SKU: HL.339744
ISBN 9780876392089. UPC: 840126916744. 9.0x12.0x0.336 inches.
Develop mastery and control over the viola fingerboard, in all keys. Whether you are playing classical, jazz, fiddle tunes, or other styles, these twenty-first century strategies can significantly improve your technique and musicality, and provide the foundation for improvisation. Play-along audio tracks are included for accompaniment, as you begin to explore this previously uncharted but essential territory. This approach is core to Berklee's viola curriculum. The book covers: Fingering strategies for comfortably playing in all keys; Scale diagrams for easily visualizing your fingerboard; Major, minor, and pentatonic scales, modes, and arpeggios; Etudes applying these scales and arpeggios in an improvisational context; Essential chord and scale relationships that are useful for improvising; Exercises to help memorize and internalize the scales; and more! Rob Thomas is a professor in the Berklee College of Music String Department, where he has taught since 2002. He has performed and recorded with the String Trio of New York, the Jazz Passengers, Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge big band, the Mahavishnu Project, the Chris Parker Quintet, Gypsy Jazz Caravan, and many others.
SKU: M7.VOGG-340
ISBN 9783802403408. English.
This practical overview of chords, keys and harmonic relationships has been especially designed with the Jazz, Rock and Pop keyboarder in mind.It features a new structure that makes it useful for beginners as well as advanced musicians. This enables you to improve your musical understanding.
SKU: M7.VOGG-341
ISBN 9783802403415. English.
This Guitar Chord reference chart has been especially designed with the working and studying guitarist in mind. It features an overview of more than 4000 chords and their most popular voicings in Rock, Pop and Jazz.Additional chapters on playing techniques, chord synonyms, power chords and slash chords can be helpful to further improve your understanding of music and individually enhance your creative potential.
