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Master Class Series Includes Audio and Video Access!-This comprehensive resource covers virtually every aspect of double bass drumming. By revealing the value of proper balance and foot technique then applying those concepts to various warm-ups mirrored grooves fills and progressive phrasing applications you will be thoroughly prepared for any musical situation demanding double bass proficiency. With nearly 200 pages of printed instruction online access to 130 audio tracks and over an hour of video content this package is a must for double bass drummers of all levels. Topics covered include: practice suggestions ? balance/foot technique insights and overview ? dynamic warm-ups ? mirrored double bassgrooves based on 8th-note 16th-note 32nd-note and triplet feels ? fill development using drum and cymbal orchestrations ? phrasing concepts applied to grooves and fills.

Modern Techniques for the Electric Guitarist Private Lessons Series-Renowned fusion guitarist Dean Brown explains and provides detailed demonstrations of his unique approach to:? Developing drummer-style two-hand rhythmic independence? Developing accurate consistent rhythm patterns over a variety of grooves? Creating rhythmic variety and texture? Understanding harmonic structures? Applying contemporary improvisational tools and concepts? Improving your earIncludes online access to nearly two hours of video instruction and audio backing tracks for download or streaming plus notated examples exercises and progressions andbonus live performances.

Peter Daneff is a pianist composer arranger and teacher at the Musician's Institue in Hollywood. His music has a mixture of influences including Latin jazz and Middle Eastern styles. Guitar Hanon is a colection of 51fretboard exercises designed to dramatically improve strength and independence of the fingering hand and speed and coordination of the picking hand. Many of the exercises contain different fingerings and can be played ondifferent string sets in different positions or across the whole fretboard. The exercises are perfect for guitarists of all standards from beginners to professionals and will benefit guitarists of all musical genres sincethey contain Arabic Greek Persian African flamenco salsa and classical as well as jazz and blues influences. The book contains diatonic and chromatic scale exercises as well as major minor dominant and half-diminishedseventh arpeggio based exercises. Whole tones and diminished arpeggios are also covered.

Master the art of blending melody and harmony on the guitar with this book/CD pack. It includes in-depth studies of chords and chord melodies as well as a CD containing 90 demonstration tracks. Lessons include: The five patternsChord shellsInversionsVoice leading CadencesDiminished chordsand more.

30+ great lines using many techniques and melodic ideas. Covers: alternate sweep & skip picking major scale chromaticism arpeggios alterations and more.

Master Class-Develop your solo skills with this comprehensive method with online audio of 99 full demonstration tracks plus 16 video lessons available online for download or streaming. Topics covered include: common jazz phrases; applying scales and arpeggios; common jazz phrases; guide tones non-chordal tones fourths; and more. Includes standard notation and tablature. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

A comprehensive source for learning rhythm guitar in a variety of musical styles. It covers: open chords barre chords and other movable shapes; strumming fingerstyle flatpicking and arpeggiation; common progressions and basicchord theory; triads sixth seventh ninth and many other chords; and much more.

An anthology of classical works that span the last five hundred years all arranged for the solo electric lead guitar. All pieces are self-accompanied full solos provided in botgh standard notation and Tab with a CD of excellent professional performance demonstrations. Each piece also features a short biography setting the work in context and helping you achieve the most authentic performance.