The Chord Factory is for all levels and styles of chord explorers from professional-level guitarists in need of harmonic stimulation and to fill in some gray areas to the early-level guitarist just embarkingon that fascinating and fun aspect of exploring chords and harmony. This added chord vocabulary and understanding will strengthen all areas of your musical world as a performer and composer. The Chord Factory is for all levels and styles of chord explorers from professional-level guitarists in need of harmonic stimulation and to fill in some 'gray areas ' to the early guitarist just embarking on thatfascinating and fun aspect of exploring chords and harmony. This added chord vocabulary and understanding will strengthen all areas of your musical world as a performer and composer.

Morph those boring 26 standard rudiments you learned into mind-blowing grooves fills and solos! All that rhythmic sophistication you hear from great drummers can easily be broken down into its basic elements: therudiments. Rudiments are the drum language: a basic vocabulary of rhythms that drummers arrange and rearrange when they play grooves solos and fills. This book shows you how to apply them to the drum set in all styles of music.When you start combining the hands and feet orchestrating different parts of the rudiments between the various drums and cymbals on your set you'll start to make inspired music. Fifty illustrated grooves are reinforced onthe accompanying CD so you can hear how the rudiments should sound when you apply them to the drum set. Discover how these basics become the foundation for all grooves and moves including: single and double strokes; strokedrolls; drags; flams; paradiddles double paradiddles paradiddle grooves and fills; combinations and more. Your choices of accents tempos style and feel are what will ultimately make the rudiments into music. Learning andinternalizing them will help you expand your vocabulary to play creative grooves fills and solos. Use Rudiment Grooves for the Drum Set to create an infinite number of combinations in any style and at any tempo.Turn those standard 26 rudiments into mind-blowing groovers fills and solos. All that rhythmic sophistication you hear in the playing of great drummers can easily be broken down into its basic elements: the rudiments.Rudiments are the drum language a basic vocabulary of rhythms that drummers arrange and rearrange when they play grooves solos and fills. This book shows you how to apply the rudiments to the drum set in all styles of music.When you start combining the hands and feet orchestrating different parts of the rudiments between the various drums and cymbals on your set you'll start to make inspired music. Fifty illustrated grooves are reinforced withthe accompanying CD; hear how the rudiments sound when you apply them to the drum set. Discover how these basics become the foundation for all grooves and moves including: Single and double strokes Stroked rolls Drags Flams Paradiddles double paradiddles paradiddle grooves and fills Combinations Your choices of accents tempos style and feel are what will ultimately make the rudiments into music. Learning and internalizingthem will help you expand your vocabulary to play creative grooves fills and solos. Use Rudiment Grooves to create an infininte number of combinations in any style and at any tempo. Rick Considine is anAssociate Professor at Berklee College of Music. He was a former percussion instructor and drum set conductor at Drummer's Collective in New York.

This practical comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar andmusic fundamentals including: scales melodic studies chord and arpeggio studies how to read music special exercises for developing technique in both hands voice leading using moveable chord forms and more.A practical approach for the serious guitar student. Includes studies chord forms and rhythm accompaniment. The popular series by William G. Leavitt now available as book and CD pack.

Expression is the essence of jazz improvisation. With this DVD in the Berklee Workshop series you will develop your own style as you work with the building blocks of expression and articulation and learn to craft your personalmusical interpretation of a song. Berklee Professor Larry Monroe will help you to go beyond simply playing notes and start crafting your musical expression. Featured lessons include: vibrato articulation dynamics effects pitch. 64 minutes.Expression is the essence of jazz improvisation and the starting point of ornamentation and creativity. As one of the lead instruments of Jazz the saxophone is often required to tackle a solo melody. Every tip trick and techniqueis provided here giving you an arsenal of musical tactics to set your solo playing on fire. With this DVD from the Berklee Workshop series you will develop your own style as you work with the building blocks of articulationand expression to craft your personal interpretation of a song. Featured lessons include aspects of vibrato articulation dynamics effects pitch and much more. With these tools your solos will become filled with characterand nuance as you develop your own style. Berklee Professor Larry Monroe will help you go beyond simply playing notes and start crafting your musical expression.

A modern method ideal for all beginning guitarists studying individually or in a class. Technique and reading skills are developed through two- three- and four-part ensemble arrangements of traditional and newly composed music.Also includes an introduction to chord playing. Also available: Phase 2 Book 50449470 $7.95William Leavitt. Berklee Press. Two three and four part arrangements. Material for class instruments guitar clubs and student recitals. Berklee Press..

This Berklee Workshop featuring over 20 solos and duets by Bach Carcassi Paganini Sor and other renowned composers is designed to acquaint intermediate to advanced pick-style guitarists with some of the excellent classicalmusic that is adaptable to pick-style guitar. With study and practice this workshop will increase a player's knowledge and proficiency on this formidable instrument.William Leavitt. A collection of solos and duets for intermediate and advanced guitarists. Music by Carcassi Sor and Carulli. Transcriptions of pieces by Bach Clementi and Kreutzer. Berklee Press.

Learn piano basics as required of every piano major at Berklee College of Music. The exercises featured in this book will help you improve your sight-reading skills and memorize new material in less time and with moreconfidence. Scales chords arpeggios and cadences will improve your tone dynamic range and sense of rhythm. You will become more comfortable with fingerings develop speed and agility on the keyboard and will build afoundation for further study. Get the tools you need to express your musical ideas as you study scales arpeggios and their related theory all attributed to the prestigious Berklee College Of Music. Beginning with basic concepts and advancing tomore challenging ideas this invaluable tutorial will serve as a reference for many years to come. Discover chord progressions dynamics phrasing and other aspects of Piano technique that will transform your performances. Thecourse provides a solid foundation for advanced keyboard studies with exercises in all twelve keys that will help you to: Advance your performance skill and build fluency Increase your speed and agility atthe keyboard Internalise common chord patterns Improve your sight-reading skills Memorise new material in less time Improve your tone rhythm and sense of dynamics The onlineaudio provides all the examples and play-along tracks you will need. Suitable for piano students of all levels.

Get Your Band Together-Make your band better or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation develop your technique and reading ability and master your role in the groove.Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD then play with your own band!This is the first ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen interact and respond improvise and become part of the groove. The book andplay-along CD will help improve your timing technique and reading ability. Become the great player that everyone wants to have in their band.

Volumes 1 2 and 3 with 14+ Hours of Video and 123 Audio Tracks-The William Leavitt Modern Method for Guitar used as the basic text for the Berklee College of Music guitar program has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated guitar students and instructors. By popular demand Berklee Press has created a compilation of the original volumes 1 2 and 3 including all audio and video tracks. Now serious guitar students and instructors from beginning through advanced have the convenience of progressing through all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one comprehensive book. Innovative solos duets and exercises progressively teach melody harmony and rhythm. This edition contains audio andvideo produced by William Leavitt's students Charles Chapman and Larry Baione (who was his successor as chair of the Berklee Guitar Department) demonstrating the examples and providing play-along tracks for the ensemble exercises.

Successful Drumming Tips from One of the Most In-Demand Players Today Berklee Workshop-Learn the techniques that have made Kenwood Dennard one of the most in-demand drummers around. Sharing knowledge gained from playing with Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter Jaco Pastorius Sting and other giants of jazz funk and pop Dennard teaches how to: get the most out of every practice session internalize the melody play melodic solos and more! Dennard will inspire you to bring more energy expression and variety to every performance on stage or inthe studio. 61 minutes.In this workshop you'll learn techniques that have made Kenwood Dennard one of the most in-demand drummers in the business. Learn how to get the most out of each practice session how to internalise the melody play melodicsolos and more! No matter what role you're asked to play on stage or in the studio Dennard will inspire you to bring more energy expression and variety to every performance.

Book with More Than 14 Hours of Berklee Video Guitar Instruction-A Modern Method for Guitar by William Leavitt is one of the world's most popular guitar methods and is the basic text for Berklee College of Music's guitar program. It has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated guitar students and instructors for over 40 years. Now this renowned method is available with online video access to fourteen hours of instruction from Larry Baione chair or Berklee's guitar department! Instruction includes on-screen demonstrations with camera close-ups of both hands as well as interactive duets and play-along segments so you can sit in with your instructor. It's like a year's worth of private guitar lessons atBerklee College of Music! A Modern Method For Guitar by William Leavitt is one of the world's most popular Guitar methods and is the basic text for Berklee College of Music's Guitar program. It has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated Guitar students and instructors for over 40 years. Now this renowned method is available with online video access to fourteen hours of instruction from Larry Baione chair of Berklee's Guitar department. Instruction includes on-screen demonstrations with camera close-ups of both hands as well as interactive duets and play-along segments so you can “sit in” with your instructor. It's like a year'sworth of private Guitar lessons at Berklee College of Music.

With this comprehensive Berklee Guide you'll learn the essential techniques for playing Classical Guitar. The included exercises and demonstrations will help you to develop ease of motion efficiency coordination tone control over dynamics and color melodic connection and harmonic balance while preventing injury. With this comprehensive Berklee Guide you'll learn the essential techniques for playing Classical Guitar. The included exercises and demonstrations will help you to develop ease of motion efficiency coordination tone control over dynamics and color melodic connection and harmonic balance while preventing injury. Techniques for each hand are discussed in isolation and then combined with exercises drawn from the Chaconne by S.L. Weiss which is also included in its entirety. Whether you are a classical or improvising player you will find a clear concise outline of the basic hand position and timing with dozens ofillustrative photographs and detailed descriptions. Online audio recordings are also included to demonstrate the techniques and their effects.

Learn twelve classic bebop guitar solos from six of the greatest bebop artists. Each solo includes a technical introduction with analytical insights and references to its classic recording. The transcribed solos include: All the Things You Are (Tal Farlow) · Four on Six (Wes Montgomery) · Have You Met Miss Jones? (Jimmy Raney) · I'll Remember April (Grant Green) · Oleo (Joe Pass) · Stella by Starlight (George Benson) · and more. Includes standard notation and tablature. Learn twelve classic Bebop Guitar Solos with the guidance of Michael Kaplan . This book contains solos for songs by six of the greatest Bebop artists complete with technical introductions and analytical insights. Bebop Guitar Solos includes transcribed solos for the hits I’ll Remember April Au Privave Stella By Starlight Have You Met Miss Jones? and more.

Essential Tones Rhythms & Grooves-Learn to play djembe! This hands-on workshop will help you produce a good sound play with healthy technique and learn the essential concepts sounds and rhythms of West African djembe drumming. Extensive play-along online videos will help youpractice every technique in the context of a traditional African djembe ensemble. Teaches: correct effective djembe playing technique and posture; three fundamental sounds of the djembe: bass slap and tone; exercises and play-along videos to helpyou develop good tone facility and memorize essential rhythms and their variations; traditional djembe rhythms from different regions: Sofa Dundungbe Soli Guinea Fare Kuku Mane and Sinte; notated djembe ensemble parts including for djembesand dunduns; techniques for soloing; historical regional and traditional cultural conext of the djembe; how to tune maintain and care for your djembe; and more! Video clips are accessed online using the unique code in each book. Learn to play the Djembe. This complete method by Michael Markus will teach you how to produce a good sound develop a healthy technique and learn the essential concepts sounds and rhythms of West African Djembe drumming. This hands-on workshop includes access to extensive play-along online videos that will help you to practice every technique in the context of a traditional African Djembe ensemble. Beginning Djembe teaches: correct effective Djembe playing technique and posture; how to tune maintain and care for your Djembe; three fundamental sounds of the Djembe: bass slap and tone; exercises and play-along videos to helpyou develop good tone facility and memorize essential rhythms and their variations; historical regional and traditional cultural context of the Djembe; traditional Djembe rhythms from different regions: Sofa Dundungbe Soli Guinea Fare Kuku Mane and Sinte; notated Djembe ensemble parts including for Djembes and Dunduns; techniques for soloing; and more! Video clips are accessed online using the unique code in each book.

Technique & Repertoire-Learn the techniques common practices and essential repertoire of the classical mandolin. You will learn long-established mandolin techniques and their contemporary applications. You will discover gems from the classical mandolin literature and familiar classical melodies arranged for mandolin. You will also gain insights into how to arrange your own musical ideas including classical melodies for solo mandolin. This book and its online videos and play-along audio tracks will help to enhance your understanding of the greater context of mandolin traditions. Additional notation is provided for arrangements of small mandolin and guitar ensembles. Learn the techniques common practices and essential repertoire of the classical Mandolin. You will learn long-established mandolin techniques and their contemporary applications. You will discover gems from the classical Mandolin literature and familiar classical melodies arranged for Mandolin. You will also gain insights into how to arrange your own musical ideas including classical melodies for solo Mandolin. This book and its online videos and play-along audio tracks will help to enhance your understanding of the greater context of Mandolin traditions. Additional notation is provided for arrangements of small Mandolin and Guitar ensembles.

Make your rock band better or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation develop your technique and reading ability and master your role in thegroove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD then play with your own band!This is the first ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen interact and respond improvise and become part of the groove. The book andplay-along CD will help improve your timing technique and reading ability. Become the great player that everyone wants to have in their band.

Building Shred & Metal Technique-Increase your command of the guitar. Joe Stump reveals licks techniques and exerises to build your guitar technique. Learn licks and techniques comon in rock/metal sytles and commit them to finger memory. The online audiotracks include drum tracks for exercise practice and backing tracks for Joe's technical etudes/solo transcriptions which are notated in both tablature and traditional notation. Known for his extreme speed and musicality Joe Stump is a world-renowned Guitarist. In his career as a professor at Berklee College of Music he has taught the art of shredding to hundreds. Now it's your turn tolearn. In Metal Guitar Chop Shop Stump reveals techniques and exercises that will help you to increase your command of the Guitar. You'll learn licks common in rock and metal styles and will beable to commit them to finger memory. The included online audio tracks feature a recorded Drum backing for exercise practice as well as accompaniments for Stump 's technical etudes and solo transcriptions whichare notated in both tablature and traditional notation.

Learn to play the turntable like your favorite DJs and create your own style! This essential guidebook and companion 2-record set teach you to play the turntable as a musical instrument. Use this first-ever turntable method toeffectively master techniques and tricks. Includes step-by-step instructions on: setting up your equipment scratching beat matching mixing transforming crabbing crossfader technique cutting and stabs. Book includes:photographs and musical exercises tips on how the pros set up their gear for scratch mixing and a history of DJing and hip-hop culture plus interviews with top DJs such as: DJ Swamp (Beck) MixMaster Mike (Beastie Boys) DJQBert (Invisibl Skratch Picklz) DJ Kuttin Kandi (5th Platoon/Anomolies) DJ A-Trak (Teenage DMC/ITF World Champion) and DJ Craze (three-time DMC World Champion). The companion records (two 7″ EPs) provide scorchinggrooves phat beats and wicked scratch material for DJs/turntablists of any level. Learn to play the turntable like your favorite DJs and create your own style. This essential guidebook and companion 2-record set teaches you to play the turntable as a musical instrument. Using this first-everturntable method techniques and tricks can be mastered quickly and effectively. Turntable Technique: The Art Of The DJ comes with step-by-step instructions on Scratching Beat Matching Mixing TheTransformer The Crab Crossfader Technique Cutting Stabs. The book includes photographs and musical exercises tips on how the pros set up their gear for scratch mixing and a history of DJing and hip-hop culture. Featuring interviews with top DJs including DJ Swamp (Beck) MixMaster Mike (Beastie Boys) DJ QBert (Invisibl Skratch Picklz) DJ Kuttin Kandi (5th Platoon/Anomolies) DJ A-Trak (Teenage DMC/ITF World Champion) and DJ Craze (three-time DMC World Champion) . The companion records provide scorching grooves phat beats and wicked scratch material for DJs/turntablists of any level. Use two copies to beat match the first twotracks on side one (both at 110.4 bpm) and create your own crossfader remixes. Play along with the scratching exercises on side two.

Leavitt's practical comprehensive method is used as the basic text for Berklee's guitar program. After mastering the fundamentals from Volumes 1 and 2 guitarists will be ready to take their skills to a more challenging level.This book teaches: techniques relating to scales arpeggios rhythm guitar chord/scale relationships chord construction and voicings tips for advanced playing and more. This if the last book of this 3-volume series which aims to be a practical and comprehensive guitar instruction programme. Intensive instruction in scales arpeggios chord construction rhythm guitar chord-scalerelationships solos and duets.

An excellent workshop from the assistant chair of the Ear Training Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music this DVD is a vital intro to the topic for songwriters and performers looking to improve their listeningskills and become better musicians. You'll learn to: recognize chord progressions quickly and confidently and incorporate them into your writing and performing listen to music more analytically and apply this knowledge to allof your projects. 73 minutes.An excellent workshop from the assistant chair of the Ear Training Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music this DVD is a vital intro to the topic for songwriters and performers looking to improve their listeningskills and become better musicians. You'll learn to: recognise chord progressions quickly and confidently. Incorporate them into your writing and performing. Listen to music more analytically. Apply this knowledge to all of your projects.