Ultimate Drum Play-Along: Green Day (Book & CD) [Paperback]

Green Day (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2007

Book & CD. There are 2 versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track to play along with. When you use the CD in a MAC or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and tempo of the songempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and tempo of the song. Contents: American Idiot, Basket Case, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Brain Stew, Longview, Minority, Wake Me Up When September Ends, When I Come Around

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (March 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739044311
• ISBN-13: 978-0739044315
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great transcriptions, moderately irritating click track on the CD, October 5, 2007

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Steven Carroll (Sammamish, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm not a huge Green Day fan, but there isn't much sheet music for learning the drums and this is a pretty fun way to pick up some punk drumming. The transcriptions are easy to read and accurate to my ear. All the songs are fun to play although beginners should be warned that some have very fast tempos that can be challenging. My only complaint is the CD that comes with the book has a VERY loud click track that can be extremely distracting. I prefer the way the Hal Leonard play along series have the click drop way back in the mix for silent portions and go away all together when the band is playing on the music minus one portions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Obnoxious click is a deal breaker, February 24, 2009

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Michael Keane - See all my reviews
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The click is mixed way too loud and I know of no way to get rid of it (it literally gives me a headache). The illusion of playing along with other live musicians is ruined. I have about 10 play along CDs and I will not buy another from this publisher simply because of the click.

Playing along with a click is a great practice tool, however I prefer play along CDs to have no click after a count off so you are focused on locking in with the other musicians.

If the click was fixed I'd give it 4 stars.

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not the norm for this company., May 22, 2011

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D. Morse "Hurricane Dave" (Galveston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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I have purchased other books by this publisher and this is the worst of them. (The others were good.) I wonder if it was an earlier release compared to the others.

This book does come with the TNT software to mute the drums, change the tempo, and adjust the pitch. But it does not include, as the others did, a way to mute the click track.

I have to agree with another reviewer that the click track on the backing tracks ruins the play-along feature for me. It's way too loud and annoying. And it sounds like the other instruments in the backing tracks have something wrong with them. Almost like they are cutting out.

I would still recommend it however, because you get the full tracks without the annoying click track. And you can still slow it down to hear the drum parts as you follow along with the sheet music.