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Funk: Drum Play-Along Volume 5 (Hal Leonard Drum Play-Along)

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I am not familiar with any of these songs. But that makes it perfect to practice improvising to unfamiliar music! You can play a straight beat or stretch out and groove all over the place. And because I don't know how the original drummer played it, I can really have fun with it and not feel constrained to play what someone else played.

Of course, they do have the original drum part on one track and the drum part taken out on the next track. So if you want to learn how the original drummer played it, you can listen, read the music that comes with it, and then go nuts.

I don't believe that the original musicians played on this CD, but the quality is very good and sounds authentic. The vocal track is missing and that is the only complaint that I would have, but even that is not too big of a deal.

This is a lot of fun to play along with weather you are a fan of funk or not. I do not really enjoy listening to funk, but I LOVE to play it!! Who knows, maybe I'll start to develop a taste to hear more!!!

This is WELL WORTH the money. You will not be sorry. It even includes the Amazing Slow Downer software that will slow or speed the song without changing the pitch. Good stuff!!

My fiancé started drumming in January of this year and wanted to learn a funk song so he chose to purchase this book. The main problem with some of the other books we've looked at is that they don't have notations for the entire song. This book has each song in its entirety, rather than just the most well-known parts. The CD it comes with is really cool because if you aren't quite fast enough to play along, you can slow it down while the pitch stays the same (so it doesn't sound distorted). The tracks are also great for background music while working on fills or funky beats of your own.

Yes, the play along tracks are without singing, yes the drum parts on the charts can be a little different from the original, but hey !? what's the use of these books, just try to understand the way to play such style I think, so the goal is reached, and quite well. There is a really big effort done on the mix and the sound, it doesn't sound cheap.

Furthermore, not having the singing on the part is a good way to force you to stay concentrate and listen to the music another way. This book/CD is definitely a good deal.

I'm a fan of good play-along book for drums and these is one of those book that made me a fan. The transcriptions are very good,and it has also the voicings which are very helpfull, the play-along tracks are very good as well and the Amazing Slow Downer gives you everything you need to learn each one of the songs in these book. You could fist listen to a track with drums, slow down and hear every beat with good detail. Then the drumless track lets you play (also at your desired speed) the whole song, so the experience is like having a complete band playing with you whenever you want. It difficult to find musician interested in funk and willing to expend as much time as it's needed to learn the songs. These book lets you do all of it at home, so you're ready to play live when the time comes

Some of the most well known funk tunes from the heydays. Excellent selection, especially with the CD tracks (choice of complete or minus drums). Well played and recorded. Could also inspire to transcribe more on oné's own. The best method to really learn music. This book/CD together with some listening to the original (artist's) recordings give a whole lot of information about funk drumming.