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Awards: Modern Drummer Readers Poll 2005 - 2nd Place best DVD Category

Based on the Groove Essentials poster created by Tommy Igoe and Vic Firth, this DVD presents 47 essential grooves from Rock, Jazz and R&B/Funk to World/Ethnic music.

Drum artist, teacher and author Tommy Igoe, demonstrates each pattern at the drums and also with a rhythm track, featuring some of NY'S top musicians. Mastering these patterns will greatly expand your knowledge while allowing you to become a more well-rounded player with the confidence to perform in virtually, any musical situation.

Styles include 8th-note, 16th-note and half-time Rock; Jazz waltz, shuffle and swing; R&B, Hip-Hop and Funk as well as World music styles, including Second Line, Reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bolero, and Tango. Tommy thoroughly explains each groove breaking each down to it's basic elements and performing each one with and without a live band rhythm track at two different tempos.

Special DVD Features: Special bonus a free Groove Essentials poster is included, containing fully-notated examples of each groove.

Groove Essentials: The Play-Along Book offers a focused and interactive groove experience for drummers of every skill level with more than six hours of music!

Included are professional charts, multiple tempos, groove variations and 88 separate tracks that explore all 47 grooves from the DVD. Additionally, you'll find three “Global Tour” tracks that are 15-minute journeys through all the grooves and feels you've learned.

BEGINNING DRUMMERS will enjoy playing simple rock beats with a real band, giving them a chance to play the drums with good, solid time, utilizing 4-way coordination.

INTERMEDIATE DRUMMERS will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-notegrooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing good, swinging jazz. A

ADVANCED AND PROFESSIONAL DRUMMERS will find twenty challenging World grooves to master, as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on jazz shuffles, jazz waltzes, and R&B tunes.

The CD features all of the rhythm tracks in MP3 format , so that they can be downloaded into your computer (Mac or PC) and moved to your iPod, or any portable MP3 player. The disc is also playable in all MP3-capable CD and DVD players.

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Retail: $39.95