Stanton Moore: Groove Alchemy: Other Percussion: Instrumental Tutor

Description Over 600 examples demonstrated on an MP3 CD are included in this book/CD pack. The book covers the same topics as the Groove Alchemy DVD (HL00320974) in an even more comprehensive fashion, containing transcriptions of all of the historical grooves, plus all of Stanton's creative expansions and applications of them. The package also contains four play-along tracks taken directly from Stanton's Groove Alchemy CD. These are some of the same songs performed on the DVD, so, using both products together, the student can watch and listen to Stanton perform, and then try the songs for themselves.

On this 3-hour DVD Stanton presents a historical overview of some of the most important drum grooves in history showing the basic elements and conceptual development of each groove. He then shows you how to learn from the past and develop your own complete vocabulary for creating new funk grooves and patterns on the drumset.Topics include:using variation and style combination to create new groovesusing rhythmic structures and clave ideas for advanced drum set vocabularyhi-hat conceptsgetting creative with backbeat groovesa look at how to develop swing and shuffle groovesand more.Intercut withthe educational segments Stanton's trio also performs new tracks from their latest CD showing how many of the grooves discussed are applied directly to the music. Bonus features include slow-motion segments of key grooves.