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60 OF THE ' 1'!'!~'ft{1MUSIC INP'CRMATICN CENTER

FUNKIEST KEYBOARfj'~~R1FFS

KNOWN TO MANKINDBY ANDREW '0. GORDON

A Comprehensive guide to some of the

best Funk Riffs for Keyboard Players

copyright c. 1995A.D.G. ProductionsAll Rights ReservedNo part of this publicationmay be reproduced in anyform without the writtenpermission of the copyrightholder. Printed in the U.S.A.

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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTThank you for buying this book and I hope you receive a great deal of value from it. I have receivedmany enquiries from musicians concerning how to play in a "funky sty/enand I hope that this book serves

its purpose. The object of this product is to show in a practical way how to play the various techniques,both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint, that make up these funky riffs. The 60 riffs cover amultitude of musical styles including RIIyt/lm & 8Iu~J, SDUl Disco, utin, JUZ" Roc/y B/ues/ GospelIIntl Hip HDp.

The book is divided up into two sections: The hrst section consists of 30 riffs using a "dllvinetN

sound producing a very rhythmic approach to keyboard playing similar to how a rhythm guitarist wouldplay. Exponents of these styles include Stevie Wono'er, Herbie H.nco&, Bi/Iy Prnlon/ R.ms'Y Lewisas well as bands such as: JM1Ift BI'OWfI, TDWeT 01Power, ENtJ, \.0nJ lindFire etc. The second sectionof the book consists of 30 riffs using an organ sound similar to a Hllmmontl Dlg6n. Exponents of thesesoulfuV;azzlblues styles of playing include Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Charles Earland, StevieWinwood, Richard Tee, Joey DeFrancesco etc.

This book is ideal for the intermediate to advanced level of musician who is interested in playingthese funky riffs and who need new ideas to stimulate their creativity. This book is also very useFul forimproving your sight reading skills with examples in many different keys and rhythms. The rhythmicsyncopation between the two hands, in many of these riffs, will take a while to master 50 please practiceeach hand seParately before trying to put both hands to!dher. I hope that you will be able to use theseriffs as a basis to create your own phrases or compositions

The audio cassette .. or CD .. that comes with the book has all the 60 riffs recorded with thekeyboard left hand part on the left channel and th~ keyboard right hand part on the right channel. Thisenables the keyboardist to isolate each of the left and right hand parts when listening on their stereosystem that has a balance control. When you tum the balance control to the leh, only the left hand part

(along with the bass and drums) will sound enabling you to pradice the right hand in conjunction withthe cassette or CD and vice versa with the right hand part. There is a drum pattern recorded along withthe keyboard parts with a four beat dick intra to help the individual keep time.

Also, each of the 60 riffs have been recorded with just bass Be drums so that you can play alongwith the rhythm section. For the people who want to improve their ear training skills you may want tolisten to the individual parts and then try to duplicate what is played on the tape or CD. I personally~nd I am able to memorize music quicker when I pick music out by ear than From musical notation.

Obviously the book can be used to locate the notes that you are not able to find by listening.

NOTICE TO COMPUTER AND SEOUENCER USERS ..IIThis program comes with an optional MIDI ~Ie disk and loads into your sequencing software by selecting"LOAD MIDI FILE,II please refer to your manual for further instructions. Load in the riff you want tolisten to or practice.'rack 1 will be the keyboard risht hand MIDl ch. 1~ TraCk 2 will be the keyboardleft hand MIDI ch. 1, Track 3 will be a bass line MIDI ch. 2, Track 4 will be the bass drum MIDI ch.10, Track 5 will be the snare drum MIDI ch. 10, Track 6 will be the hi-hat MIDI ch. 10, and Track7 (only in certain examples) will be a percussion track MIDI ch. 10. The MIDI FILE disks are formattedfor AIsn;.. 18M, M4dntDSh computers as well as Generl/ MID/keyboards and sequencers with diskdrives. If you bought this product without the MIDI disk and require one or have any questions pleasecontact us at (310) 379 1568

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INDEX .Page Riff No.Style

CLAVINET SOUNDRiff No.

1 Jazz Funk 3 31 Blues Jazz Funk 322 Funk 4 32 Blues Funk 343 Slow Funk 5 33 Latin Rock 354 Funk 6 34 Rock Funk 365 Funk 7 35 Funk 376 Rock Funk 8 36 Jazz Funk 387 Latin Funk 9 37 Latin Disco 398 R&B 10 38 Rock Funk 409 Funk 11 39 Rock Funk 4110 Jazz Funk 12 40 Latin Funk 42

-~ 11 Jan Funk 13 41 Rock Funk 43" ~ 12 Rode Funk 14 42 Blues Funk 44

13 Hip Hop 15 43 Jazz Funk 4514 Funk 16 44 Rock Funk 4615 R&B 17 45 Jazz Funk 4716 Funk 18 46 Blues Funk 4817 Rock Funk 18 47 Latin Funk 4918 Hip Hop 19 48 Funk 5019 Gospel Funk 20 49 Disco Funk 5120 Jan Funk 21 SO Blues Funk 5221 Funk 22 51 Jazz Funk 5322 Disco Funk 23 52 Jazz Funk 5423 Reggae 24 S3 Latin Funk 5524 Rock Funk 25 54 Funk 5625 Funk 26 55 Funk 5726 Jazz Furik 27 56 Jazz Funk 5827 Latin Funk 28 57 Blues Funk 5928 Funk 29 58 Gospel Funk 6029 Rock Funk 30 59 Rock Funk 6130 Funk 31 60 Jan Funk 62

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.WORDS ABOlI1THE AUTHOR

ANREW GORDON was born in London, England and started his musical training at tthe

piano at the age of 7 years old. He studied Classical music for 10 years, taking examinations

at the Royal Academy of Music in London, before being swept away by the sounds of Jazz,

Blues and of course Rock and Roll. Mr. Gordon is an exceptionally well - rounded

keyboard player baving played in a myriad of musical situations worldwide~

Mr. Gordon's accomplishments have included releasing a solo jazzl new age album

called "Silhouettettwhich received radio airplay allover the U.S.A. and in countries such as

Australia, Italy, France, England, Japan Canada and Singapore. He was responsible for

writing, arranging and producing the album. Andrew has written music for the American

T.V. series n GeneralHospital" as well as numerous cartoons and commercials. Like any

true teacher Mr. Gordon keeps furthering his musical education and has recently finished a

program at V.e.L.A. covering synthesiszrs and computers as well as spending six years

studying with world acclaimed pianist Mike Garson. Andrew was specially chosen by

H.M.I. to participate in their film scoring workshop~ instructed by world renowned T..V .and

film composer Earl Hagen..

Mr. Gordon resides in Los Angeles where he has his music teaching practice and has

been involved in teaching students from all over the world in all areas of keyboard

edueatien, as well as being involved in producing arranging and recording music for

various clients. Also he plays in a jazz group that performs regularly at Los Angeles jazz

clubs. With the continuing world wide success of his music educational publishing company

Mr. Gordon is now devoting much of his time to producing a catalog of books, cassettes,

CD's and Midi fde disks to educate musicians and students in many musical areas.

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