Bass Chops

Scales are no stranger to the bass player. We practice them up and down, in different sequences, and in different keys to improve our chops. But how many people really know how to apply them in a musical way? With Bassist's Guide to Scales Over Chords, you'll learn how these two topics are intertwined in a logical and fundamental manner. This key concept is paramount in learning how to create and improvise functional and memorable bass lines or solos reliably time and again. If you're stuck in a root-note rut or find yourself always coming back to the same old tired patterns, this book is for you. It includes 136 audio tracks and 17 extended backing tracks for download or streaming online. / Guitare Basse

Nathan East Eric Clapton's lontime bassist is one of the most respected musicians and sought-after sidemen in the industry. In this DVD Nathan breaks down his unique style of playing demonstrating how he builds his impeccable chops creates solos and grooves plays walking bass lines and interacts with a rhythm section. The DVD includes an in-depth interview with NAthan in which he speaks candidly aboyut his personal triumphs covering topics such as getting started in the music business breaking into studio playing and even revealing his favourite superstar to tour with! Also includes iPod ready files to watch listen and learn on the go!

If you want to work on your bass guitar chops, then Bass Hanon: 75 Exercises To Build Endurance And Flexibility For Bass Guitar Players is the book for you.These 75 exercises will help you build your endurance and flexibility, challenging you in fun, interesting and methodical ways.Topics in Bass Hanon: 75 Exercises To Build Endurance And Flexibility For Bass Guitar Players include: left-hand finger patterns, pull-offs and hammer-ons, string crossing, harmonic technique, arpeggios, scales, blues sequences, chords on the bass, articulations, rhythms, harmonics, and more. / Guitare Basse

Big Band Play-Along Volume 6-These revolutionary play-along packs let you sit in with a professional big band without the pressure of playing solo. They're perfect for current players who want to practice their chops and for those former players who want to get back in the swing!Each volume includes: easy-to-read authentic big band arrangements; professional recordings of all the big band instruments including the lead part.Accessible authentic and easy-to-read big band arrangements for 10 hot Latin grooves: Água De Beber (Water to Drink); At the Mambo Inn; Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much); The Look of Love; Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...); Mas Que Nada; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So);Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado); Ran Kan Kan; St. ThomasFeatures a professionally recorded play-along CD.

In this comprehensive book jazz guitarist Michael Anthony addresses the need to build flexibility and technical proficiency in a way consistent with the melodic motifs of contemporary music. Though the warm-ups arenumbered there is no order that must be followed. The guitarist may approach them according to his or her interest and inspiration. They include: arpeggios scale patterns melodic minor forms chord-melody groups stretching andcontrary motion double-stops octave displacement walking bass with comping two line phrases 'out of the box' geometric shapes overlapping rhythms long arpeggios and diminished scale patterns. The finish line exemplifiesarpeggios outlining I-VI-II-V7 progressions in major and minor. In the words of Michael Anthony 'I find that isolation of the right and left hand is useful but ultimately it is the timing and coordinationof the two that is necessary.' The benefits of these warm-ups are threefold: 1. Technical improvement. 2. Fingerboard knowledge. 3. Ear training.Extreme Warm-Ups And Chops Builders For Guitar iswritten in notation and tablature.

for Fiddle Tunes. Eclectic cellist, Renata Bratt, has written the ultimate book for the fiddling cellist, this time from the perspective of an accompanist. Herein, you'll find the theoretical and technical foundation for everything you need to creatively back up the lead players in a fiddle jam session, not to mention playing the lead yourself. This progressive method includes detailed fingerings and bowings for traditional fiddle tunes like: Salt Creek, Jenny Dang the Weaver, The Water Is Wide, The Girl I left Behind Me, The Road to California, Mason's Apron, and Green Grows the Laurel - plus three jigs and a slip-jig. Accompaniment elements include single chord-tone backup, bluegrass bass style, 2 and 3-note chords and arpeggios in the common fiddling keys, one and two-measure rhythmic bowing patterns, the Charleston rhythm, the traveling beat, and many variations of the ever-popular chop bowing technique. With the knowledge and experience conveyed by this book, a cellist can become a valuable asset to any musical group no matter the style! Includes access to 100 online audio tracks expertly played by the author. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Date parution : 2020-04-11/ Etude / Violoncelle

Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. Play along with piano and bass! 'Killer' drum tracks from a special remix of the Volume 70, 'Killer Joe' play-a-along with all the explanation necessary to get your drum chops together! Special stereo separation on the CD allows you to play along with the bass and piano (listen to both sound samples below - one with drums and the other without drums. ) Includes all the baisc styles you'll need to start gigging tomorrow. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Batterie

Learn 12 MORE great Gypsy Swing/Hot Club standards (see song list below left) in the style of Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli and The Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Just like with the original set you\'ll play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords comping and melodies then let the band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practice basic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops each at their own individual learning pace. You\'ll learn moveable closed position swing/jazz chords and practice playing them with the swing guitarcomp. We\'ve also included information on basic chord substitution along with exercises on transposing melodies and chord progressions to different keys. These are essential skills for any swing/jazz musician. You\'ll also explore some basic chord melody passages! Book/CD set includes standard notation tablature chord diagrams lyrics playing tips and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First youâ??ll hear the melody played on guitar at a slow speed with just guitar backup then it\'s repeated at regular speed with the band. The back up band is a classic Hot Club- style rhythm section with two acoustic rhythm guitars string bass. Songs may be repeated at slow or regular speed as many times as you wish in order to perfect phrases melodies and solos in a band context.

Jazz-Style Arrangements with a Variation-Broadway by Special Arrangement is a collection of eleven songs arranged for the instrumentalist wanting to play in a Jazz style -without the need to learn to improvise. The 'classically' trained amateur or professional performer or the intermediate-level student (III-IV) will enjoy playing these expertly arranged Broadway melodies just for fun or to include as a light piece on a recital or solo-feature concert performance. The ballads and medium-tempo and up-tempo swing tunes are arranged with a play through of the melody followed by a written-out 'variation chorus a return to the melody and an earcatching ending. The piano bass and drumaccompaniment CD will put you right in the band. The CD includes both the solo instrument with the accompaniment track and an accompanimet-alone track for each selection. The inexperienced performer can learn the appropriate style of playing and be comfortable playing in the jazz style before playing along with the rhythm section track. All of the instrument books are for the most part compatible with only minimal changes in the 'variation' section to accommodate the ranges (sometimes including octave options) and unique characteristics of the instruments -but all can be played together. The three-line piano accompaniment book provides a rhythmic 'comping' with chord voicings written out plus the flute part to help in following the soloist or even for the pianist to take a chorus. For the jazzer here is a chance to learn Broadway tunes and to explore playing ballads and the swing style of popular standards. Chord symbols are included to allow for improvistation. By combining his jazz-keyboard chops his 25 years as an instrumental instructor and his superb composing and arranging skills Carl Strommen presents a fully playable exciting and tastefully arranged collection of these immortal and memorable Broadway titles.