Funk/R&B Guitar Book/Online Audio [With CD] (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780876390917)

(Berklee Guide). Learn deep funk/R&B guitar These hands-on exercises, licks, and technical discussions will help you play in the style of Kool and the Gang, Prince, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Soulive, and other great artists, spanning from old school to contemporary funk/R&B grooves. The audio features demonstration and practice tracks, played by the Boston-based R&B/funk group the Thaddeus Hogarth Band. Guitar tablature, fretboard diagrams, and traditional notation are included. You'll learn how to: play lead lines and build solos; understand and use scales over funk/R&B harmonies; create rhythm-guitar parts that support funk/R&B grooves; bend strings to expand your palette of scales, harmonies, and ornamentation; and much more The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Author: Thaddeus Hogarth
ISBN-10: 0876390912
ISBN-13: 9780876390917
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.40d