Specimen sight-reading tests and essential practice material for candidates preparing for higher-grade practical exams. These tests are representative of the technical level expected in the exam and explore the different keys styles and tempi. Including a generous number of tests which have been devised to develop your portfolio of skills and form a natural extension to your study.

Dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords, and then includes several solos over often-played jazz standards, using this approach. Also described are the use of the blues and pentatonic scales as well as be-bop ideas, the melodic minor scale, and whole-tone and diminished scales and patterns. Hanon-type warm up exercises and Dave's own fingerings shown in tab are also described. Perfect for intermediate-to-more advanced players, Dave's concise way of explaining his approach will open up the students to developing their own improvisational ideas. Dave plays the examples and solos on the companion CD including tracks with a rhythm only section for student play-along.

Media Type : Book Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Complete Number of pages : 248 This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the middle strings of the guitar, much of the knowledge conveyed here can be appreciated and used by all jazz musicians, not only guitarists. Topics covered include: Tensions, Voice Leading Chord Scales, Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions, Fourth Voicings, Chromatic Guide Lines, Triad Over Bass Voicings, and much more! The best part of this book, however, is the unique and practical way the author takes modern harmonic concepts and shows you how to apply them in real music situations! Written for the intermediate to advanced music theory enthusiast who wishes to master this facet of music.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Series : Modern Guitar Method Number of pages : 104 Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies and duets in the keys of C, Am, G, Em, F, Dm, D, Bm, Bb and Gm. Presents a comprehensive listing of chords found in each key. For each key, etudes are presented in four different positions.

Media Type : DVD Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Complete Number of pages : 115 Re-edited from the original masters, this companion DVD to Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drum Set Book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-one play-along tracks, CueLinkâ„¢ and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. Addressing a multitude of styles such as jazz, Latin, rock, R&B, African and more, Frank Briggs presents masterful performances and concepts to guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. This DVD features complete performances of Red Moon, Home, Along the Mohawk, Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for easy reference). Most of the styles include musical examples so you can hear what the patterns sound like in context. Quick moving and packed with information, the DVD covers: The 40 International Rudiments; African beats; Polyrhythm; R&B, Funk, Rock, and Jazz; Odd Meter; Reggae, Latin, and Fusion; Shuffles and Second Line; Linear Patterns; Playing Over the Bar Line; Metric Modulation; Superimposed Meters; and more.

sing and hear various subdivisions and groupings of subdivisions. This book can be used by any and all instrumentalists. Metric Modulation will greatly improve the student’s improvisational ability to create and respond to rhythmic musical dialogue. The book is complete with general exercises for all instrumentalists as well as specific exercises for pianists, bassists and drummers. The included DVD demonstrates of all the material from the book, including improvised examples by Ari Hoenig and Johannes Weidenmueller in duo as well as trio with Aaron Goldberg. Transcriptions on how to harmonically navigate through polyrhythm inside standard jazz forms are included. The DVD musical examples can be watched, and played along to. Standard notation.

Description Presents scales, chords etudes, and solo and duet arrangements in the keys of B major/G# minor, D# (E-Flat) minor, F# (G-flat) major. Includes in-depth theory notes and studies incorporating minor seventh, major seventh, dominant seventh flat-5, and dominant seventh #5 chords. Chords are presented as four-note groupings on the three sets of adjacent strings as well as in “Orchestral Forms” incorporating all six strings with some strings muted. Throughout, the author integrates theory with technique and performance. Grade 6 is an advanced text designed to develop well-rounded musician/guitarists. Written in standard notation only.

This book is designed to help saxophonists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 is an indispensable resource that shows you how a professional player would deal with many of the complex chord progressions found in popular standards and jazz compositions. Special Features of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 by Greg Fishman: • 120 Hip Licks – Each lick is unique and customized for each key, based on the best timbre, register and playability on the horn. • Idiomatic Construction – Alto and Tenor read the same written part, while the rhythm section is recorded in two different keys, ensuring that each lick lays perfectly on all saxophones. • Slow Tempo and Fast Tempo Play-Along CDs are included for both Alto and Tenor – 4 CDs included: 2 Alto CDs and 2 Tenor CDs, providing over four hours of play-along tracks. All licks at 208 BPM (and above) are recorded at both slow and fast tempos. • Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 features great licks over the following chord progressions: • V7#11 chords [C7#11] x 12 keys • ii mi7 / V7 [C mi7 / F7 ] x 12 keys • ii mi7b5 / V7b9 [C mi7b5 / F7b9] x 12 keys • iv mi7 / bVII7 / I Maj7 ( 2 bar and 4 bar phrases) [F mi7 / Bb7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • b vi mi7 / bII7 / I Maj7 [Ab mi7 / Db7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • #iv mi7 / VII7 / I Maj7 [F#mi7 / B7 / CMaj7 x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (4 beats per chord – 4 bar phrases [C Maj7 / A7b9 / Dmi7 / G7] x 12 keys • V7#9#5 / i mi [C7#9#5 / F mi ] x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (2 beats per chord – 8 bar phrases] [C Maj7 Ami7 / Dmi7 G7 ] x 12 keys • Modular Design – The licks are self-contained, easily taken out of the book to be used in a wide variety of songs. • Interactive Call and Response Format, perfect for ear training and developing your musical memory. Each lick is played twice in a row on the Play-Along CDs, so you can hear the lick and then immediately play along. • Twelve Key Approach – Each CD track takes you through all twelve keys. • Rhythm-Section-Only Tracks let you experiment with your own variations on the licks and improvise over a wide variety of harmonic settings. These tracks are also excellent backgrounds for practicing all of your chords and scales. • Technique Builder – Use Hip Licks for Saxophone as part of your daily practice routine to dramatically increase your technical command of the saxophone. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volumes 1 & 2 were designed to work well together. The lick numbers in volume two start where volume one left off, beginning with lick number 169. This will help you easily keep track of your favorite licks, with no confusion from duplicate lick numbers. Using Volume 1 and 2 together will you have 288 hip licks, many of which can be mixed and matched, creating even more licks. 36 pages, 4 Play-Along CDs included

Right@Sight is based on musical material from T.A. Johnson's celebrated Read and Play sight-reading series. Using an entirely new presentation, Caroline Evans brings a refreshingly direct approach to the development of this vital musical skill. Each / Rev. Caroline Evans /

Right@Sight is based on musical material from T.A. Johnson's celebrated Read and Play sight-reading series. Using an entirely new presentation, Caroline Evans brings a refreshingly direct approach to the development of this vital musical skill. Each / Rev. Caroline Evans /

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

Cette m?ode de virtuosit??ite tout sp?alement pour les accord?istes, comprend des exercices dont l'?cution pr?nte des difficult?augmentant graduellement, ainsi que des r??ions de styles diff?nts.Par une ?de s?euse de ces exercices et r??ions, les ?ves pourront obtenir une Technique et une ind?ndance des deux mains absolument n?ssaires ?out accord?iste digne de ce nom.L'?lit?es notes est primordiale. Elle doit ?e parfaite. Il faudra donc commencer l'?de de ces exercices tr?lentement et ensuite acc?rer le mouvement pour obtenir le Tempo indiqu?ar le m?onome au d?t de chaque exercice.Il se peut que l'?ve ?ouve quelques difficult? Qu'il commence alors l'?de les deux mains s?r?.L'interpr?tion est l'art de l'?cution. Aussi les Nuances, et j'insiste particuli?ment sur ce point, devront ?e rigoureusement observ? et respect? si l'on veut obtenir l'effet recherch?e chaque exercice.Un travail consciencieux de ces exercices vous apportera cette ma?ise de soi-m? dans l'?cution qui est l'apanage des vrais virtuoses.

The ultimate technical study of four-way independence based on Afro-Cuban rhythms. This detailed and methodical approach will develop four-limb coordination and expand rhythmic vocabulary. Understanding the clave and the relationship between eighth-note and triplet rhythms will aid in mastering the multiple and complex rhythms of Afro-Cuban styles.

Trois méthodes complètes créées par une des meilleures écoles de guitare aux Etats-Unis : The National Guitar Workshop. Chaque volume contient : Des exemples en notations standards et en tablatures; Des solos à travailler; Les techniques de guitare acoustique telles que l’accompagnement, le flatpicking et le fingerpicking; Des sujets tels que la théorie, l’arrangement, l’improvisation et la composition; Des leçons sur le styles de guitare acoustique comme le blues, le funk acoustique et la world music. Ce dernier volume commence par des exercices vous permettant de développer vitesse et précision. Des techniques telles que l'effet mitraillette, l'étouffement main droite, le slap, le tapping, les harmoniques slappées et le trémolo sont étudiées. Vous approfondirez la musique celtique, le blues, l'improvisation modale, les accordages alternatifs, et vous apprendrez à jouer les styles dits de Musique du Monde tels que le reggae, la musique africaine, brézilienne, le norteno ou encore le conjunto. Cette méthode très pointue pour guitariste intermédiaire et avancé inclut également une étude de plus de 10 accordages alternatifs et enseigne l'analyse, le contrepoint et le mouvement de voies. Compositeur/Artiste : HORNE GREG Collection : GUITARE ACOUSTIQUE Support : Livre + CD