Fingerpicking Duke Ellington PDF. 15 Songs For Solo Guitar Standard Notation & Tab. The arrangements in this book are carefully written for intermediate-level guitarists. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement. The book includes an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar, and fantastic songs, 15 Ellington classics. Songs include: Caravan Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me Don’t Get Around Much Anymore I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good I’m Just A Lucky So And So In A Mellow Tone In A Sentimental Mood It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That...

Guitar Nights The Four Martins download free. The Four Martins is a fascinating blend of four acoustic guitarists, including Juan Martin (flamenco) and Martin Taylor (jazz) plus Martin Carthy and Martin Simpson, both of whom come from the folk tradition of the British Isles. The 90-minute concert is a mixture of numbers drawn from each of their backgrounds, though the results are truly world music. All four men are featured in the richly textured flamenco “La Pasion del Lamento,” with Martin and Taylor exchanging the lead lines and the folk artists providing rhythm accompaniment. The roles are reversed for...

The Path To Fretboard Mastery. Learn, visualize and remember the notes on the fretboard with Matthew Von Doran. This superb DVD will teach you a system that organizes the fretboard in a way that enables you to quickly visualize any scale, chord or arpeggio pattern, and also knowing each note’s name & function. Whether you are practicing, improvising, composing or performing, this approach allows you to make note choices on the fly. By increasing your response time to any given musical situation you’re in, you’ll achieve a greater creative freedom, no matter where you are on the fretboard. Whether...

Ed Friedland Slap Bass The Ultimate Guide. Instruction on how to play funk bass. Includes Snapping, Popping, Left Hand Integration, Dead Notes and other techniques. Dedicated Grooves are provided for each technique. Slow Demos and tips on creating your own grooves are also included. This is a great introduction to the Slap bass. Ed Friedland breaks the whole Slap technique into easy step by step parts. Building upon each as you progress. There are easy exercises and some ‘grooves’ to play, which makes it much more interesting. The Dvd also contains some advanced tricks for the Slapper who may...

Over the years Gavin Harrison, the drummer with Porcupine Tree since 2002, has written a series of highly acclaimed books and DVDs that are all concerned with creating illusions whether it’s the illusion of creating a new downbeat or a new tempo, etc. Gavin has become widely known for taking metric modulations, polyrhythms, and rhythmically displaced grooves used by some of the world’s greatest drummers and breaking them down into a series of easily understandable exercises. In the process, however, he has succeeded in creating concepts much farther advanced than their originators have ever imagined.This DVD provides an in-depth...

David Garibaldi The Funky Beat PDF. In The Funky Beat, David focuses on combining funk and jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms to extend his own innovative style. By dissecting his grooves and musical choices for each song on the CD, David demonstrates how to develop musical skills and how to create a signature sound. This book/audio package includes eight charts and two CDs mixed with and without drums for play-along usage. As a bonus, David transcribes and explains eleven of his legendary Tower of Power grooves. The book explains the seminal James Brown funk grooves and how to build upon...

Oscar Stagnaro The Latin Bass Book PDF. This is a practical, comprehensive approach to learning Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and South American styles of bass playing, featuring 3 CDs of Berklee professor Oscar Stagnaro playing with three different world-class rhythm sections. The book consists mostly of transcriptions of every note Oscar plays on the accompanying CDs. Some amazing music, and logically progressing from simple to complex examples of each style. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean, Latin Jazz & South American styles. Written in the language of the working jazz musician,...

Emily Remler Retrospective Compositions PDF. This collection of transcriptions come from the recorded work of Emily Remler on the concord label. All ten selections, ranging from delicate ballads (Song For My Grandfather) to vanguard fusion (Antonio) were composed by Emily. Several pieces such as Mocha Spice and Nunca Mais, feature her fresh approach to the trio Rhythm section format and her propensity for Latin music, East to Wes, The Firefly and Blues for Herb are representative of Emily’s mainstream jazz and blues sensibilities. Songs include: Mocha Spice Nunca Mais Waltz For My Grandfather Catwalk Blues For Herb Transitions The...

Steve Smith Drumset Technique History of the US Beat. In disc one of this 2-disc set, Steve explains hand and foot technique in ground-breaking detail and gets to the core of what drummers need to know in order to improve their feel and technical skills. In disc two, using examples by an all-star band, Steve explains the evolution of the drumset in U.S. Music – how the drumset was first used in all the major styles of U.S. Music and how closely related all the styles are. Special features include extensive bonus footage including alternate-take drum solos, a brilliant...

Larry Antonino Beginning Bass Volume 1 download DVD free. This instructional video offers information that will allow the beginning bass guitarist to quickly improve. Larry Antonino – who has played with Jeff Beck, Chaka Kahn, and Michael McDonald – hosts this video that offers such basic skills as the basics of theory, chords, scales, hand positions, and fingering techniques. This series is great. Good coverage on the basics, really gets you started on what you need to know to begin playing. Next lessons in the Beginning Bass Vol. 2 Learning to play an instrument has never been easier or...