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Essential Grooves

The play-along companion to Essential Grooves: Writing, Performing and Producing Contemporary Music, the Sher Music Co. book by Berklee College of Music faculty Dan Moretti, Matthew Nicholl and Oscar Stagnaro. Every groove from the recording arrives as its separate stems, so you can drop your own instrument out and play with the band.

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23 grooves, every one as stems

In the app

Authors
Dan Moretti, Matthew Nicholl and Oscar Stagnaro
Grooves
23
Styles
Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, rock, 12/8, Motown and Southern soul, James Brown and New Orleans funk, swing, reggae
Controls
Mute, solo, pan and fade every stem. Tempo control and looping to work a groove slowly, then bring it back up to speed.

App Store

Grooves
  1. Cha-cha-cha
  2. Mambo
  3. Afro-Cuban
  4. Baião
  5. Samba
  6. Partido Alto
  7. Bossa (brushes)
  8. Bossa (sticks)
  9. Medium Rock
  10. 12/8 Ballad
  11. 12/8 Shuffle
  12. Classic Motown
  13. Classic Southern Soul
  14. Soul Ballad
  15. Soul-Funk Transitional
  16. Soul Latin
  17. Early JB Funk
  18. 70s JB Funk
  19. Second Line Funk
  20. New Orleans Funk
  21. Straight Funk
  22. Classic Swing
  23. Reggae Swing

The book

Essential Grooves: Writing, Performing and Producing Contemporary Music, published by Sher Music Co., covers the core grooves of contemporary music with fully notated rhythm section parts for every style. The app gives you the recordings to play along with.

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