The 50 Walking Basslines comprised in this coursebook are aimed at bassists at double bassists and first and foremost at the jazz enthusiasts among them. They will most certainly experience a whole heap of pleasure with the playing materials provided here.All 50 Walking Basslines are based on chord progressions that recall some of the greatest jazz standards of all time: Autumn Leaves Someday My Prince Will Come Giant Steps Blues For Alice Anthropology Blue Bossa Stella By Starlight So What Take Five Black Orpheus My Funny Valentine All The Things You Are In A Sentimental Mood Satin Doll and Take The ATrain to name but a few.To teach you all the particularities of the 50 Walking Basslines presented here and eventually enable you to piece some together yourself an entire chapter of this coursebook has been dedicated to the fundamental principles procedures and techniques behind this type of bassline. You therewith have a realistic chance of becoming an expert on the subject.For its part the MP3 CD is composed of as many backing tracks as there are walking basslines in the coursebook; these can be played along to at two different tempi: the intended tempo (actual playing speed) and the rehearsal tempo (slower speed). On the backing track at actual playing speed the Bass is only present during the first round then it disappears yielding the floor to you. The backing tracks provided here are of proper length (about 5 minutes each which sums up to almost 6h of musical practice). This means that you have enough time at your disposal to practice under best conditions enough time to thoroughly internalize these 50 walking basslines and hence compose your own ones.

Nuestro método con sus 50 hermosos solos de bajo permite a todos los que desean estudiar el bajo divertirse siendo por un instante «lead» dentro de una banda. Algo a lo que aspiran los bajistas cualquiera que sea su nivel... Queremos brindarle un panorama interesante y por tanto nuestros solos son variados por su tonalidad su naturaleza (mayor o menor) por su interpretación (binaria o ternaria) su densidad o la riqueza de su fraseo. Un capítulo preliminar le presenta brevemente las herramientas imprescindibles que uno debe conocer (escalas y efectos de toque) para entender bien los 50 solos de estemétodo y poder desarrollarlos y ampliarlos y hasta crear otros de su propia cosecha. El DVD vídeo le permite oír y visualizar los 50 solos de bajo pormenorizados a velocidad normal y luego más lenta para que pueda elegir los buenos ademanes y las mejores digitaciones y así tocar a compás. El CD mp3 por su parte abarca el mismo número de playbacks que de solos o sea 50 playbacks tocados en dos aires diferentes: el aire deseado (velocidad real) y el aire de trabajo (lento). Dichos playbacks son de larga duración y lo hemos hecho adrede (4 o 5 minutos cada uno ¡o sea más de 7 horas de música en total!) para que pueda disponer de todo el tiempo necesario para trabajar en las mejores condiciones posibles.

Saper leggere e suonare un ritmo fa parte delle basi che ogni bassista deve assolutamente padroneggiare. In realtà molti incontrano difficoltà nell?interpretazione ritmica di uno spartito o di un qualsiasi esercizio scritto e sono quindi incapaci di superare questo scoglio senza l?aiuto di un esempio audio o video attinente.Questo metodo che si rivolge a tutti i bassisti dal principiante al più avanzato colmerà tutte le vostre lacune e vi darà solide basi per finalmente acquisire o migliorare il senso del ritmo. Estremamente progressiva quest?opera didattica vi farà lavorare su tutte le figure di ritmoessenziali per suonare il basso. Ma la sua vera ricchezza risiede nel suo approccio tanto pratico quanto pienamente musicale. Non si limita alla teoria. In effetti per affrontare le figure ed i ritmi avrete a che fare con veri grooves.Il che significa che lo studio viene svolto in vere condizioni musicali cioè con vere linee di basso da suonare su diverse basi musicali per progredire al livello ritmico e divertirsi al livello musicale! Sul disco dati allegato al metodo troverete numerosi file audio e video. I video (mp4) presentano tramite l?immagine i numerosi esempi e grooves così come devono essere suonati. Le registrazioni audio (mp3) invece propongono le basi musicali corrispondenti alle diverse linee studiate.

This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them over long play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations. This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them overlong play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations.

«Le Slap à la basse en 3D» est une méthode de slap accompagnée d'un DVD Vidéo et d'un CD Audio aussi complète qu'efficace. Pour vous amener à maîtriser les techniques du slap cet ouvrage a été conçu d'une manière très progressive : chaque geste chaque mouvement est détaillé et expliqué à grand renfort d'exemples d'exercices et de photos. Le slap en effet ne se limite pas à un simple mouvement articulé par le pouce il se combine et se conjugue avec de très nombreux effets tels que lehammer le lift le slide le neck et bien sûr le popping. Toutes ces notions vous sont enseignées ici ainsi d'ailleurs que le 'slap 2 cordes' une technique propre à l'auteur. Pour finir et pour mettre tout cela en application vous trouverez denombreux grooves et autres lignes de basse en slap qui ne manqueront sans doute pas de vous satisfaire. Enfin le DVD Vidéo reprend les exercices essentiels pour faciliter votre compréhension alors que le CD Audio propose des playbacks pour mettreen place les enseignements mais aussi vous exercer en toute liberté.