It's time to take center stage to deliver all the pyrotechnics usually associated with six-string guitar shredders! Shredding Bass Guitar takes you there through in-depth lessons on building technique, dexterity, and speed. It shows you how to shred using chords, arpeggios, and scales, and covers heavy metal and funk techniques like tapping, string skipping, and slap and pop. Lessons and examples are in the styles of bass masters Billy Sheehan, Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, and others. Shredding Bass Guitar provides a fresh perspective on the four-string electric bass and is a must-have for any bassist looking to take their playing to a new level. The accompanying CD features all the examples from the book. Features * In-depth lessons for developing technique, dexterity, and speed * For pick-style and fingerstyle players * Covers techniques like string skipping, tapping, two-handed tapping, wide-interval skipping, slap and pop, double thumbing, double popping, and more About the Author David Overthrow is an author, educator, and virtuoso bassist. After attending Berklee College of Music, he began performing with a wide variety of artists throughout the U.S. and Europe, playing rock, funk, jazz, and R and B. David is Director of Music at the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. He has written for Bass Guitar magazine, authored numerous electric bass methods, and taught three instructional videos for Alfred Music. David has performed with such luminaries as Pat Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Mike Stern, Trey Anastasio, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, and Sonny Landreth. / Guitare Basse

Complete Book of Scales Modes and Chords- Dedicating his life to music education Brian Emmel is an extraordinary Bass player after graduating from The Musicians Institute in 1989 Brian Emmel has been publishing multiple instructional works including books and DVD?s as well as attending clinics to showcase his highly acclaimed teaching methods.This book ?Scales And Modes For The 5-String Bass? includes the most comprehensive and complete array of scales especially for the 5-string Bass this includes 4 main sections;Scale TerminologyScalesFingerboard chart and diatonic triadsScale to Chord GuideEmmelwill teach you the best way to tie it all together showing you what scale to use over various chords.

With Online Audio-Focuses on the two most popular topics in the bass world today: slap bass and multiple-stringed basses. Covers a wide variety of slap techniques including triple pops double pops and individual string control. Also focuses onthe music theory behind slap bass such as intervals chords scales and their application. Written in standard bass clef and tablature; all examples included on the companion audio recording. Includes access to online audio.

For 4 and 5 String Bass Set. Par BRUNEL BUNNY. Bunny Brunel has played with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Larry Coryell, Wayne Shorter, Al Dimeola, Al Jarreau, and many other jazz and fusion greats. Bunny has compiled over 250 pages of 'nuts and bolts' basics needed to play contemporary bass. Applicable to either 4- or 5-string bass, this comprehensive text covers position playing, utilizing scales and modes, chords and harmony, creating bass lines, improvising, fingering, and much more! In notation only with fretboard diagrams. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Technic / Recueil / Guitare Basse

Put the guess work aside and get the right notes for all the chords on the five-string Bass in the first two positions. Each chord is fully arpeggiated in two octaves. All chords are presented in twelve keys - this chartis the only thing you need to keep the wrong notes out of your Bass lines. Put it on your bedroom or practice room wall so you can always have the right note.

The best book for any beginner bass players. Teaches students how to sight-read and to acquire a musical vocabulary. Includes string studies enharmonic studies chords and arpeggios.

Learn How to Play the Right Way!. This book is designed to teach you correctly how to sight-read and at the same time acquire a musical vocabulary with the associated terms. The exercises contained in this book are presented in a progressive format: it starts out very easy and gets progressively harder, improving your bass playing skills as you work through the book. Topics covered include: 1st-4th string studies - the rhythm gallery - enharmonic studies - chords and arpeggios - blues progressions - chord charts - and more.

Par MASSIMO PALERMO. Learn bass fingerboard secrets with this quick and useful guide through the fundamental triad and seventh chord arpeggios. Learn to recognize these essential items and to easily find them over the whole neck. Each chord in Encyclopedia of Bass Arpeggios is provided with a brief introductory chart analyzing the arpeggios rising from chords and relevant inversions. The development in one and two octaves follows, considering the different positions and fingerings starting from the 3rd, the 4th, and the 5th strings. All arpeggios are presented in standard notation and tablature. Finally, a table summarizes the scales to be used with each type of chord. As well as a valuable reference for all bass players, this book gives students a fresh and comprehensive tool to practice arpeggios in a very simple and constructive way. An excellent opportunity to gain a fluent understanding of the fretboard and to hone playing skills in terms of dexterity and accuracy. For 4-string and 5-string bass. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Theory and Harmony / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/online audio provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of metal you subscribe to - from classic metal to modern metal and beyond - Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave. Extreme Metal Bass also includes enhanced online audio with demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in thebook, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing. 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, and pan left or right. This book is designed for players who use a standard-tuned five-string bass (low to high: B-E-A-D-G). If you do not have a five-string bass, a four string (tuned B-E-A-D) will work for much of the material presented. / Méthodes et pédagogie / Guitare / Guitare basse / HAL LEONARD

75 Exercises to Build Endurance and Flexibility for Bass Guitar Players-If you want to work on your bass guitar chops then Bass Hanon: 75 Exercises To Build Endurance And Flexibility For Bass Guitar Players is the book for you.These 75 exercises will help you build your endurance and flexibility challenging you in fun interesting and methodical ways. Topics in Bass Hanon: 75 Exercises To Build Endurance And Flexibility For Bass Guitar Players include: left-hand finger patterns pull-offs and hammer-ons string crossing harmonic technique arpeggios scales blues sequences chords on the bass articulations rhythms harmonics and more.

For 4 and 5 String Bass Set-Bunny Brunel has played with Chick Corea Herbie Hancock Tony Williams Larry Coryell Wayne Shorter Al Dimeola Al Jarreau and many other jazz and fusion greats. Bunny has compiled over 250 pages of 'nuts and bolts' basicsneeded to play contemporary bass. Applicable to either 4- or 5-string bass this comprehensive text covers position playing utilizing scales and modes chords and harmony creating bass lines improvising fingering and muchmore! In notation only with fretboard diagrams.

This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions basic theory the first position how to read music fingering accelerated fingerboard studies a fingerboard note location chart to the 12th fret four-string studies rhythm studies syncopated rhythms and dotted notes. The book then introduces the second through seventeenthposition scale and arpeggio studies accelerated fingerings using two-octave scales and various arpeggios chord applications rhythm patterns extension fingerings and harmonic minor and harmonized major scales using diatonic7th chords. Part IV consists of theory for the bassists chord construction relating chord symbols and numbers and the harmonized major natural harmonic and ascending (jazz) melodic minor scales. Diagrams of 26 chords withthe transposition charts using 'G' and 'C' fingerings are included. Each progression covers many playing styles encountered by the modern bassist including: walking 2-beat syncopated rhythms(funk) Latin bebop changes pop-rock blues traditional blues deadened-string technique funk playing plus full chord progressions within tunes. Chords are suggested for the very diverse bass lines syncopated patterns scales and arpeggios. Written instandard notation with chord diagrams.

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Alfred???s Basic Bass Method is the newest addition to the Alfred???s Basic family of methods featuring clear well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock blues country and jazz. Lots of photos and diagrams make learning easy and the DVD includes iPod-compatible video that is perfect for the visual learner. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred???s Basic Bass Method-the first and best choice for today???s beginning guitar students. Book 1features all the necessities including how to hold your bass tuning your bass right-hand and left-hand technique basics of reading music notes on all four strings scales licks and songs how to read TAB playing slides and accents and photos and diagrams. The DVD included features iPod-compatible video that is perfect for the visual learner.

Anyone can get started learning Bass Guitar with this user-friendly basic method. Loaded with easy-to-read examples in both TAB and standard notation this book teaches everything from how to pluck a string to how to build your own bass lines. Get ready to find out about scales and arpeggios; playing in blues rock and funk styles; and even slap 'n' pop technique!

Presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for four-string bass. A beautiful photo of a four-string electric bass is labeled with string numbers open string names and the fret location of all thenatural notes on the fretboard. A must-have for every bassist's studio practice room or bedroom wall. Note: The sample for this product is an image of the entire chart. It may take a while to load.