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 the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD, then play with your own band!
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"All the basics are covered, from a clear presentation of music structure and theory to the dissection and analysis." -- Russell Ferrante, Founding member of Yellowjackets
"It's a great way to learn riffs, latch onto some basic song structures, and see how tunes are put together." -- Joe Stump, Shred Guitar Master
"It's a great way to learn riffs, latch onto some basic song structures, and see how tunes are put together." -- Joe Stump, Shred Guitar Master
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The first-ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Improve your improvisation, timing, technique, and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Become the great guitar player that everyone wants to have in their band.
Lessons throughout this book guide you through chord voicings and changes, scales, improvisation techniques, rhythm accompaniments, tablature, and traditional notation. Daily practice routines are designed for practicing by yourself or with other musicians. The accompanying CD features outstanding Berklee players and covers a variety of styles including rock, funk, jazz, blues, swing, and bossa nova.
Topics include:
- learning by ear
- theory and technique
- rhythmic interpretation
- improvisation
- comping
- reading
- song form
- interpreting lead sheets
This series coordinates methods for many different instruments, and all are based on the same tunes, in the same keys. If you know a bassist, drummer, keyboardist, vocalist, horn player, etc., have them pick up the Berklee Practice Method for their own instrument, and jam together!
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I borrowed this book when I first started playing. I needed something to break up the seemingly endless guitar techniques. This book was great for helping me focus on certain things and how they relate to the other techniques. The CD is great for timing and learning how to play with the band.
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A lot of great ideas on how to get more from your practice sessions on your own or with a band.
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Watch out.. NO CD INCLUDED!,
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I was expecting to receive the book, it supposed to include a cd but it didnt. Now i have to buy another book or try to find the cd somewhere else.
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"Sweet" is a rock tune. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Leave Me Alone, Don't Look Down, Take Your Time, Listen Play New!
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"Sweet" is a rock tune. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Leave Me Alone, Don't Look Down, Take Your Time, Listen Play New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Bass) by Red Hot Chili Peppers on page 64
- Music Notation (Berklee Guide) by Mark McGrain in Back Matter
- Blues Improvisation Complete: C Treble Instruments by Jeff Harrington in Back Matter
- Rock Bass Lines by Joe Santerre in Back Matter
- The Guitarist's Guide to Composing and Improvising Book/CD by Damian Jon in Back Matter
- Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop by Jim Kelly in Back Matter
- The Bass Player's Handbook by Greg Mooter in Back Matter
- Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A Melodic Approach by Garrison Fewell in Back Matter
- Berklee Practice Method: Teacher's Guide: Get Your Band Together by Jonathan Feist in Back Matter
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