Essential Grooves

Essential Grooves packs everything you need to know about contemporary styles into a must-have reference that includes a 95-page text, plus an audio CD and a multi-track DVD. The book presents 41 different grooves covering all the important styles that have influenced contemporary music, each performed by professional players. The Book/DVD set contains scores, text and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files of each example that all instrumentalists can use in a variety of ways. Users of this resource will acquire the vocabulary and gain a deep understanding of each style through the historical background provided and understand how all the instruments in the rhythm section are notated. When used together, the book and audio CD will help players learn styles and create original music based on the grooves. There are eight sections that explore each style and their variations in depth including: Soul and Motown; Funk; Hip-Hop; Rock; Jazz; Afro-Cuban; Brazilian Music and Afro-Caribbean.