Solo Secrets (Of The Left Hand And Bass Drum)

Kenneth Baker reveals the secrets of a professional-sounding 'left hand' with just two basic chord shapes. Learning time is speeded up by the unique audio backing tracks on CD cassette or MIDI all available separately. Master afew simple chords and you will be playing great piano in no time at all!

Berklee Workshop Series-Learn how to lock into an airtight groove with Berklee professor and versatile bassman Danny Morris. In this Master Class Morris teaches techniques to help you anchor your band with a foundation of solid bass lines chordprogressions and rhythmic and harmonic variations. Working with and without a drum machine Morris breaks down the secrets of syncopation rhythmic displacement left-hand muting and more. His practical lessons will help you buildyour bass vocabulary play with more variety and character and keep your grooves in the pocket.

Unlock the secrets of improvising in traditional American fiddle styles with this Grammy-nominated stage and studio master. In only ten years as a professional musician, Jim Van Cleve has made quite a name for himself in bluegrass and acoustic music. He's spent time with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, saw his debut solo CD nominated for a Grammy and toured all over the world with Mountain Heart. He's become a sought-after Nashville session player and one of the most admired fiddlers in bluegrass. Jim covers many things on these 2 DVDs, but they really break into three sections. After some discussion about early learning experiences, AcuTab's John Lawless leads Jim through a discussion on improvising and building solos on a number of popular bluegrass standards. Two songs, Banks of The Ohio and Pretty Polly, are each played and demonstrated in 3 different keys. Before demonstrating the tunes, Jim breaks down the scale and common positions for each key in turn. He shows where to find the melody, and where adjacent double stops are located, as well as licks and phrases that suit each song. Attention is given to both playing a melody-based solo and what a fiddle can do to assist the band sound in accompaniment. He also carefully teaches four songs he has recorded - three of his own (Nature of the Beast, Devil's Courthouse and #6 Barn Dance) plus Bill Monroe's classic Wheel Hoss. After being slowly demonstrated lick-by-lick, they are each shown (fast and slow) in a split screen orientation. A printed booklet with standard notation for each of these songs is included. Two screen orientations are available for the split screen sections, based on whether the left or right hand is of greater interest. Simply switch between them using the Angle key. Over 4 hours of instructiona on 2 DVDs. / Violon (Traditionnel) / 240 pages / niveau : Débutant / 2-Dvd Set - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Chet Atkins was a master in many aspects of the Guitar. One of his greatest skills was his uncanny talent of discovering songs which would 'work' as fingerstyle arrangements and then using his musical genius to forge theminto enduring masterpieces. National Fingerstyle Guitar champion Pat Kirtley has assembled a collection of favourites from Chet's 'Golden Era' -- some of the best of Chet Atkins' vintage classic tunes -- and teaches you thesecrets of how it's done and how to get the feel of the originals in this double DVD.Pat chose these tunes his own favourites from Chet's vast collection carefully dissecting them and then putting them back together stepby step so the guitarist can not only learn to play them but also gets a sense of the feel and history of each unique selection. Pat teaches you note by note and phrase by phrase six of Chet's greatest arrangements. Usingsplit-screen you can study both the left and right hands in detail. A printed tab/music booklet is included as well as a PDF file of the booklet on each DVD.Every tune here is a winner a true Chet Atkins classic and eachone is guaranteed to be a standout solo Guitar performance piece. These challenging arrangements will provide hours of pleasurable fingerstyle fun as you learn to 'pick it like Chet!'Tunes taught include: Rose Ann DownHome Somebody's Knockin' Trambone Drive In Alice Blue Gown. Bonus tracks: Chet Atkins performing The Poor People Of Paris Side By Side Makin' Believe Villa Say Si Si