Berklee Workshop Series-In this master class DVD Berklee professor and saxophonist Ed Tomassi shows you how to build compelling improvisations out of just a few notes. Tomassi's method makes improvising simple. He demonstrates techniques for creatinggraceful solos from a two- three- or four-note riff or motive and shows how to add depth and variety by stringing several motives together. His system is easy to understand and practice; it will help you develop moreinteresting cohesive and creative solos within any form or structure. 33 minutes.Build compelling improvisations from just a few notes with a method that's easy to understand and to practice. A Berklee Professor since 1976 Ed Tomassi is a Saxophonist clinician and renowned scholar in the artof improvisation. His methods and techniques have inspired everyone from beginning players to advanced students and professionals. Tomassi has performed with the Temptations Vic Damone Gloria Loring and the Rhode IslandPhilarmonic Orchestra. He performs regularly with a number of popular and jazz groups around Boston and is co-leader of the Ken Cervenka/Ed Tomassi Sextet.

Get Your Band Together-Discover how to play in a band with this Berklee Practice Method book/CD pack! Lessons throughout the book guide you through technique that is specific to playing the trumpet in a contemporary ensemble. You'll learn: melody andimprovisation phrasing articulations breathing chords scales theory comping reading interpreting lead sheets and much more. Daily practice routines are designed for practicing by yourself or with other musicians. Theaccompanying CD features outstanding Berklee players and covers a variety of styles including rock funk jazz blues swing and bossa nova.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. Lessons throughout this book guide you through technique that is specific to playingthe trumpet in a contemporary ensemble.

Learn Latin jazz grooves and percussion techniques! Let jazz great Victor Mendoza help you harness all the passion and liveliness of Latin Jazz. He'll show you how to apply your musical vocabulary and knowledge of rhythm scales chords and triads to this rich musical style. Learn how to use percussion instruments to create sizzling Latin groove patterns including: Son Clave Rumba Clave Cascara Tumbao. 91 minutes. Victor Mendoza is avibraphonist composer and professor at Berklee College of Music. Named by Latin Beat magazine as one of the Outstanding Latin Jazz Artists of the Year he has performed and recorded with many great musiciansincluding Paquito D'Rivera Danilo Pérez and Claudio Roditi.Jazz great Victor Mendoza teaches you grooves and percussion techniques that harness the magical passion of the Latin Jazz styles. By applying your knowledge and musical vocabulary you will be able to master a host of Latinrhythm patterns including the Son Clave the Rhumba Clave the Cascara and the Tumbao. Also discover and apply a new range of Latin instruments and peripherals to you percussion rig.

Effective improvisation can add fun and individuality to guitar performances. This book presents a unique improvisation strategy based on ear training and a linear interpretation of note/chord relationships. You'll learn how to:develop an expectation of sound master the relationships between notes modes and harmonies improvise over jazz standards identify pitch tendencies within chord progressions and more.The art of effective improvisation lies in your abilities to follow work with and transcend the harmonic progressions that form a song. This unique tutorial presents an improvisation strategy based on ear training and a linearinterpretation of note/chord relationships. With this technique improvised lines are derived from chord progressions. You will learn how to choose appropriate notes by listening for the tendencies of pitches within modesand tonalities. The course explores the possibilities of focused and linear improvisation developing your ability to create musically effective melodies with greater freedom and depth of expression. Develop anexpectation of sound - an intuitive sense for which notes to choose and where those chosen notes will lead Master the relationships between notes modes and harmonies Improvise over jazz changes for such standards as BlueBossa Tune Up and Long Ago And Far Away Identify pitch tendencies within chord progressions

Learn to play the blues in several styles - jazz Latin fusion rock and funk - in all keys with step-by-step instructions practice tips and a play-along CD. Even if you are a complete beginner thiseasy-to-understand instructional guide will help you develop essential reading technique rhythmic syncopation performance and composing skills and get you improvising in no time! Jeff Harrington is an assistantprofessor in the Woodwind Department at Berklee College of Music. He received his B.M. from Berklee and his M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. Harrington is a tenor saxophonist and recording artist and has performedinternationally with artists including Ricky Ford Milt Hinton Toots Thielemans and Makoto Ozone.Learn to play 12-bar blues in several styles including jazz latin fusion rock and funk. A step-by-step guide with practice tips and instruction. Even complete beginners will be improvising in no time.

Melodies based on triads and melodic extensions sound more natural and musical than ones developed exclusively from scales. Triads - the fundamental building blocks of harmony - are a simple and effective remedy forscale dependency in improvisation. In Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A Melodic Approach explore the potential of triads and their melodic extensions and learn to connect them using guide tones. You'll learn to create solophrases in the style of some of the world's finest jazz guitarists like Wes Montgomery George Benson Grant Green Kenny Burrell and Pat Martino. Discover an alternative approach to Jazz improvisation to the usual endless scalic runs by taking advantage of the Guitar's triad possibilities with this special tutorial. Part of the world-renowned BerkleePress tutor methods this intuitive approach uses triads - the fundamental building blocks of harmony - as a simple and effective remedy for scale dependency in improvisation. Learn how to recognise and find triadsquickly all over the fretboard and how to connect them using guide tones . The result is a warm and complex vocabulary that is rich in harmony and progression and reminiscent of the Jazz Guitar greats such as WesMontgomery Kenny Burrell George Benson and Pat Martino.

Learn the art of creating a solid slap bass groove. Whether you're an aspiring or seasoned bassist this workshop will teach you many of the slap bass lines and styles found in your favorite rock funk and jazz tunes and inspireyou to experiment with your own creations. Includes helpful exercises strategies for locking in with the drummer tips for reading chord symbols standard notation & tab a list of suggested recordings to check out and anaccompanying CD with play-along tracks.Learn the art of creating a solid slap bass groove with this Berklee Workshop. This book will help you to understand the slap bass lines and styles in your favourite rock funk and jazz tunes and inspire you to experiment withyour own creations.

Even if you're a complete beginner this easy-to-understand instructional guide will get you improvising in no time! Learn to improvise in jazz Latin fusion blues and rock styles in all keys with step-by-step instruction practice tips and a play-along CD. You'll also develop essential reading technique rhythmic syncopation performance and composing skills. Even if you're a complete beginner this easy-to-understand instructional guide will get you improvising in no time! Learn to improvise in jazz Latin fusion blues and rock styles in all keys with step-by-step instruction practice tips and a play-along tracks. You'll also develop essential reading technique rhythmic syncopation performance and composing skills. The tracks can be accessed online using the unique code inside each bookand 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.

A thorough presentation of rhythms commonly found in contemporary music including 68 harmonized melodies and 42 rhythm exercises. This highly respected and popular book is also an excellent source for duets sight-reading and chord studies. This thorough presentation of rhythms commonly found in contemporary music is certain to develop and enhance your ability to play melodic rhythms. Featuring more than 100 melodic rhythm exercises this essential source book isaccesible for both aspiring and accomplished guitarists. The Berklee Guitar Workshop series offers comprehensive approaches to developing the entire spectrum of technical and intuitive jazz guitar skills. From country to rock rhythm to lead the Berklee Workshop series will greatly improve your musical skills.

Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions giving you a greater range of expression.Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory modes and how to use them the blues scale symmetrical scales and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions giving you a greater range of expression.Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory modes and how to use them the blues scale symmetrical scales and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.

The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony including triads seventh chords inversions and voice leading for jazz blues andpopular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create effective harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet. This revised edition includes an answer key for all exercises and lessons to check yourprogress.The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony including triads seventh chords inversions and voice leading for jazz blues andpopular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create effective harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet. This revised edition includes an answer key for all exercises and lessons to check yourprogress.

Strategies for Creativity & Expression-Learn the creative mindset and acquire the technical tools necessary for improvisation. These concepts and exercises will help you to discover a deeper source of music making a greater quality of authenticity and a discernablechange in sound and phrasing that will enhance your performances of written music. You will learn to play by ear apply musical theory to your instrument and engage creatively with the elements of music giving you a long menu ofmusical options. The accompanying recording includes demonstration and play-along tracks. You will learn: tools to connect melodic imagination to your instrument with an enhanced sense of physicality; how to use scales chords modes progressions and other structures in your improvisation; a broad rhythm vocabulary; improvisation techniques for standard progressions such as blues and II V's; to create richer lines by using approach notes neighbortones and embellishments into an improvised melodic line.Learn the creative mindset and acquire the technical tools necessary for improvisation. These concepts and exercises will help you to discover a deeper source of music making a greater quality of authenticity and a discerniblechange in sound and phrasing that will enhance your performances of written music. You will learn to play by ear apply musical theory to your instrument and engage creatively with the elements of music giving you a longmenu of musical options. The accompanying recording includes demonstration and play-along tracks. You will learn: tools to connect melodic imagination to your instrument with an enhanced sense of physicality; how to usescales chords modes progressions and other structures in your improvisation; a broad rhythm vocabulary; improvisation techniques for standard progressions such as blues and II V's; to create richer lines by using approachnotes neighbour tones and embellishments into an improvised melodic line.

Play and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop yourversatility over the fingerboard and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band! This book opens up new vistas on the banjo particularlyuseful for advanced players. - Tony Trischka Banjo GreatPlay and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop yourversatility over the fingerboard and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band! “This book opens up new vistas on the banjo particularly usefulfor advanced players.” – Tony Trischka Banjo Great

Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels and improvise dynamic fills and solos taught in the tradition of Alan Dawson and other Berklee luminaries of drum education. This approach to jazz drumming presents a unique blend of four-way coordination comping vocabulary and soloing/improvisation concepts infused with world rhythms. It will help you to develop a deep practical understanding of how to play jazz drums and to develop your own personal sound and style. You will learn to: - Deepen your sense of swing and overall timing - Understand the ride cymbal's critical rolein jazz time-keeping - Apply the rudimental language of jazz - Develop your independence via some of the great Alan Dawson's signature exercises and The Rudimental Ritual - Play brushes and brush patterns - Improvise captivating drum set solos - Incorporate world rhythms into jazz - Read and interpret drum charts Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels and improvise dynamic fills and solos taught in the tradition of Alan Dawsonand other Berklee luminaries of drum education. This approach to jazz drumming presents a unique blend of four-way coordination comping vocabulary and soloing/improvisation concepts infused with world rhythms. It willhelp you to develop a deep practical understanding of how to play jazz drums and to develop your own personal sound and style.

Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck Mike Stern Kenny Burrell Joe Pass Stevie Ray Vaughan and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches and phrase your own solos by using the techniques of master guitar players. Learn to play rock blues jazz funk Latin or R&B. Traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tablature includes notes on style tempo form fingerings song descriptions and commentary hints tips and practice ideas. Note: This revised edition includes the content from several products in the Jim Kelly Guitar Workshop series with audio and video files available online. Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck Mike Stern Kenny Burrell Joe Pass Stevie Ray Vaughan and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches and phrase your own solos by using the techniques of master guitar players. Learn to play rock blues jazz funk Latin or R&B. Traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tablature includes notes on style tempo form fingerings song descriptions and commentary hints tips and practice ideas. Note: This revised edition includes the content from several products in the Jim Kelly Guitar Workshop series with audio and video files available online.

This continuation from Jim's first book teaches guitarists more about how to improve their playing in rock blues jazz funk Latin and R&B styles and how to play in the style of legends like Wes Montgomery Jeff Beck and othergreats. 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. Valuableto 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.Learn to play guitar in the style of guitar greats like Wes Montgomery Jeff Beck and others! With this user-friendly guitar songbook you'll learn how to phrase your own solos in new ways by studying and emulating the techniques of master guitar players. Jim Kelly the most requested guitar teacher at Berklee College of Music presents lead sheets for 10 original jazz compositions along with transcriptions of possible solos. The accompanying CD contains playalong tracks (featuring a full band accompaniment) as well as full guitar tracks so you can get to grips with improvisation in the comfort of your own home.

Start playing jazz guitar! This book will help you understand and master the essential concepts and techniques of jazz whatever style you may already know. You'll learn jazz theory and harmony through learning and practicing scales diatonic seventh chords and harmonic tensions. You will also learn to use chord and tension substitutions in order to give a jazz feel to any existing song. Accompanying recordings demonstrate ideas and let you practice playing along with the author. Start playing jazz Guitar. This book will help you understand and master the essential concepts and techniques of jazz whatever style you may already know. You'll learn jazz theory and harmony through learning and practicing scales diatonic seventh chords and harmonic tensions. You will also learn to use chord and tension substitutions in order to give a jazz feel to any existing song. Accompanying recordings demonstrate ideas and let you practice playing along with the author. “ Jane Miller's Introduction to Jazz Guitar is a wonderful volume for beginning and intermediate level jazz guitarists. It's like a Swiss Army knife of melodic harmonic rhythmic anddynamic possibilities with an eye toward giving aspiring jazz guitarists just about everything they need to know in order to grow and improve. A well thought-out approach intelligently written with clear examples and explanations. Highly recommended! ” – Mick Goodrick Professor Berklee College of Music “ This book is filled with great information accompanied by energetic explanations and musical examples. As a specialist in jazz guitar Jane Miller has covered most everything you will need to make great music and have confidence and knowledge to explore. This is a terrific work of art .” – Jamie Glaser Anderson Ponty Band

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 practiceroutines. 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 usingthe unique code inside this book. With Phrasing: Advanced Rudiments For Creative Drumming you can 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 of 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 videodemonstration and audio play-along tracks are accessible online for download or streaming using the unique code inside this book.

Guitar Technique-This practical comprehensive method is used as the basic text for Berklee's guitar program. Volume 2 is an intermediate-level book that continues and builds upon the study of melody scales arpeggios and chords covering theentire fingerboard. Also covers: intervals chord voicings improvisation rhythm guitar techniques and play-along duets.Continues with previous scale chord and arpeggio studies but in greater depth.

If you want to take your drumming chops to the next level you must know how to read drum music. Written by Professor Dave Vose this Berklee Workshop is ideal for both beginners and pros and includes everything you'll need tomake sightreading drum notation easy and natural. Features: more than 50 lessons complete with general practice tips; steady learning progression from reading quarter notes to 16th-note triplets; practice rhythms containingaccents flams rolls ruffs tempo and meter changes; and much more.This Berklee Workshop contains everything a drummer needs to learn to sight-read drum notation. Diagrams clear language and logical structure make learning to read drum notation easy and natural.