More Guitar Workshop
This continuation from Jim’s first book teaches guitarists more about how to improve their playing in rock, blues, jazz, funk, Latin and RandB styles, and how to play in the style of legends like Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, and other greats. Players will develop their own approaches using the helpful full-band and play-along tracks on the accompanying CD, and learn to phrase their own solos in new ways by using the techniques of master guitar players. Valuable to players at all levels, the strong melodies and chord changes Jim has written especially for this series are fun to listen to and learn. The book includes traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tab for the songs, including style, tempo, form, fingerings, song description and commentary, hints, tips, approaches and practice ideas.
Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Piano Sheet Music Levels 1-4 Book & Online Audio
Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Piano – Book/Online Audio. Series: Berklee Guide. Publisher: Berklee Press. 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.
Contemporary Piano Technique – Coordinating Breath, Movement, and Sound
This book/DVD pack teaches expressive, virtuosic, and healthy piano technique for contemporary and classical styles. Through integrated written directions and video examples, you will see exactly how to move your fingers, wrists, arms, feet, body and breath to achieve maximum expressive effect and technical facility. Developed by Berklee Piano Dept. Chair Stephany Tiernan as a continuation of the groundbreaking work of Mme. Margaret Chaloff, this approach to piano technique has been used by thousands of pianists worldwide. The DVD demonstrates each technique in isolation, and in the context of playing repertoire in jazz, rock, new age, Latin and classical styles.
Phrasing: Advanced Rudiments for Creative Drumming
Advance your creativity and command of the drum set. Phrasing will help you expand your vocabulary by using standard rudiments and exciting rhythmic concepts, making your playing more conversational, dynamic, and focused. First, you’ll learn a core set of phrases that are the basis for all the exercises. Then, each of the 50 lessons applies rudiments and innovative stickings to the phrases to explode the rhythmic potential of standard practice routines. This process will give you a comprehensive drum set vocabulary that you can bring to all groove styles. 52 minutes of video demonstration and audio play-along tracks are accessible online for download or streaming, using the unique code inside this book. Online audio/video is accessed at
Berklee Guitar Theory
Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist’s perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department. These applications facilitate creative, expressive playing and writing in all styles and directly map to the Berklee Guitar Department proficiency evaluations. Players at all levels will find a clear, organized approach to the materials and musical examples in a variety of styles, provided by Berklee’s guitar faculty. You’ll learn to: Master the fingerboard by understanding how strings and frets relate to scales, intervals, and chords; Understand and use the most important types of scales and modes; Construct chords and voicing possibilities based on the essential building blocks of harmony; Choose chord voicings that are ergonomic, intuitive, and expressive for every unique playing situation; and more.
A Modern Method for Guitar Scales Larry Baione Sheet Music
The « A Modern Method for Guitar Scales » sheet music by Larry Baione is a comprehensive resource for guitar players looking to expand their skills in contemporary music. With 96 pages of instructional content, this book focuses on guitar scales and techniques, making it a valuable tool for musicians seeking to improve their improvisation and composition abilities. Published by Berklee Press, this sheet music is designed for guitarists looking to explore new and innovative ways to play the instrument in a modern musical context.
Funk Bass Fills – For Funk, RandB, Soul and Hip-Hop
This book by Berklee bass prof Anthony Vitti will help you make your bass lines more creative, unique and memorable. Tap into the groove and evolve your bass lines by using fills. This book brings you beyond the basics and helps you incorporate figures into your lines that are natural to the groove, and applicable to many styles. The play-along recordings let you hear the fills in context, then practice them with a rhythm section. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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.