DAVE RUBIN

BIRTH OF THE GROOVE, R&B SOUL AND FUNK GUITAR 1940-1965. DAVE RUBIN. LIBRO CON CD E TABLATURE

LIBRO METODO DI MUSICA R&B, SOUL, FUNK, CON CD

SPARTITI PER CHITARRA CON ACCORDI, PENTAGRAMMA E TABLATURE. 

La musica di Steve Cropper, Curtis Mayfield, Ike Turner, Mickey Baker, Billy Butler, Cornell Dupree, Tiny Grimes, Jerry Jemmott, Johnny Moore, Jimmy Nolen, Clif White, Robert Ward, e tanti altri. CD TABLATURE

Series: Guitar Educational
Softcover with CD - TAB
Arranger: Dave Rubin

The years 1945-1965 saw a radical and exciting shift in American popular music. Blues and swing jazz helped to produce a new musical form called rhythm and blues, which in turn set in motion the development of soul and funk, not to mention rock 'n' roll. What united these genres was an emphasis on the beat, or the groove, over the melody that would culminate in the syncopated monochord workouts of funk. Along the way, some of the greatest electric guitarists of the postwar years explored the boundaries of the new instrument with a rich array of hot licks. This book/CD pack explores everything from the swinging boogie of Tiny Grimes, to the sweaty primal funk of Jimmy Nolen, to the styles of Mickey Baker, Billy Butler, Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott, Curtis Mayfield, Ike Turner and everyone in between. Includes in-depth lessons, historical analysis, rare photos, and a CD with 33 full-band tracks. 88 pages.

PREFACE
Thehistory of R&B, soul, and funk guitarists has been largely ignored when compared with that of blues guitarists. However, though they have tended to labor in obscurity in the shadow of vocalists, these unsung heroes have contributed significantly to the legacy of postwar electric guitar.
Inasmuch as the three genres have a far more varied selection of rhythmic and harmonic accompaniments than blues, the innovation and creativity has naturally occurred in the realm of backup, rather than soloing. Exceptions to this statement are to be found in the cerebral and emotional soloing of Billy Butler and Cornell Dupree, to name only the most obvious. It should be of interest to guitarists whose ears are mostly attuned to the sound of single-note lines, though, to understand the art form that Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, and Robert Ward have made from the well-placed fill and chordal pattern.
The years 1945-1965 were chosen because it was the era where the most original advances were
made. That is not to say that great guitar music was not made after that date, only that the initial root source of the blues started to diminish in favor of more commercial influences. Perhaps a Volume II will be in order, particularly in the area of seventies funk.
I hope you will enjoy playing this remarkable music as much as I have, and that the history and biographies provide some sense of acknowledgement for the exceptional artists covered.
Dave Rubin New York City, 1999

DEDICATION
Iwould like to dedicate this book to my daughter, Michelle ("Cookie") and my wife, Cheryl.
Without their love and encouragement, I would "have the blues" more than playing and studying them.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Iam indebted to, Edward Komara, Nick Koukotas, Darrell Bridges, Ira Bolterman, Steve Kirkman,
and all at Hal Leonard Corporation for their invaluable help and suggestions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface .
Dedication and Acknowledgments .
Introduction .
Scales and Chords for R&B, Soul, and Funk Guitar .
Tiny Grillles .
Johnny Moore .
Mickey Baker .
Ike Turner .
Billy Butler .
Clif White .
Curtis Mayfield .
Cornell Dupree .
Jerry Jemmott .
Steve Cropper .
Robert Ward .
Jimmy Nolen .
About the Author .
Guitar Notation Legend .

ART OF THE SHUFFLE FOR GUITAR. Inside the blues. Dave Rubin, Hal Leonard. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH CD & GUITAR TABLATURE.

LIBRO METODO DI MUSICA BLUES, CON CD.

SPARTITI PER CHITARRA CON :

ACCORDI, PENTAGRAMMA, TABLATURE.  

An exploration of shuffle, Boogie and Swing rhythms.

Inside the blues. E' proprio vero che l'incisivo accompagnamento ritmico della musica blues uscì dai tasti del pianoforte, e che la chitarra poi imitò soltanto? Questa edizione sulle varie forme ritmiche blues, approfondirà le radici delle vostre conoscenze fino ai torrenti sotterranei della regione del Delta, delle aride pianure rocciose del Texas, della polverosa Kansas City, delle foreste di New Orleans, dell'asfalto e delle pozzanghere di Chicago. CD. TABLATURE

Shuffle
1: A dance step of indefinite Southern African-American origin, perhaps dating from the eighteenth century, in which the feet are moved rhythmically across the floor without being lifted (as in a minstrel show-author).

2: A rhythm derived from the dance step. The term is onomatopoeic, "sh" describing its characteristic smoothness (and especially its sound when played on the snare drum). The alternation of long and short syllables (shuffle, shuffle) evokes its distinguishing rhythm, a subdivision of the beat into uneven triplets, which is more specific than the fundamental swing or boogie woogie rhythm only in that it is usually played legato and at a relaxed tempo.

The term "shuffle," as applied to a type of musical rhythm, appeared around 1917. One of the earliest published songs to use it in its title was "Riverboat Shuffle" by Hoagy Carmichael. Though the recorded version by comet legend Bix Beiderbecke and Wolverines (1924) is both hot and cool, the rhythm is pure 4/4 dixieland. In 1921 a musical revue called "Shuffle Along" was produced with music by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. It included, but was not restricted to, the shuffle dance step. However, like the multitude of tunes before the mid~thirties that alluded to a "shuffle," the rhythms on parade were in the style of ragtime, dixieland and the blues. A number of rhythmic strains, including one from the unlikeliest of sources, would need to coalesce to create the true shuffle pattern. To trace this development is to traverse the glorious history of the blues and jazz. From the breakdowns, stomps and hollers of the post~Civil War South to the swinging shuffles of Louis Jordan and Tbone Walker in the forties, the accent has been on the body language of rhythm. Boogie woogie music, with its walking and moving bass lines, undoubtedly provided the driving propulsion behind shuffle rhythms. Though associated almost exclusively with the piano and especially its great solo practitioners, it is generally agreed that guitarists laid the groundwork for this blues-based idiom. The anthropologist and writer, Zora Neale Hurston, described the entertainment in the late 1800s juke joints as thus: "One guitar was enough for a dance. To have two was considered excellent. Where two were playing, one man played the lead and the other seconded him. The first player was "picking" and the second was "framming," that is, playing chords while the lead carried the melody by dexterous finger-work. Sometimes a third player was added, and he played a tom-tom effect on the lower strings." As the century wore on, pianos took the place of guitars in the lumber, mining, railroad and turpentine camps. Though it is conjecture, the practicality of employing one musician versus two or three, plus the sheer increase in volume afforded by pianos in rowdy barrelhouses (as opposed to acoustic guitars), makes sense of this change. There is less ambivalence, though, about the music performed. Quite simply, patrons wanted to hear the same raucous, rolling rhythms, so piano players devised left-hand patterns analogous to rhythm guitar parts while embelli hino and oloing with the right.

Series: Guitar Educational
Softcover with CD - TABLATURE
Author: Dave Rubin

This method book explores shuffle, boogie and swing rhythms for guitar. Includes tab and notation, and covers Delta, country, Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, New Orleans, West Coast, and bebop blues. Also includes audio for demonstration of each style and to jam along with. 64 pages.

Traces the roots of Shuffle, boogie and swing rhythms from the late 1800s to the late 1940s. Delta, country, Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, New Orleans, West Coast, and Bebop Blues styles are explored in-depth with numerous music examples. The accompanying CD demostrates each example with a complete rhythm section, includes rare photos.