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How does one learn to improvise? The well-known jazz pianist Julia Hülsmann provides an easy and accessible introduction to Modern Piano Improvisation in this first volume of the series. In 15 easy pi...

Jazz Voicings: The Complete Linear Approach is designed for jazz pianists seeking to broaden their knowledge of jazz harmony and to cultivate practical skills for mastering the harmonic progressions f...

This book/CD set for string bass offers a method to solve the problem of being 'ruled by roots' in a solo. It can be used as a thumb position method to explore the upper reaches of the instrument with...

Kontrabassschule zum Erlernen verschiedener Jazz- und Pop-Stile auch anhand klassischer Studien. A first of its kind approach to the learning of double bass, incorporating traditional classical studie...

Text: English - français - deutsch The recordings contain two mixes of each composition, one mix for listening and one mix to play along with (without drums). Sidemen include John Abercrombie (guitar)...

The Art of Drumming includes exercises written specifically to expand the musician's sense of phrasing over the barline and to develop self-confidence in a deeper sense of time, while enhancing a sens...

An excellent collection of exercises for snare drum and drum set (including open and closed roll exercises) drum grooves, percussion solos, duets, snare drum trios, and works for larger percussion ens...

Robert Kaufman, whose first book The Art of Drumming, has been endorsed by Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Albert Tootie Heath, and Jack DeJohnette, takes a strikingly new and fresh approach to the art of ja...

The rhythms and bass lines of Bikutsi, Mbala, Mangambeu, Ekang, Ashiko, Makossa, Tchamassi, and Makassi are notated here as one could hear them played throughout Cameroon and other regions of Africa....

Text: english/deutsch This book/CD set features 16 challenging original tunes in Funk/Fusion style by renowned Australian guitarist Peter O'Mara. Christian Lettner adds his ideas on musical interpreta...

Lernen Sie die spannendsten Grooves aus Zentralafrika kennen! Der neue Band von Christian Bourdon erklärt Schritt für Schritt die Vielfalt der Rhythmen aus Kamerun. Die Patterns traditioneller Perkuss...

Odd Meter Clave for Drumset uses a unique approach to odd time signatures, taking the tried and tested rhythms of Cuba and adjusting them to fit various meters. Beginning with an in depth study of the...

New Ways of Brazilian Drumming presents a contemporary vision regarding Brazilian rhythms for drum set, including history and percussion scores of those rhythms, from the traditional patterns to the n...

Rhythmic Reading for Drummers is the essential guide to understanding rhythmic notation. Starting with the basics and working step by step, until all the common rhythmic patterns have been fully expla...

Rhythm's Talk reflects the author's basic musical philosophies plus some of the concepts he has created or required over the past 15 years as a percussionist with some of the great creative musical fo...

This comprehensive book/CD set can help drummers and bassists gain valuable playing experience in jazz, funk, and Latin jazz styles.The CD features 16 play-along tracks with parts and playing suggesti...

This book helps to overcome the various obstacles and difficulties drummers and multipercussionists from the four corners of the earth have had to face in view of their lack of knowledge about Cuban r...

Tabla For All is a complete learning method for Indian Tabla percussion set, intended to gradually develop the Tabla player's skills, from the beginner stages of playing position and tuning, to more a...

The author of this volume is a popular percussionist in the whole of Brazil. The ensembles he regularly works with as a guest musician range from symphony orchestras via samba schools to capoeira band...

The first publication of its kind, Body Beats is an exciting and comprehensive approach to the popular art of contemporary body drumming. Author Bob Stoloff gets right to the heart of fundamental body...

The guide to Brazilian percussion we've all been waiting for! This book is much more than a drum manual. First the author delves into the history and development of Brazilian percussion. He then devot...

Brazilian Conga opens the door to familiar and to new worlds for the devotees of a fantastic instrument: the Brazilian atabaque with its rhythms adapted to the conga. You will meet some 'old acquainta...

After the publication of his first two method books 'Brazilian Percussion' and 'Atabaque - the Brazilian Conga', the Brazilian percussionist Gilson de Assis is now introducing 'Brazilian Pandeiro', a...

Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correctly in a large jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Lead Trombone in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, e...

For improvement of technical facility, endurance, range, flexibility, sound and expression; for jazz and classical and commercial players.