Comping Styles for Bass Guitar: Funk (v. 2) [Paperback]

Bruce E. Arnold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 11, 2003

Comping Styles for Bass Volume 2 Funk is a collection of 36 different progressions that are presented in a funk style. Both the guitar and bass parts are presented in staff notation so a bass player can see what the guitar is doing and also get used to reading bass parts in a funk style. Includes a CD containing these progressions in a trio setting of Guitar, Bass and Drums.

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About the Author

Bruce Arnold is from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His educational background started with 3 years of music study at the University of South Dakota; he then attended the Berklee College of Music where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition. During that time he also studied privately with Jerry Bergonzi and Charlie Banacos.

Mr. Arnold has taught at some of the most prestigious music schools in America, including the New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth College, Berklee College of Music, Princeton University and New York University. He is a performer, composer, jazz clinician and has an extensive private instruction practice.

Currently Mr. Arnold lives in New York and is performing with his own "The Bruce Arnold Trio", and "Eye Contact" with Harvie Swartz, as well as with two experimental bands, "Release the Hounds" a free improv group, and "Spooky Actions" which re-interprets the work of 20th Century classical masters. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 113 pages
• Publisher: Muse Eek Pub Co (July 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890944084
• ISBN-13: 978-1890944087
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,899,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Guitarist Bruce Arnold has developed an extensive reputation as a composer educator and guitar virtuoso. He has created a unique signature sound that stems from his combination of jazz techniques and 20th Century compositional methods. He has played with such diverse musicians as Stuart Hamm, Peter Erskine, Joe Pass, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arnold is also deeply devoted to music education and had written more than 60 music instruction. He heads the guitar departments at NYU and Princeton University and is the director of the New York University Summer Guitar Intensive He has taught at some of the most prestigious music schools in America, including the New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth College, Berklee College of Music, New School University, and City College of New York.