Baby Steps to Giant Steps

Baby Steps to Giant Steps

• Hudson Music has teamed up with Turn It Up & Lay It Down creator Spencer Strand to bring you this series of books to accompany the popular and critically-acclaimed Turn It Up and Lay It Down CDs.
• Each book in the series represents a custom-tailored appraoch to learning grooves, fills and concepts that can be applied to learning different styles and playing along with the accompanying audio tracks.
• This is a complete instructional play-along package with a unique twist!
• The included minus-drums tracks feature 11 tracks that gradually step up in tempo from 100 to 310 BPM.
• Based on classic jazz standards, these play-along tunes give the drummer the opportunity to work on increasing his/her jazz drumming facility in a real-world musical fashion.
• The package contains drum charts and suggested patterns for each song, as well as a lead sheet for each song, helping the drummer to understand what he or she may encounter on a real jazz gig.
• Written by two jazz pros, Peter Retzlaff and Jim Rupp, this book also includes a complete instructional method for learning how to play jazz, covering such topics as developing your jazz ride cymbal patterns, feathering the bass drum, learning comping patterns, and playing with brushes.
• All of the songs and educational topics are accompanied by clear text that explains the concepts, along with an extensive recommended listening discography.
• Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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.