A Beginner's Guide Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio Video and Popular Songs!-The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner complete with audio tracks video lessons and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away with a free online tuner and metronome!The bass guitar book features lessons on: bass fundamentals music reading tuning the 1-5 pattern arpeggios grooves position shifts scales syncopation chromatics swing/shuffle feel and blues funk

The best single source for learning to play the blues for bass with online audio tracks for practicing! Styles covered include: Delta blues Texas blues New Orleans blues West Coast blues Chicago blues boogie woogie blues jazz blues and more. Also covers 12-bar blues 8-bar blues 24-bar blues minor blues tags & turnarounds 12/8 feel swing shuffle jazz pop slow blues funk blues and R&B. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys andpan left or right.