Afro-Caribbean & Brazilian Rhythms for the Bass: Bassgitarre Solo

This instructional book with CD covers the rich music derived from a fusion of cultures. West Africa, Europe, and the indigenous Indian cultures of the Caribbean region all took part in creating this music style. Learn to playthis distinctive music style on bass guitar. The book has all the essential playing techniques and explores the special relationship of the bass to the many rhythm grooves of these drumming traditions. You'll also get historicalreferences and background, useful information and explanations about the music styles, notated musical examples of each approach, detailed points about “feel,” important performance tips, extensivediscographies andbibliographies, biographies of each author, and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on the accompaniment CD.