Tommy Igoe: Groove Essentials: Drums: Instrumental Tutor

French Language version of Tommy Igoe's groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century! With over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents a quantumleap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R&B to world and specialitygrooves including Calypso Baiao Samba Batucada and lots more! Every rhythm is explained in detail with all required techniques a full musical context and two professionally recorded backing tracks featuring some of thehottest musicians of New York City.Beginner drummers will enjoy playing the simple rock beats with a real band giving you a chance to play the drums with good solid time utilizing four-waycoordination.Intermediate drummers will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing some good swinging Jazz.Advanced and professionaldrummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on Jazz shuffles waltzes and more.Each example is supported by professional-standardcharts and the backing tracks are presented in MP3 format allowing them to be used on Mac PC iPod and portable MP3 systems.

Tommy Igoe presents THE groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century overflowing with over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents aquantum leap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R

Includes 2 Books 2 DVDs and 2 Posters-Now you can order all of the books CDs DVDs and posters available in Groove Essentials 1.0 and 2.0 in one comprehensive pack for only $59.99!

Presented by Vic Firth-The second edition of the best-selling original Groove Essentials features a DVD and companion book/CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players. Students will learn the difference between ghost and grace notes (while being encouraged to experiment with both in all six groove “families”) as well as important “go-to” grooves like the Train and Bo-Diddley beats. For more advanced players and professionals GE 2.0 introduces the concepts of groove construction interpretation and manipulation- training drummers to think like musicians in order to maximize their full potential. The DVDfeatures more than 70 new songs covering 4/4 2/2 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures with three levels of difficulty for 5/4 7/8 and 9/8 meters. On the 3-hour 45-minute DVD Igoe discusses and demonstrates each groove in multiple tempos alone and with a band with many patterns shown on both acoustic and on Roland HD-1 and TD-9 electronic drumkits. The grooves span rock funk R&B/hip-hop jazz (sticks and brushes) world/specialty extreme tempos all-purpose hybrid rideless classic and odd-meters. The companion play-Along book and CD contain (available separately) over 90 tracks including every song from the DVD in their full-length versions minus the drums; allowing drummers to expand their skills by playing any of the grooves with a band and recording themselves on audio or video (optional) to help facilitate the learning process. These tracks also supply a variety of fill-in and soloing opportunities to challenge advanced players. In addition the book features Igoe's extended “global tours” that will test even the most seasoned professionals chops creativity and stamina and as a “first of its kind” bonus there is a full-length orchestral play-along track designed to provide a taste of playing in a full orchestra complete with multiple moving tempos dynamics and feels.

Méthode de Batterie en français par Tommy Igoe. Contrôle, précision, confiance sont les 3 mots à préciser pour être un grand musicien batteur et Groove Essentials 2.0 est l'outil adapté à cette quête. 53 nouveau rythmes qui mettront à rude épreuve votre jeu de batterie ainsi que votre esprit, afin d'accéder au stade ultime. Les styles musicaux couvrent le Rock, Funk, R&B / Hip-hop, jazz, musiques du monde, tempi extrêmes, rythmes hybrides, rythmes sans cymbales et même pour la première fois les rythmes impairs. Pour le batteur avancé: cette méthode vous introduira à la puissance du remplissage et des notes fantômes dans tous les styles musicaux abordés. De plus vous apprendrez à jouer les rythmes Train et Bo-Diddley beats. Pour le batteur confirmé: avec les 92 titres du CD d'accompagnement, vous apprendrez à penser comme un musicien et non plus seulement comme un batteur. Vous devrez réagir à des situations musicales excitantes; vous deviendrez l'architecte de vos rythmes en jouant les grooves hybrides et les tourneries sans cymbales. Pour le batteur professionnel: cette méthode augmentera votre musicalité et votre acuité rythmique qui vous distingueront du commun des grands musiciens. Les rythmes 3/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8 avec 3 niveaux de difficultés éprouveront votre orchestration et votre interprétation. Vous pourrez également choruser à loisir et dépasser vos limites. Et puis surtout la synthèse des genres n°8 bousculera votre esprit, votre endurance et votre technique ! Titres : 53 nouveaux rythmes plus de 90 nouveaux play-backs plus de 100 variations