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1 Chapter 1 : Brian Emmel (Author of Five String Bass) Creating Rhythm Styles For 5-String Bass With Drum Accompaniment [Brian Emmel] on blog.quintoapp.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This book is designed for bassists to program the written drum grooves into a drum machine and develop a working knowledge over the rhythms and various styles. There are a total of 24 high-quality rhythm styles, each fine tuned to provide the best possible feel, to accurately reproduce the experience of playing with a percussionist. The sounds, grooves, and phrases will play back at pristine quality even if you change the tempo, so you can enjoy playing serious jam sessions at your own pace. Use the chain function to easily create sophisticated rhythm tracks Each rhythm style includes a wide variety of patterns: This means that the KR Pro can provide the accompaniment for an entire song. By using the chain function, which lets you put together and memorize a different rhythm style for each measure, you can freely create even complex rhythm tracks. Up to 30 banks of chains can be stored, and each chain can be up to measures long. A rich array of input jacks and full-fledged mixer functionality The KR Pro provides a rich array of input jacks that accommodate a variety of instruments: You can let the KR Pro take care of the rhythm, and enjoy a full-band performance with guitar, bass, and vocals. Together, they allow you to use up to four channels. Versatile recording functionality that supports multi-track recording In addition to built-in rhythm styles, the KR Pro is equipped with a versatile recorder function that can record a variety of input sources. You can record your own performances along with the built-in rhythm styles, a favorite song, or karaoke tracks that you created on your DAW. You can also multitrack-record your guitar and bass to produce more complex tracks. Player function can play back audio files from an SD card The KR Pro is equipped with an audio player function that can play back audio files wav from an SD card. You can take advantage of Acoustage and use this unit as a high-quality listening system, or prepare backing tracks for you to play along with. Tuner and metronome functions with a large and easily readable meter A tuner with the high precision that you expect from KORG is built in. When you turn this function on, the rhythm style buttons become a tuning meter, allowing you to tune with a large and easily visible meter. You can also tune while listening to a guitar, bass, or piano guide tone, or sound a metronome for convenient practicing. Item cannot be shipped air. This offer is good for mdse purchased from an authorized Korg dealer after November 1, Maximum 50 Number of multitrack recordings: Once Player Function Playback formats: Depends on the memory card used; approximately minutes per 1 GB for WAV data Maximum number of data files number of folders: Page 1

2 Chapter 2 : guitar - Auto-bass accompaniment - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange "Mel Bay's Complete Book of Bass Essentials for 4 & 5 String Bass", by Bunny Brunel - ISBN "Creating Rhythm Styles for 5-String Bass, with Drum Accompaniment", by Brian Emmel - ISBN Korg KR Pro Electronic Drum Machine The Korg KR Pro features "Real Groove Technology" which uses data recorded from actual professional musicians performing at various tempi, and is a completely different technology than conventional rhythm machines. There are a total of 24 high-quality rhythm styles, each fine tuned to provide the best possible feel, to accurately reproduce the experience of playing with a percussionist. The sounds, grooves, and phrases will play back at pristine quality even if you change the tempo, so you can enjoy playing serious jam sessions at your own pace. Introduce yourself to the KR Pro in this video by Korg: Use the chain function to easily create sophisticated rhythm tracks: Each rhythm style includes a wide variety of patterns: This means that the KR Pro can provide the accompaniment for an entire song. By using the chain function, which lets you put together and memorize a different rhythm style for each measure, you can freely create even complex rhythm tracks. Up to 30 banks of chains can be stored, and each chain can be up to measures long. A rich array of input jacks and full-fledged mixer functionality: The KR Pro provides a rich array of input jacks that accommodate a variety of instruments: You can let the KR Pro take care of the rhythm, and enjoy a full-band performance with guitar, bass, and vocals. Together, they allow you to use up to four channels. Versatile recording functionality that supports multi-track recording: In addition to built-in rhythm styles, the KR Pro is equipped with a versatile recorder function that can record a variety of input sources. You can record your own performances along with the built-in rhythm styles, a favorite song, or karaoke tracks that you created on your DAW. You can also multitrack-record your guitar and bass to produce more complex tracks. Player function can play back audio files from an SD card: The KR Pro is equipped with an audio player function that can play back audio files wav from an SD card. You can take advantage of Acoustage and use this unit as a high-quality listening system, or prepare backing tracks for you to play along with. Tuner and metronome functions with a large and easily readable meter: A tuner with the high precision that you expect from KORG is built in. When you turn this function on, the rhythm style buttons become a tuning meter, allowing you to tune with a large and easily visible meter. You can also tune while listening to a guitar, bass, or piano guide tone, or sound a metronome for convenient practicing. Maximum 50 - Number of multitrack recordings: Once - Player Function: Depends on the memory card used; approximately minutes per 1 GB for WAV data - Maximum number of data files number of folders: Page 2

3 Chapter 3 : Brian Emmel Open Library Creating Rhythm Styles for 5-String Bass with Drum Accompaniment by. Grooves and Chops over Various Slap Related Styles of Christmas for 5-String Bass by. Different Styles And Genres of Bass Music Scroll down to see all genresâ If you were to eat the same meal three times a day, every day for a year, chances are you would go mad. Why should music be any different? Believe it or not, it does in fact come in many flavors. If you are looking to expand your playing style, the first step is to discover new forms of music. While all three styles have a surplus of great bassists, the idea today is to expand your mind to different styles you may not have listened to before. With each style, we will list on or two artists or bands who we believe make a proper representation of the given genre. Funk Of course, funk has some of the most prominent bass lines in music. Not only is funk fun, but hardly anything can compare to a good slap and pop line, and in funk, those lines are in abundance. Two great funk artists are Herbie Hancock, and Donald Byrd. Hancock tends to veer more towards the experimental side of funk, while Byrd is just plain fun to listen to. When listening, keep an eye out for some of the great bass lines, as in both musicians work, they are in abundance. Metal Metal is an extreme genre. Not only does this apply to both vocals and guitar work, but in some cases, it also applies to the bass work as well. From slapping and popping to overall grooving, metal has a surplus of different styles involved when it comes to bass work. To bands with great bass work are Mudvayne and Atheist. You may also notice the bands are fairly different; Mudvayne is Nu Metal, and the bass lines are mostly slapping and popping, done in pure tastefulness. Atheist is death metal fusion, and most of the involved bass lines are extremely jazz related, and brilliantly technical. New Age New age music is one of those timeless genres. New age varies from beautiful ambience to just plain weird, and everything in between. The best thing about new age music is that it is full of experimentation. One of the most exciting new age musicians is bassist Michael Manring. From tapping to slapping, arpeggios to simultaneous rhythm and lead playing, Manring does it all, and most of all, he does it all exceptionally. Experimental Experimental music ranges from extremely technical to tasteless. While this genre has its extremes on both ends, we like to focus on its better half. Two of the most talented experimental bands we have come across are Spiral Architect and Spastic Ink. Both are extremely technical, and have extremely talented bassists. Moreover, they both employ a variety of styles to convey a variety of techniques. Jazz Jazz is a great genre. It can go from easy to mind boggling in a matter of notes. This is why it is so loved; it is extremely versatile, and it employs hundreds of different techniques. Jazz is also one of the few genres in which a bass player is a main voice, and all voices are created equal. A majority of bass pieces are simply glorified improvisations. Each musician is allowed to take their turn soloing in the spotlight, and each musician is able to create a unique identity through their playing. It can teach you everything that there is to know about phrasing and tasteful playing. Metal Heavy metal is an absurdly versatile genre. From thrash to fusion to death metal and everything in between, metal has explored the depths of every type of music. There are subgenres of metal that dip into country, jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, and many other things; even reggae. Metal can be as tasteful as the smoothest jazz, or as delicate as the most ornate classical piece. There are bands who play Viking anthems, and bands who play so far out of the box that most listeners can hardly keep up with the level of technical skill being employed. Blues The blues are the epitome of emotion. Not only is the blues about wearing your heart on your sleeve for the world to see, but it is about translating your feelings into notes so that others can feel your pain. The blues are one of the oldest genres in modern music, and they have outlasted hundreds of fads. This is for good reason; nothing can beat a good heart wrenching blues piece. Pop Pop is the upbeat, fun genre that allows even the simplest player to come forward and put out there ideas. Pop music focuses more on the overall song writing than anything else. If you like to craft catchy songs that almost anyone can relate to, pop is your cup of tea. Pop music can be happy, sad, or even dark, but the best thing about it is that it touches a broader audience due to its universal appeal. The fact is, people care Page 3

4 more about singing along than hearing a shred fest. Now that you know some new styles of music, and hopefully some great new bands and musicians, the next step is your; go on and give them all a listen. Do it with your musical ear wide open, and your judgmental ear closed. Click here to get access to one of the best bass instructions online! No matter what your skill level is or what style of music you like to play, I guarantee that you will see a vast improvement in your bass playing in the shortest possible time. Page 4

5 Chapter 4 : Korg KR Pro Electronic Drum Machine For your purposes you would just have it create a bass accompaniment based on your chord progression. You tell it what style music and set the tempo, type in the chord progression on the timeline - and it does the rest. This is one area of arranging that is often neglected, partly because of those cases where the rhythm section can be left to work out for themselves what to do by ear or by a basic chord chart. Ideally you know the players and can taylor the strictness or freedom that you give the players when writing parts for them. In this case the parts may just consist of chord symbols which the player will interpret to fit the style. Basic chord symbol part for guitar or piano Symbols can be written above or below the staff, as long it is obvious which staff they belong to. If specific melody lines are required on a piano or guitar part, they can be combined with the chord symbol part. Any parts that are unison with other instruments should have the same accent markings. Combination of chord symbol and melody part. With big band arranging it would be more common to give piano or guitar a melody part if they were featured in a small combo section of the arrangement, rather than playing a unison with a brass section. It is not usually required to write out exact chord voicings for piano or guitar, but in some cases it may be worth writing the top note of a chord, especially if specific guide tones are useful to the part. In this case it is a good idea to use a different note head style: Diamond note heads show the top note of the chord. If a specific rhythm is required, slash type note heads can be used Ex 4: Slash type note heads show rhythm of chords. If an arrangement includes a written bass line, the piano part should include this, not so that the pianist can play the line in unison but so that they can see what the bass player will be playing so that they can voice their chords accordingly. Likewise any other instrument or section part can be given as a cue, so that the pianist can construct an accompanying part. Bass part and sax cues. Walking Bass Lines The walking bass line is usually made up of arpeggios and scale passages. The main object is to state every beat, so the line is predominantly crotchets, but can include quavers and triplets. This table shows some basic rules of the walking bass. Chord tone especially a leading note 2. Inversions Quaver and triplet notes can be used at times for variety. Large interval leaps are useful occasionally and are usually followed by a scale passage moving in the opposite direction. Ideally you want to give the drummer the most information without becoming cluttered or awkward to read. This is not because drummers are not good readers, but so that they can concentrate on listening and improvising a creative and sensitive performance. Fills are usually left up to the performer. Most parts can be written with just bass drum, cymbal hi hat or ride, snare and in some cases tom toms, though the latter should be used for specific rhythms rather than written solos. Note that many drum kits will only have two tom toms. If a basic swing ride rhythm is required, it is common to write just bass drum and cymbal pattern for one bar followed by repeat bars. The bass drum part should follow the bass part, eg if the bass player has a walking bass, you should write four bass drum beats and if the bass player is playing two beats to a bar you should write two bass drum beats for the drummer. The drummer does not necessarily play the bass drum â this is just so the drummer knows what the bass player is doing. The cymbal part should specify which cymbal hi hat or ride is to be played and whether any type of sticks other than normal should be used eg brushes or mallets. Simple drum part The above is sometimes written like this: Once a basic rhythm has been established it is allowable to use slashes. This is especially useful after a departure from the basic rhythm. If a drummer is given cues, they have more freedom to interpret the part. Drum part with cues In this case a drummer would choose which drums to play and probably precede the phrase with a short fill. If the bass player is playing 2 beats to the bar, it is usual to write two beats for the bass drum. Orchestrating The Rhythm Section And Keyboards Rhythm section writing can be problematic, as you often want to give the player freedom to ad lib, but within certain parameters or boundaries. In addition some drum or bass patterns that are often improvised are very complex to notate and are often unreadable at sight to all but the very best reading players, who are not always the best or most versatile feel players. This is especially true in the case of drum fills Keyboards Piano and electric piano The piano is a non transposing Page 5

6 instrument written on two staves, treble and bass clef. Usually the treble clef is played by the right hand and the bass clef by the left hand, but there are of course many instances where you may deviate form this. You may wish to write out an exact part or supply a guide part, which will allow the pianist more freedom. With many pop and commercial styles it is acceptable to give the pianist chord symbols and an indication of the rhythm, either by writing the name of the rhythm eg bossa nova, jazz ballad etc at the top of the part or by writing a rhythmic figure in the first bar or two bars if it is a two bar pattern and the indication similarâ If you wish the player to use the rhythm as guide and to make their own contribution to the feel you could indicate this with similar ad lib. It is conventional when giving a piano player chord symbols to also give them the bass part in the bass clef. This does not necessarily mean that they should play the part in unison with their left hand but so that they know what the bass player will be playing and be able to voice their chords appropriately and avoid clashes. It can often be useful to give the pianist vocal cues essential with colla voce parts where the pianist is accompanying a singer and there is no steady tempo, or any other cues that might be useful brass stabs, instrumental lead lines, drum fills etc. The piano can be useful to double up in unison with other instruments to give colour, especially useful with woodwinds. Some conventional styles of accompaniment: Bass notes and block chords. This is a very simple form of accompaniment, liable to sound rather corny. These will usually be rising or alternately rising and descending. The lowest note is often the root but not necessarily if their is a separate bass part. A tremolo between two important notes of a chord e. This can be very powerful. Sustains on piano can be enhanced by tremolos or rolls. Left hand bass in two, right hand chords on back beat. Often works best for solo piano as bass player would need to play in unison with the left hand. Good for 30s style. As above but left hand bass in four and right hand chords on off-beat quavers Electric Organ Much of the above can apply to organ, obviously sustains are very useful but the sound can become wearing. With the use of a Leslie rotating loudspeaker more variety and intensity can be applied, there are usually two speeds: Synthesizer A very useful instrument but due to its enormous versatility and variety is beyond the scope of these notes. Its use in arranging must depend on your own knowledge of its capabilities. If you intend to use synthesizers it is best to learn to program them or hire a competent programmer. Celeste A tinkly sound which can be used well in unison with woodwind or strings for a pretty. Chapter 5 : Belly Dance Rhythms for Drumset - Modern Drummer Magazine Books by Brian Emmel, Blues Grooves, Creating Rhythm Styles For 5-String Bass With Drum Accompaniment, Rockin' Christmas For 5-String Bass, Five String Bass, 5-String Bassic Fundamentals, 5-String Bass Method, Purrfect 4-String Bass Method, LIl Brats Bass Method. Chapter 6 : DigiTech SDRUM Drum Machine Pedal Adding the drums, bass or backing patterns to the Roland FP series digital pianos. Simple descriptions of how to achieve the results you desire. Chapter 7 : Books by Brian Emmel (Author of Five String Bass) The Smartest Bass and Drum Machine Ever. Band Creator listens to chords you play and creates beautiful accompaniment. It's like a having real band that plays exactly what you tell them to play. Chapter 8 : Midi Accompaniment & Style Software - Synth Zone A style of bass line in which each beat of each measure receives a separate tone, thus creating a moving sequence of quarter notes in the bass range. Comping Syncopated chording accompaniment for an improvised solo. Page 6

7 Chapter 9 : Jazz Arranging for Piano and or Guitar An indispensable and highly portable music production and accompaniment tool for all musicians, particularly guitarists and vocalists. Great for live performance, music production, songwriting, and practicing. Page 7