Guitar For Bassists

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton's city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman's reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means 'conversation with the gods' in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao's (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950's following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo's ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece's characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles' Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don't Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach's Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess.

Tony Ballester est bassiste professionnel et ancien professeur au CIM de Paris. Il a enregistré avec de célèbres artistes tels que Nilda Fernandez Vicente Amigo Louis Winsberg... Comme son nom l'indique ce recueil est ouvert à plusieurs tendances. Il aborde les gammes et le manche de la basse en toute sérénité. Les exercices permettent de valider les acquis au fur et à mesure de l'apprentissage.

Après l'interprétation du thème 'por Bulerias', on développe une étude détaillée des sept 'falsetas' (variations) et du 'remate' (coda), en montrant un ample évantail de possibilité de 'rasgueados'. Chaque variation est interprétée: sur un tempo lent accompagné par un métronome et sur un tempo de Buleria accompagné par les palmas, cajon et basse. En option plusieurs pistes de vidéo pour que les guitaristes et les bassistes puissent s'exercer. Livret de partitions inclus, en fançais, espagnol, allemand, anglais et japonnais. / Guitare (Fingerpick)

The ultimate transition book, designed to help you make a fast and easy switch from bass to guitar! This is a complete and concise guide to modifying and adapting bass technique for the guitar. Includes special sections on chords, strumming, fingerpicking, scales, modes, and much more. / Guitare Basse Et Guitare

Killswitch Engage featuring the virtuoso metal Guitarpyrotechnics of Joel Stroetzel band is considered one ofthe most influential members of the New Wave ofAmerican Heavy Metal.The band first rose to fame withits 2004 release The End of Heartache which wascertified gold in December 2007. The title track TheEnd of Heartache was nominated for a Grammy Awardin 2005 and a live DVD titled (Set This) World Ablazewas released in 2005. The Authentic Guitar TAB editionincludes complete note-for-note Guitar TABtranscriptions of songs selected from all four of thebands CDs. The Guitar transcriptions were all edited andapproved by Joel Stroetzel and the book cover artwasdesigned by bassist Mike D’Antonio.

Wilkins performs featured tunes with an upright bassist and a rhythm guitarist. Solos and examples are primarily of the single-line type with fine improvised sections and lightning-fast runs. Covers soloing over 2-5-1progression through circle of 5ths. Introduces arpeggios that fit this progression.Fast paced with many examples. On-screen numbers help correlate examples with monologue and performance. The tritone substitution isdemonstrated. Introduces 5 basic arpeggios: major 7 dominant 7 minor half-diminished and diminished. Wilkins encourages starting from any finger in any position and addresses the concept of contrary motion - bassline/melody.The booklet download is detailed and very helpful. Wilkins recommends the use of a metronome to improve over all ability. Wilkins plays an arch-top jazz Guitar played with a flat pick occasional hybrid technique using the flat pick and finger of the hand are shown as well as fingerstyle technique. Dorian mode and scales in general are briefly discussed. Includes a beautiful rendition of Here's That RainyDay in melody/chord style.

Recorded in concert at the Smithsonian Jazz Café - November 11 2005 Vic Juris and Corey Christiansen two of the first guitarists on Mel Bay Records joined bassist Bill Moring and drummer Tim Horner on this remarkable set ofstandards and originals.Awakening Corey's first CD as well as the first release on Mel Bay Records was hailed by jazz critics and radio programmers as an unusually impressive debut recording. Widely recognized as abrilliant musician and composer Vic has worked with an extensive roster of jazz legends since the early 1970s. A Second Look his first CD on Mel Bay Records was released in April of 2005 to great critical acclaim.Assenior editor for Mel Bay Publications Corey was given the opportunity to produce Vic's CD. In the process they discovered their musical styles compliment each other so well that it was only natural for them to record together. Live At The Smithsonian Jazz Café clearly demonstrates the wisdom of that decision.

Advanced Grades 6-8-Each volume covers all the material required for 3 examination grades and includes useful advice & tips about preparing for the London College of Music Bass Guitar examinations. Whether or not you intend to take the bass guitar examination the Handbooks will help you develop your playing increase your knowledge of specialist bass guitar techniques and provide a sound theoretical basis to enable you to achieve your full potential as a bassist. 'Produced to a very high standard. The pace and content are expertly designed. The material is remarkably well presented. It should be an enjoyable journey.' (Bassist Magazine)

Avec une nouvelle introduction par Matt ScharfglassMusic editor pour guitare mondiale, monde de guitare acoustique et magazines de la guitare basse, Matt Scharfglass est également chef du groupe de rock Mme Grundy. Un bassiste et multi-instrumentiste, il a écrit plus d'une douzaine de livres musique.Six grandes leçons des maîtres de la guitare rock : leçon 1: Arlen Roth-donne une bonne base en shuffle-guitare du rock à la Chuck BerryLesson 2 vous : Mick Taylor-les ex-Rolling Stones et John Mayall joueur de blues/rock vous montre ' Catfish Blues ' et stringbendingLesson 3: Nils Lofgren, un exercice de Keith Richards styleLesson 4: Robin Trower-l'ex-Procul Harum joueur illustre le style whammy-bar plus son vibrato familier et flexion techniquesLesson 5: Plomb Bruce Kulick, la guitare force derrière les oeuvres de baiser sur la flexion, triplet isolation et scalesLesson 6: Eric Johnson-donne vous insightt une maîtrise en Clapton, Beck