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Latin To Funk Drum Method
$19.99
Latin and Funk Drum Techniques That Will Last a Life-time
• Learn contemporary Latin-Funk grooves
• Develop your Moeller Technique
• Increase your drum control, speed and power
• Learn essential Latin rhythms
Description
The Only Latin to Funk Drum Method
Countless current pop and soul tunes are infused with modern Latin-Funk grooves, and anyone serious about their drumming needs to know how to play these beats. But beyond contemporary music, the study of Latin and Funk grooves will improve every area of your drumming.
Discover the following essential drum techniques
- Perfect Moeller tech-nique
- Heel-up and heel-down kick drum technique
- Hand and foot independ-ence
- Coordination and timing
- Playing in the pocket
…and much more.
Why Latin and Funk?
Listen to the drums on James Brown’s Sex Machine or Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag. Check out David Garibaldi’s drumming on Tower of Power’s Soul Vaccination. Listen to Steve Gadd’s hypnotic groove on Paul Simon’s Late in the Evening. All these tracks have one thing in common – the funky grooves are actually variations of Latin rhythms.
Latin to Funk drum students will quickly become much more versatile players by learning these six authentic Latin grooves:
- Songo
- Mozambique
- Bossa No-va
- Samba
- Mambo
- Guaguancó
Before renowned session drummer Jon Howells teaches you how to “Funkify” each rhythm and adapt them into exciting, modern funk grooves that you can use in hundreds of musical settings.
Latin and Funk Drum Techniques That Will Last a Life-time
Also included is an introduction to Moeller Technique that teaches you the most economical style of drumming which uses gravity and the natural bounce of the stick to make playing easier.
- Learning the four basic Moeller snare strokes will ena-ble you to:
- Keep your hands and wrists relaxed while playing drums
- Increase your drum control, speed and power
- Play accents and ghost notes on drums in quick succession with great accuracy
- Add fluidity and flow to your drum tech-nique
- All these techniques are illustrated with photographs and clear instructions to help perfect them.
Get the Funky Latin Drum Groove
This book comes with over 200 perfectly notated examples that examine each element of Latin and Funk drumming in detail. After mastering the individual elements, each chapter has:
- A Latin groove study piece
- Tools to “Funkify” each Latin groove
- A Funk groove study piece
Bonus Studio quality audio of each example to download for free
Bonus Backing tracks for every groove, both with & without drums, so you can jam along to the tracks and hone your skills.
Get the groove and buy the Latin to Funk Drum Method to-day!
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Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
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Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
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Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
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We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
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John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
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