The MDS Teaching Method

The Metro Drum School Teaching Method is taught to all instructors who teach students at MDS. Developed by master drummer Gary Lefrancois, it builds on the drum teachings of such famed educators as Murray Spivack, Sanford Moeller, and George Stone, incorporating modern techniques and ideas of famed drum educator Freddie Gruber, with whom Gary studied in California.

Based on natural body motion with an emphasis on the Moeller System, the Lefrancois Method is designed for snare drum and drum kit instruction, and is available from the Metro Drum School as a drum lesson series, Drum Germs Method Books:

Rock Germs

A fun and creative way to learn rock beats

Jazz Germs

A format for developing hand and foot cordination and independence in jazz and related music forms

Odd Meter Germs

A primer on playing in non 4/4 time

Snare I and II

Advanced studies in snare drum concepts