stucture and how to build and track grooves to fit seemlessly into the song whether an 8 bar, 12 bar, 16 bar or other song construct. I've never seen this approach elsewhere and working with the book is fun, challenging and will definitely enhance your song management skills! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent guide for self-teaching and practice *by T***M on February 26, 2011* If this was merely an encyclopedia of drum grooves/licks, it would already be a great book, because the selection of grooves is -as the name says- essential, something that every drummer should add to his/her repertoire. But it is even better than that because of the playalong tunes. Each of the 47 grooves comes with four variations and two accompanying high quality MP3 tunes in slow and fast tempos. The slow ones are for practice and improvisation, whereas the fast ones contain additional challenges, such as room for breaks, fills, rhythmic figures and more sophisticated arrangements. Thus, in addition to learning rock, funk, jazz, latin and world music grooves, the playalong tunes also help to develop musical skills, listening, creativity, and improvisation. If you can read music, you might not need the DVD, although the latter helps to understand the phrasing of the grooves better. This is not really a beginner's book, but I wish I had this when I started playing drums many years ago. Highly recommended - five stars aren't enough! ## Frequently Bought Together - Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play-Along Book/Online Audio - Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer (Ted Reed Publications) - Vic Firth Presents Groove Essentials 2.0 with Tommy Igoe: The Groove Encyclopedia for the Advanced 21st-Century Drummer --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/5805529-groove-essentials-1-0-the-play-along-book-with-online](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/5805529-groove-essentials-1-0-the-play-along-book-with-online) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-22*