Patternsisoneofthemostcomprehensivedrummethodsavailable.Coveringawiderangeofmaterials,thebookscanbeusedinanyorder,orinanycombinationwithoneanother.Theyareamustfordevelopingthekindsofskillsnecessaryfordrumsetperformance.InStickingPatterns,Gary'suniqueapproachtotheuseofstickingsonthesetisexplored.Completelydifferentfromtherudiments,Gary'ssystemisdesignedspecificallyfordrumsetperformance,bothforcreatingtimefeelsaswellasforfillingandsoloing.Alsoincludedaresectionsonaccentedsinglestokes,aswellastheuseofdoublestrokesontheset.