"Rhythm Tune Up with John McGann" is an instructional DVD I've co-produced that features forumite, John McGann.
This is a 50 min. professional package that can help all musicians on any instrument improve your feel for rhythm by practicing with a metronome. Even players who have been playing a long time can benefit from the material here.
John is a world class performer and composer on guitar, mandolin and pedal steel. He plays standard guitar and mandolin in the DVD but the concepts are applicable to every instrument. John is a former National Mandolin Champion and a studio musician/recording artist who has performed and recorded with many of the leading lights of contemporary Celtic and Acoustic music. The DVD covers ...
• Metronome Basics
• Playing on beats 1&3 vs 2&4
• 8th notes: straight vs swing 8ths
• Shuffle (12/8 time)
• 3/4 time: waltz & jazz waltz
• Celtic music: jig rhythm
• Funk: 16th note rhythms
• Practicing rhythm to melody transitions
• Playing on, ahead of, or behind the beat
• Subdividing the beat
• Metronome practice tips
“...John McGann presents a set of sensible and easy-to-execute exercises that will sharpen your rhythmic skills, regardless of your stylistic leanings. ... Unlike many pros that appear uncomfortable when thrust in front of a camera and asked to explain their techniques, McGann comes across as relaxed and lucid. He has the uncommon ability to distill tricky concepts into easy-to-digest principles, and his playing on flat-top and Maccaferri style
guitars—as well as a perky F-style mandolin—is dynamic, toneful, and swinging”. - Andy Ellis, Guitar Player Magazine
The price is $24.95 (USA) with shipping included (See URL below for USA, Europe & Canada).
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http://www.johnmcgann.com/books.html [This message was edited by Andy Volk on 10 January 2006 at 08:25 AM.]
