Craig Lauritsen Progressive Drum Method PDF. For Beginner to Advanced A comprehensive guide to playing the drums featuring all the important Beats, Rhythms, Fills, Rudiments, Techniques and Concepts required by todays versatile performing drummer, Covers a broad range of styles including: Rock, Heavy metal, Funk, Reggae, Jazz, Rap, Go-Go/Hip-Hop, Shuffle/Blues, Odd Time and includes Solos in various styles. Traditionally drummers have begun on the snare drum and then moved to the drum set once the hands were more developed. These days most kids want to start right on the set, the downside being that often the hands just don’t...

Bob Mintzer 15 Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes PDF. For Bb and Eb instruments. Written for a wide variety of musicians, 15 Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes will appeal to both aspiring players and to more experienced musicians. For the younger player, particular care is given to range, rhythmic figures and overall playability. The more accomplished musician will appreciate the high level of musicality, the lyrical compositions and the opportunities to improvise. Either way, the format is simple: Bob Mintzer plays and demonstrates each etude with a stellar rhythm section on the included CD. You learn each...

Funk and R&B Bass At a Glance DVD download free. The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. The Soul Bass Style: The soul hits of the sixties and seventies had some of the most grooving bass lines of all. Players like James Jamerson, Donald “Duck”...

Charles Dowd A Funky Primer For The Rock Drummer PDF. This best-selling, progressive encyclopedia of rock/funk patterns for all tempos utilizes a new contemporary teaching style for independence, rudiments, styles and more.The Title says it all! This book by Charles Dowd takes you through all the stages to become a great, funky Rock Drummer. Includes Drum notation for hundreds of exercises and drum patterns along with guidance, performance notes and general style tips from one of the world’s greatest drummers. Suitable for self-taught beginners or drum students and anyone who wants to hone their rock drumming techniques. This book...

Guitar Play-Along Volume 52 Funk PDF. The Guitar Play-Along series will help you play your favourite Funk songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play-along with accompaniment from the separate backing tracks.With eight blistering examples of the funk genre this is ideal for beginners or any guitarist who wants to expand their repertoire. The melody and lyrics are included in the book so you can sing along too or simply use them to help you follow. For both Mac and PC users, this fantastic enhanced...

Sean Malone A Portrait Of Jaco The Solos Collection PDF. Explore the technical brilliance and musical genius of the greatest electric bassist the world has ever known. This book features highly detailed analysis of 12 of Jaco’s epic bass solos. Accurate transcriptions of the best and most forward-looking solos in Jaco’s canon. The accompanying explanations and contextual material make great sense and are most welcome. If you’re a bass player, just get it. You won’t regret it. Malone points out what Jaco did stylistically and with note selection that gave him that elusive characteristic “signature sound” that only the...

Bob Mintzer 14 Blues & Funk Etudes PDF for Bb Instruments (Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Clarinet). A collection of studies composed for musicians who wish to extend themselves in improvisation, composition, sight reading and general musicianship skills. Each etude has a theoretical explanation, suggestions for performance and tips for practice routines. 1 CD of combo accompaniments performed by members of the Yellow jackets are included. All books are compatible and written so that they can be performed together. It’s about time someone put together a book that when they say it is for tenor saxophone, it actually has a...

Walter Martino Minus One PDF. The pieces of music included in Minus – One are taken from Walter Martino’s CD “Blue Street” (2002 Edizioni Bemolle). Walter played drums and composed and arranged all titles. Salvatore Scorrano collaborated to the score transcriptions. All titles have been remixed in order to provide useful accompaniment recordings for better practice. The style varies from Rock to Funk, from Jazz to Latin, on different levels of difficulty. The scores feature all rhythm “patterns”, “fills” and “solos” performed by Walter, faststrings.com. You will also find some helpful tips to perform all the pieces at best,...

Kenneth ‘Bam’ Alexander has played for just about everyone in the industry. He’s toured with a countless number of artists in all genres and leads workshops locally in his community. He’s been playing drums for over 20 years… since the tender age of 2 and has certainly been through the “school of hard knocks.” Bam knows both worlds – how to read sheet music and most importantly, how to play by ear. How to play ultra-advanced fills, stroke-for-stroke! Bam repeats himself plenty of times and takes these advanced fills slow enough for anyone to catch on! Master the art...

Legendary Bass Guitar Songs PDF. This lavishly produced volume is the ultimate collection of songs for bass guitarists. Carefully selected, meticulously edited and beautifully presented, these 39 titles document some of the greatest performances by the great bass guitarists. The compilation features studio giants such as Motown legend James Jamerson and Carol Kaye; classic rock tracks by Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney and John Entwistle; Jazz Fusion virtuosity from Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, funk from James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, and other great songs by AC/DC, the Clash, the Police, Iron Maiden, Stevie...