Tous les bassistes ont, à un moment ou un autre de leur progression, besoin de posséder un minimum de notions théoriques. Pour être capable de lire, de comprendre et de suivre une partition. Pour connaître le manche de sa basse et les notes qui le composent. Pour apprendre et jouer les gammes, les modes et les arpèges.?Pour en savoir plus sur les accords. Pour maîtriser toutes les notions d?ordre rythmique. Pour créer une ligne de basse. Pour improviser. Bref...?pour être musicien ! Alors, si vous êtes ignorant en la matière, cette méthode vous ouvrira de nouveaux horizons.?Et si vous êtes fâché avec le sujet, celle-ci saura assurément vous réconcilier avec les mots théorie et solfège. N?allez pas croire pour autant que cet ouvrage est rempli de règles aussi compliquées qu?indigestes. Bien au contraire. Se voulant avant tout convivial, il permet de mettre immédiatement en pratique à la basse les différents points théoriques exposés au travers d?exemples purement musicaux. De la théorie musicale appliquée... C?est au travers de huit grands chapitres que sont présentées ici toutes les notions à connaître : la notation musicale, la connaissance du manche, l?armure et la tonalité, le rythme, les intervalles, les gammes, les modes et enfin les arpèges d?accords. Un vaste programme pour qu?une fois l?étude de cet ouvrage terminée, vous soyez en mesure de dire avec fierté : « La théorie ? C?est facile ! ». Le CD joint à la méthode constitue une aide complémentaire de tout premier ordre, puisqu?il permet d?entendre tous les exemples musicaux tels qu?ils doivent être joués, compris et assimilés.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 40 This book offers a large number of essential chords and scales for the DADGAD tuning of the guitar. The material assembled here opens up a multitude of possibilities to expand and improve your playing in this unique tuning. Chords are shown in their customary harmonic contexts, instead of just listing them (as is done in most other chord-books). Skim and skip around in the book as you like, experiment, and linger where ever you find your musical inspiration. Have fun with this new, unique DADGAD book.

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Description En Mode is a set of twenty-two easy character pieces for guitar with a light contemporary flavor, in the style of..., that provide early students with a wider range of musical genres than is usually possible with traditional accessible repertoire. Some of the pieces are grouped into suites appropriate for performance. The pieces are presented in progressive order of difficulty in standard notation only. Includes CD.

Parce qu’on entend souvent tout et n’importe quoi concernant les modes de la basse, cette méthode s’engage à en définir précisément les contours et surtout la façon de les utiliser. Celle-ci vous ouvrira de nouvelles perspectives musicales, et ce aussi bien dans les domaines de la composition que de l’improvisation, mais aussi de l’accompagnement ou de l’interprétation de grooves et lignes de basse. Vous y trouverez en effet tous les outils pour composer des grilles modales et accompagner ou improviser par-dessus. Cette approche concerne tous les styles musicaux, les modes étant utilisés aussi bien par les bassistes amateurs de blues, de jazz, de rock... que de variété ou encore de métal ! Même s’il s’agit d’un sujet théorique, n’allez surtout pas croire que cet ouvrage pourrait être indigeste ou ennuyeux. Bien au contraire. L’approche est simple, efficace et surtout pleinement musicale... car la pratique, comme le plaisir de jouer, sont au rendez-vous au fil des pages, avec une multitude d’exemples musicaux et des playbacks pour les mettre en application. Le CD MP3 joint à la méthode constituera une aide complémentaire de tout premier ordre. Tout d’abord parce qu’il vous permettra d’entendre les exemples musicaux tels qu’ils doivent être joués et assimilés. Mais aussi parce qu’avec les nombreux playbacks qu’il propose (soit plus de 5h de musique en tout !), vous pourrez vous exercer librement, et surtout “en situation”, à jouer tous les modes de la basse.

Connaissance des gammes et improvisation facile - La meilleure méthode pour travailler les gammes en toute simplicité et improviser immédiatement - Au sommaire : gammes pentatoniques mineures et majeures, gamme majeure, gamme mineure, modes grecs. Positions, utilisation, transposition, changements de tonalité - Sur le CD : 18 play-backs très pédagogiques pour improviser en toutes tonalités. Par Eric Perrot et J.J Rébillard

Description Fluid Pentatonics for Guitar: 84 Melodic Studies for Rock Guitar is a comprehensive manual for developing blistering pentatonic motion that moves freely over the entire fretboard, using position-shifting slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs for speed and fluidity. Emphasis is on overcoming the restrictive nature of traditional pentatonic box scale fingerings by developing pathways that continually shift between and connect the five pentatonic “boxes”. Complete whole-neck control is developed through an extensive series of repeating melodic exercises and etudes. Section One presents 35 sequential whole-neck studies, each of which spans the range of twelve frets, thus unlocking virtually every possible position shift. Section Two develops complete non-shifting control through a series of 15 interesting and useful sequential patterns, applied to each of the five pentatonic boxes. Section Three presents 10 whole-neck/position-shifting studies that are non-sequential in design, in order to develop unpredictable melodic flow. Then, in Sections Four and Five, two vital extensions/variations of the pentatonic scale are fully explored; the Hexatonic and Dominant Pentatonic scales. The result is a complete matrix of pentatonic moves and connections that allow the guitarist to float freely across the entire fretboard without being locked into any single particular pentatonic box. The resulting sound is definitely NOT bluesy (very little string bending), but closer to a modern jazz-rock fusion style; fluid and unpredictable. Great for all guitarists in rock, jazz, fusion, blues, country, and pop styles who want to unlock complete whole-neck freedom and develop a fast, modern pentatonic sound. CD included. Presented in standard notation and tablature.

Vous êtes slappeur débutant, ou tout du moins peu expérimenté en la matière, et souhaitez tout de même vous faire plaisir en jouant des lignes de basse intégralement en slap, qui soient à la fois simples et musicales ? Alors vous disposez avec cette méthode de l'outil idéal... Celle-ci est en effet composée de 100 grooves de basse, qui sonnent vraiment, mettant en pratique toutes les techniques élémentaires du slap, à savoir le tapé du pouce, le tiré, les liaisons, le glissé et les notes mortes. Pour lever le voile sur d'éventuelles difficultés techniques que vous pourriez rencontrer, le DVD vous propose la démonstration des 100 grooves au grand complet, joués sur les playbacks correspondants, afin de vous aider aussi dans leur mise en place. Le CD, pour sa part, vous permettra de jouer à votre tour les différents grooves sur ces mêmes playbacks, proposés ici en version longue durée, tant à vitesse normale qu'à un tempo ralenti.

This informative book will help you to discover learn and play arpeggios on the Piano. Found in many styles of music (blues rock jazz classicalâ?¦) in improvisation and accompaniment and for both the left and right hand arpeggios are technically and harmonically essential for the pianist. Every very student should master them. This book presents the main arpeggios major minor major 7th minor 7th and 7th. For each of these you will learn how they are composed along with fingerings taught through three technical exercises and seven musical examples (accompaniment or solo). The included CD allows you to practice with backing tracks. For each musical example you canaccess five different recordings on the CD (MP3) so you can learn and play at your own tempo level and capacity. In total this set includes more than 5 hours of music. This informative book will help you to discover learn and play arpeggios on the Piano. Found in many styles of music (blues rock jazz classicalâ?¦) in improvisation and accompaniment and for both the left and right hand arpeggios are technically and harmonically essential for the pianist. Every very student should master them.This book presents the main arpeggios major minor major 7th minor 7th and 7th. For each of these you will learn how they are composed along with fingerings taught through three technical exercises and seven musical examples (accompaniment or solo).The included CD allows you to practice with backing tracks. For eachmusical example you can access five different recordings on the CD (MP3) so you can learn and play at your own tempo level and capacity. In total this set includes more than 5 hours of music.

No more trouble with whole- and half-tone calculations no more bother with scale transpositions and visualizations either! This coursebook provides fretboard diagrams (24 frets) for every existing scale (be it major minor pentatonic major pentatonic blues melodic minor harmonic minor exotic or symmetric) and whatâ??s more for every existing key. It also provides sample chords over which these scales (solos improvisations or riffs) may be played and brief instructions for their use. The DVD attached to the coursebook makes learning even easier. It shows you all the positions of the different scales and the essential points of reference in the 12 keys. Theabove-average backing tracks provided on the CD give you the opportunity to put the newly-learned scales into practice â?? in every key and in every musical style(!)

Quest'opera ha lo scopo di farvi scoprire studiare e soprattutto suonare gli arpeggi sul basso. Gli arpeggi costituiscono senza dubbio 'l?attrezzo' principale del bassista. Imparare a suonare il basso senza passare dalla casella 'arpeggi' sembra tanto incongruente quanto voler cantare senza nemmeno saper parlare. Quindi visto che si tratta di un passaggio obbligato il presente metodo vi propone di farveli scoprire? Il ruolo del bassista essendo prima di tutto quello di accompagnare la maggior parte di questo metodo sarà dedicata allo sviluppo di linee di basso (con gli arpeggi maggiori minori di settima maggiore di minore settima disettima di dominante di semidiminuita) in modo da rendervi rapidamente capaci di accompagnare qualsiasi giro di accordi. Approfondiremo poi lo studio utilizzando gli arpeggi per l?improvvisazione e la creazione di melodie ed assoli. Sul disco dati allegato al metodo troverete diversi file audio e video. I video (mp4) presentano tramite l?immagine le numerose linee di basso ed improvvisazioni così come devono essere suonate a velocità normale poi ridotta. Le registrazioni audio (mp3) invece propongono le basi musicali corrispondenti a due velocità diverse. Potrete in questo modo non solo suonare le linee e gli assoli proposti ma anche e soprattutto sviluppare liberamente le vostre proprie creazioni con l?aiuto degli arpeggi suggeriti.

Pentatonic scales are for the Bass Guitar as the alphabet is for language. An essential base for everything else this method can be seen as a passport to the four stringed instrument. This method charts the essential minor pentatonic scale the major pentatonic as well as other five-note scales called hybrid pentatonics. However this method is not merely a boring list of scales the theory and techniques that are discussed are included as part of numerous musical examples of grooves and solos. The accompanying MP3 CD allows you to listen to all the technical and musical examples helping you to clarify difficulties of interpretation. Including around 7 hours of music intotal the CD is invaluable. Pentatonic scales are for the Bass Guitar as the alphabet is for language. An essential base for everything else this method can be seen as a passport to the four stringed instrument. This method charts the essential minor pentatonic scale the major pentatonic as well as other five-note scales called hybrid pentatonics. However this method is not merely a boring list of scales the theory and techniques that are discussed are included as part of numerous musical examples of grooves and solos. The accompanying MP3 CD allows you to listen to all the technical and musical examples helping you to clarify difficulties of interpretation. Including around 7hours of music in total the CD is invaluable.