The Pulse of Jazz: Book & CD (Wizdom Media)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1470610353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Get It On With A Real Time Saver saffordel@aol.com The best thing about this book is that it doesn't waste your time. Lots of cool pictures too. After a couple of introductory words, Nic gets right into it. As drummers, we can read music of course. But who wants to spend all their time reading when you can be trying out new things with the kit or jamming with your friends? The problem is that we tend to fall into a rut, playing what is comfortable and familiar. Not always the best way to get gig. Love it Be careful if you buy this book. It may change the way you think and play. It did for me. Among other things, after 20 years of playing I am using my left foot in a creative way now instead of just smacking it down on two and four. I seem to buy drum books, work through about a quarter of them and then loose interest. Not so with this one. There are lots of new concepts throughout. Great for early intermediate to advanced. Love it.. This is a great book by a great teacher This is a great book by a great teacher. I find the material interesting, deep and it can be quite challenging (at the beginner/intermediate level), but Nic has a way of gradually increasing the complexity which makes the book approachable. The addition of the DVD with music to play along to, is great, and the videos show the author playing a selection of the exercises. (It is helpful to see him play it before attempting each exercise)
In this way, the book covers topics such as jazz shuffle ideas, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams concepts, displacement, polyrhythmic comping, comping in 3/4, three-and four-way interdependence exercises, metric modulation and more. With The Pulse of Jazz, drummer/educator Nic Marcy provides a complete method for building a jazz timekeeping vocabulary. The included disc contains 21 MP3 tracks (including play-along songs) and 34 QuickTime videos totaling over 20 minutes of running time.. Building on other classic jazz methods, the book provides exercises based around common timekeeping approaches from simple to very advanced (called "time lines"), and provides exercises to develop independence and comping facility with each approach