100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Organ

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Organ authored by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. There are five separate sections: Jazz-Swing, Jazz-Ballad, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Waltz and Latin-Jazz. Besides the 100 riffs at the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard “Blue Moon” showing you how to use the various riffs from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the cho

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves,percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Trumpet part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks. Percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves.

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Trumpet part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks. Percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the trumpetpart so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Clarinet

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Clarinet. by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. Thereare five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chordprogression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazzstandards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the clarinet playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recordedwith the clarinet and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the clarinet. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bband Eb Sax, Piano, Trumpet, Trombone and Violin.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trumpet

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trumpet. by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. Thereare five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chordprogression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazzstandards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the Trumpet playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recordedwith the Trumpet and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the Trumpet. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bb andEb Sax, Piano, Clarinet, Trombone and Violin.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Violin by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There arefive separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progressionfor the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards andcreate your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the clarinet playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with theviolin and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the violin. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bb and Eb Sax,Piano, Trumpet, Trombone and Clarinet. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Quantity

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trombone

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trombone by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. Thereare five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chordprogression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazzstandards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the Trombone playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recordedwith the Trombone and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the Trombone. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bband Eb Sax, Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet and Violin. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Quantity

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Vol. 2

It has been over 20 years since I released the first volume of “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards” in 1996, my most popular selling book. One of the constants has been the continued popularity of my Blues music instructional books for not on It has been over 20 years since I released the first volume of “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards” in 1996, my most popular selling book. One of the constants has been the continued popularity of my Blues music instructional books for not only piano/keyboards but also Saxophone, Flute and Guitar. With developments in music software, faster internet download speeds for downloading mp3 audio files, (over 5 hours of downloadable audio backing tracks for this book) I felt it was time to author a 2nd. volume that uses newer software for improved sound quality.Also, it is the 50th. anniversary since I started to learn to play Blues piano in 1968. I rememberthe wonderful feeling I had when I started to learn from the first two Blues piano books I bought from a music shop along the Charing Cross Road in London, I still have both books “Just Blues” a compilation of Blues, Jazz and Boogie-Woogie songs and “How To Play Blues Piano” by Junior Mance. I have again created 100 Blues riffs with many of them having elements of Rock, Funk, Country, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Gospel and Latin styles. The riffs are in the order that I composed them, giving you the learner an element of surprise as to what the next riff is going to sound like.Each of the 100 riffs have been recorded twice, the 1st. time, the piano part with a rhythm backing track and the 2nd. time a rhythm backing track to practice playing along with. I have also created a separate play-a-long track that consists of 10 choruses of the 12 Bar Blues progression. I would hope that you will use each riff to build your own Blues “song” through the 12 Bar Blues progression.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs - Guitar

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Guitar by Andrew D. Gordon and Jo De Sa consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, II-VI-II-V etc. Most jazz as well as pop standards such as Misty, Satin Doll, Blue Moon, This Masquerade and Europa use these types of chord progressions. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz, and Latin Jazz. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard Blue Moon showing you how to use various examples from over 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book.The accompanying CD is recorded with the guitar as the melody instrument along with the piano, bass and drums. All of the examples are recorded with the guitar playing with the rhythm section at the normal tempo followed by, just the rhythm section playing the normal tempo so that the soloist can practice along. The more difficult examples have been recorded with the rhythm section playing at a slowed down tempo.

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves : for Tenor Saxophone and Bb Instruments

Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on flute styles such as: “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone”, “100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone”, “The Blues Scale for Saxophone” as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes “Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone” authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artistssuch as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks. Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on saxophone styles such as: “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone”, “100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone”, “The Blues Scale for Saxophone” as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes “Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone” authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists suchas: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves : for Alto Saxophone and Eb Instruments

Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on flute styles such as: “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone”, “100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone”, “The Blues Scale for Saxophone” as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes “Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone” authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artistssuch as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks. Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on saxophone styles such as: “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone”, “100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone”, “The Blues Scale for Saxophone” as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes “Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone” authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists suchas: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

100 Ultimate Soul, Funk & R&B Grooves For Organ

Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on funk keyboard styles such as: “60 Of The Funkiest Keyboard Riffs Known To Mankind”, “Funky Organ Grooves”, “Outta Sight Funk & R&B Riffs For Piano/Keyboards” which have been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves for Organ” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the keyboard part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums, organ and in many of the grooves, percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the keyboard part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trombone : Beginner Level

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trombone, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up BluesTrombone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. Thisbook is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many differentrhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew’s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as “straight” and “swing” rhythms. There are five sections to theriffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 containsGospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is are audio files that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, Trombone melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass &drums so you can play-a-long.

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trumpet : Beginner Level

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trumpet, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up Bluestrumpet playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This bookis ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many differentrhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew’s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as “straight” and “swing” rhythms. There are five sections to theriffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 containsGospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is are audio files that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, trumpet melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass &drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Flute (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Flute, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Flute playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, sax melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long.Review of the Sax version of the book by Skip Spratt of The Sax Shed http://saxshed.comAndrew D. Gordon of ADG Productions has recently updated and added to his popular series of books with 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs ? The Beginner Series. The original publication by the same title is geared toward intermediate to advanced students. Both books feature a companion CD and optional midi files that will help in the practice of these 100 blues riffs.I had the opportunity to preview the tenor saxophone books from the series; however the same books are published for other instruments as well. Saxophonist Frank Villafranca of the Super Groovers demonstrates each riff with the rhythm section first with and opportunity for play-along following each demo track. Andrew Gordon writes, ?For people who want to improve their ear training skills, you may want t o listen to the saxophone part and then try to duplicate what is played on the CD. I personally find I am able to memorize music quicker when I pick music out by ear than from musical notation.?As you play through the books, you will see there is some overlapping of the riffs used. In the case of the beginner series, there are some riffs that are essentially the same but with some large leaps in the lines changed - presumably to facilitate younger players.Whether reading the 100 riffs or picking them up by ear, the book can have many uses. It is good for sightreading in the style, short improvisational work or developing the ear.The clean, well-laid out books should offer a springboard into further study of the blues and improvisation.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Guitar (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Guitar, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or "riffs" that make up Blues guitar playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as "straight" and "swing" rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, guitar melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, bass & drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Alto Saxophone (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto Saxophone, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues sax playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, sax melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long."Whether reading the 100 riffs or picking them up by ear, the book can have many uses. It is good for sightreading in the style, short improvisational work or developing the ear.The clean, well-laid out books should offer a springboard into further study of the blues and improvisation." - saxshed.com

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Tenor Saxophone (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Bb Tenor Saxophone, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues sax playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Bb Tenor Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, sax melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long."Whether reading the 100 riffs or picking them up by ear, the book can have many uses. It is good for sightreading in the style, short improvisational work or developing the ear.The clean, well-laid out books should offer a springboard into further study of the blues and improvisation." - saxshed.com

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Soul, Funk And R&B Grooves (Book/Online Audio)

Andrew D. Gordon , world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on funk Keyboard styles such as: “60 Of The Funkiest Keyboard Riffs Known To Mankind”, “Funky Organ Grooves”, “Outta Sight Funk & R&B Riffs For Piano/Keyboards” which have been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Gordon ’s, he has written this instructional book 100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFSB, Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Gordon has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin, Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Keyboard part playing along with a rhythm section of Guitar, Bass, Drums, Organ and, in many of the grooves, Percussion. There is also a three minute Play-Along track for each of the 100 grooves minus the keyboard part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-Along tracks. A Spotify playlist containing the songs that have influenced the grooves can also be listened to.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Clarinet (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Clarinet, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues clarinet playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, clarinet melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long.The Clarinet parts were recorded by clarinetist/keyboardist Jane Lin

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Piano/Keyboards (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or "riffs" that make up Blues piano playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different left and right hand rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew's opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as "straight" and "swing" rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, piano with bass and drums and second just bass & drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Brass Instruments

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Brass Instruments is written by Andrew D. Gordon and performed on Trumpet and Trombone by Gabriel Rosati both of whom are internationally acclaimed authors, instructors and recording artists.This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or 'riffs' that make up Blues brass playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players who need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one's sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The twelve bar blues progression and the blues scale are also explained. Included with this book is an audio CD with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the brass instrument playing along with the rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing to that the brass instrumentalist can play a long.

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