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Write for a horn section! In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments,...

Discover how to play in a rock band with this Berklee Practice Method book/CD pack! Lessons throughout the book guide you through technique that is specific to playing the saxophone in a contemporary...

The purpose of this book is to explore the relationship between jazz harmony and improvisation by studying the vertical structures of chords and their function in a progression, and the horizontal or...

Become a better improvising harpist. Learn basic chords, chord symbols, and harmonic progressions used in a wide range of music, including jazz, folk, and other styles. Whether you play pedal or lever...

Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck, Mike Stern, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches a...

Learn ten jazz guitar standards, arranged for solo guitar. These performance-ready arrangements demonstrate different ways to interpret jazz standards and render them for solo guitar performance. Each...

A modern method ideal for all beginning guitarists, studying individually or in a class. Technique and reading skills are developed through two-, three- and four-part ensemble arrangements of traditio...

Once you've completed the studies and exercises in Volumes 1 and 2, this volume offers more advanced study of saxophone technique. An awareness of rhythmic notation and rhythmic interpretation are ess...

A highly effective and comprehensive book for developing complete technical and musical skills on the saxophone. This Volume One Berklee Workshop features innovative exercises, solos and performance t...

This follow-up edition presents a continuation and expansion of the techniques presented in Scale Studies, with a special emphasis on chordal concepts. It includes innovative exercises and solos that...

Improve your command of the guitar by mastering the essential scales and their fingerings. This reference will help you play scales up, down and across the fingerboard, in all keys. You will learn mul...

Simple substitution, diatonic approach, adding dominant and subdominant chords, harmonic displacement, modal interchange, etc. , many examples and exercises

A comprehensive collection of studies for beginners to improve their reading and technical ability. Covers: positions 1 through 7 in all keys while introducing scales, arpeggios, written-out chords, a...

Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist's perspective. It applies concepts of music theory direct...

Learn the art of creating solid rock bass lines! Whether you're an aspiring or a seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you play with attitude and confidence. It contains a gold mine of riffs a...

Afro-Cuban rhythms are hot, and the bass is the beating heart of the groove! Now you can learn to play slap bass in seven popular Afro-Cuban styles: cha cha, son montuno, songo, timba, Afro-Cuban 6/8,...

This Berklee Workshop is for bassists beyond beginning methods who now seek comprehensive knowledge of all basic and extended chords. Features exercises for developing technique and melodic sense in a...

This book/DVD pack teaches expressive, virtuosic, and healthy piano technique for contemporary and classical styles. Through integrated written directions and video examples, you will see exactly how...

Learn piano basics, as required of every piano major at Berklee College of Music. The exercises featured in this book will help you improve your sight-reading skills, and memorize new material in less...

Play jazz piano with new facility and expression as Ray Santisi, one of the most revered educators at the Berklee College of Music - and mentor to Keith Jarrett, Diana Krall, Joe Zawinul, and thousand...

Make your 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 maste...

Improvise on the piano in Latin music settings. This book breaks down the harmonic, rhythmic and melodic techniques used by the greatest artists of Cuban piano muysic, such as Rubén Gonzáles (Buena Vi...

Lernen Sie die Kunst des Jazzbasses! Egal ob Sie Jazzanfänger sind, Ihre Fähigkeiten am Bass verbessern möchten, akustischen oder elektrischen Bass spielen - dieses Buch wird Ihnen helfen, Ihre grundl...

Morph those boring 26 standard rudiments you learned into mind-blowing grooves, fills and solos! All that rhythmic sophistication you hear from great drummers can easily be broken down into its basic...

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...