The book focuses heavily on the concept of . While many method books teach you to play different things with different limbs, Nickel teaches you how to make those different things lock into a singular groove.
Assuming you secure the , do not just read it like a novel. Nickel himself suggests a specific practice method: Jost Nickel Groovebook.pdf
One of the best features of the Groovebook PDF is its . Nickel explicitly states in the preface that the beats should be practiced at 40-50 BPM with a click track before speeding up. The PDF includes QR codes or links (depending on the digital version) to audio examples where Jost plays the exercises himself, allowing the user to compare their "pocket" to his. The book focuses heavily on the concept of