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Extreme Bass Grooves

Explore the fretboard and engage your creativity in playing the most awesome musical instrument— the electric bass! Extreme Bass Grooves reflects the author's ability to create inspired, rhythmic electric bass compositions that can be played solo or with an ensemble, virtually inviting another instrumentalist to improvise over the bass and percussion lines. Each groove features unique fingering concepts and techniques that will enhance your fretboard knowledge, add new licks to your repertoire, and fuel your desire to become a better bass player. More than simply bass studies, these repetitive, alternately aggressive or hypnotic figures or licks encourageimprovisation and would make a refreshing addition to a collegiate recital program. Written in standard bass clef notation and tablature, the collection includes access to online audio of 18 bass and percussion tracks suitable as a foundation for improvisation by any chromatic instrument.

Extreme Drumset Solos for Recitals, Contests and Fun

A must have for all drummers wanting to take their drumming to that extreme level of performance. Popular Mel Bay drum instructional author, Rob Leytham has written five drumset solos and three play-alongs that are fun and challenging to play. Instructors will love having new and dynamic material for recitals and contest. The five drumset solos are written in different styles: Rock, mozambique, 5/8 fusion, 6/8 Afro-Cuban, and a Double Bass Heavy Metal solo that will bring an audience to it?s feet when performed. With three play-alongs, the drummer can perform and solo to a Classical Rock song, a Christmas Song, and a Percussion Ensemble (including score) that is inspired by World Drumming music. A fun and challenging book for the intermediate drummer looking for something extreme. Written by popular Mel Bay drum instructional author, Rob Leytham. Solos written in different styles: Rock, Afro-Cuban, Mozambique, Fusion, and Heavy Metal. Fresh and dynamic solos for recitals and Music Festivals. Fun play-alongs for the drummer to perform and solo to. Score for a percussion ensemble included.

Michael Anthony: Extreme Warm-Ups And Chops Builders For Guitar

In this comprehensive book, jazz guitarist Michael Anthony addresses the need to build flexibility and technical proficiency in a way consistent with the melodic motifs of contemporary music. Though the warm-ups are numbered, there is no order that must be followed. The guitarist may approach them according to his or her interest and inspiration. They include: arpeggios, scale patterns, melodic minor forms, chord-melody groups, stretching and contrary motion, double-stops, octave displacement, walking bass with comping, two line phrases, 'out of the box' geometric shapes, overlapping rhythms, long arpeggios and diminished scale patterns. The finish line exemplifies arpeggios outlining I-VI-II-V7 progressions in major and minor. In the words of Michael Anthony , " I find that isolation of the right and left hand is useful, but ultimately it is the timing and coordination of the two that is necessary ." The benefits of these warm-ups are threefold: 1. Technical improvement. 2. Fingerboard knowledge. 3. Ear training. Extreme Warm-Ups And Chops Builders For Guitar is written in notation and tablature.

Extreme Rock Guitar Soloing : Advanced Professional Techniques

Saxophone Primer

A beginner's guide to the saxophone. This method is ideal for young children because of its extreme simplicity and large notes. This affordable book makes an excellent text for the trial or rental period, as an introduction to a regular saxophone method. Great emphasis has been placed on sound fundamentals, embouchure, and other basic techniques. Numerous photographs help the students learn proper positioning and finger placement.

Peter W. Pardee: Banjo Picking - A Complete Method

Banjo Picking is the ultimate Banjo method to develop tone, timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand, thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of extreme Banjo. With lots of exercises, tunes, photos and helpful text, tools for learning bluegrass, classical, jazz, folk, urban classic fingerstyle or other music, no finger picking banjoist should be without it. The CD can equip banjoists with all they need to develop skills, repertoire and confidence.

Peter Pardee: Banjo Picking (Book/Online Audio)

Banjo Picking is the ultimate Banjo method to develop tone, timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand, thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of "extreme Banjo". With lots of exercises, tunes, photos and helpful text, tools for learning bluegrass, classical, jazz, folk, urban classic fingerstyle or other music, no finger picking Banjoist should be without it. The online audio recording can equip Banjoists with all they need to develop skills, repertoire and confidence. Includes access to online audio.

Lily Afshar: Virtuoso Guitar

The DVD features Lily Afshar's soulful interpretation of Koyunbaba, Op. 19 with her mini-cadenza in the final movement, the seldom-heard Turkish folk tune, Kara Toprak Black Earth, her arrangements of the well-known Five Popular Persian Ballads, Gozaar, music by the Iranian composer Reza Vali, based on the traditional Persian scale system of Nava using micro-tones, and three selections from Castelnuovo-Tedesco's virtuosic masterpieces 24 Caprichos de Goya, OP. 195.Lily shows Goya's etchings and gives commentaries on the relationship between the artistic works and the musical pieces. Lily talks about her life and her musical journey. Viewers can see Lily's photo album from childhood to the pesent. This DVD is a rare addition to any musical collection, beneficial to students, professionals and the general public.

Stuart Brottman: Sax Scales

A systematic approach to mastering the entire range of the Saxophone through major and minor scales and arpeggios. Rather than focusing on the middle of the Saxophone range and a limited number of key signatures, the goal here is to teach students to read in all key signatures - including enharmonic keys - and to play comfortably in the extreme registers. Stuart Brottman: Sax Scales offers exercises that focus in these specific problem areas. It begins with one-octave scales and arpeggios followed by preparatory studies for the full range. This preparation is achieved through exercises extending upward and downward from the middle range with scales finally played full range. Each scale or arpeggio exercise is stated in order of increasing sharps or flats, ultimately addressing all major and minor keys. Report forms for each exercise and key (including metronome markings) are provided so students can evaluate their progress.

Drum Lessons For Kids Of All Ages (Book/Online Audio)

Intended for the beginning Drum student, this book contains many essential reading and playing skills for the Snare and Drumset. These studies are integrated in a logical, sequential order. For example, a new rhythm is introduced and studied on the Snare Drum, then later applied as a beat and then a fill. The same rhythm will appear later in the book for review and then in one of the play-along tunes. This way each concept is reinforced and utilized in different ways. Because of the need to stress the importance of dynamics and their role in the proper execution of playing a piece, dynamic markings are included in many of the Snare Drum exercises. The author has gone to extreme measures to provide a fun and humorous way of learning to play Drums while at the same time implementing the fundamental tools necessary to be a proficient musician. Includes access to online audio that presents eight play-along tunes with and without the Drums.

DRUMMER'S COOKBOOK VOLUME 2

If you want to learn the art of trading ?fours?, The Drummer?s Cookbook Volume II will help you put it all together. This book takes you through the entire process, from developing a vocabulary to real world application. Today?s working drummers are asked to play fills and fours at a variety of different tempos, each requiring a different vocabulary. The author breaks down the process into three general tempo zones: moderate, bright and extreme. Develop your own musical vocabulary by studying the tools of the trade: uneven note groups, rhythm fragments, implied tempo changes, ghost notes, quarter note triplets, and more. Then put it all together by learning the format for fours. Learn to think in phrases: three beat groups, call and response, and symmetric and asymmetric phrases. Study the standard 32 bar AABA jazz format and learn the how, why and when of trading fours. Finally, all these skills can be practiced with several hundred two and four bar solos in each of the three tempo ranges.

Complete 10-Hole Diatonic Harmonica Series: D

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key. This ground breaking series unlocks the musical power of the 10-hole major diatonic harmonica. One key at a time, each is designed to present detailed musical information for beginners, intermediate and advanced players who are either music readers or non-reading players. Learn the notes, intervals, bends, overbends, dyads, chords, arpeggios, modes and scales that are specific to each harmonica key. There is also a special section in each book showing other types of diatonic harmonicas and the variations unique to them like?extreme bending, low-tuned, octave and tremolo-tuned models and more. Have you ever wondered which harmonica is the best one to use when you're ready to play a tune? Have you ever sat with a lap full of harmonicas desperately trying one after another, searching for the key that has all of the right notes? The Complete 10-hole Diatonic Harmonica Series is the definitive music reference guide that resolves those dilemmas and more. The D Harmonica Book is packed with information about chords, arpeggios, modes, positions, scales, bends, overbends and basic music theory unique to the 10-hole D major diatonic harp. Learn how to effectively play blues scales in seven different keys. It's simple. If you have a D harmonica you should own the D Harmonica Book.