The Who: The Who - Bass: Bass Guitar: Instrumental Album

This book was written for bassists who wish to learn to read music as well as for those who wish to sharpen their music reading skills. The studies in the book progress from beginning to professional levels and represent anvariety of styles that modern bassists are likely to encounter in real-world musical situations. For those conversant in music's universal language a whole world of musical styles ideas and sounds is always available. Thisbook aims to sharpen the skills of serious student bass players so that they may partake of this endless stream of ideas information and inspiration. Standard notation only. None of the exercises in this book contain fingeringindications. This omission was made in order to make these exercises useful to players of all types of bass instruments both electric and acoustic. The author strongly recommends that students work through this book with thesupervision of a qualified teacher. If you are a professional musician the author hopes this book will help you stay in top sight-reading form giving you an edge in a highly competitive market. If you are a novice bassist thisbook will help you hone your skills in becoming a skilled professional.

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee?s (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: ?In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.? Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton?s city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman?s reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means ?conversation with the gods? in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao?s (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950?s following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo?s ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece?s characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles? Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don?t Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach?s Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht?s The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli?s Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein?s West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish?s A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony?s co-production of George Gershwin?s Opera Porgy and Bess.

Reggae Grooves For Electric Bass has been specially created to provide guidance for the bassist as well as the percussionist and rhythm guitarist on creating individual reggae grooves.Thenumerous challenging 2 and 4-measure rhythm patterns make a great rhythm reading workout and the advice the author provides on equipment selection and rhythmic styles will be appreciated by the whole band.Access to online audio recordings is also included. These downloadable tracks featuring a full rhythm section both with and without the bass part so you can jam as part of the group. Reggae Grooves For ElectricBass  is written in both standard notation and tablature.

Suitable for the intermediate-advanced level bassist this book contains 10 pieces by J. S. Bach in arrangements by Josquin Des Pres for the Bass Guitar.Johann Sebastian Bach isrecognised as one of the world's greatest musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognised as a composer Bach transformed the conventional structures of preludes and fugues. J.S. Bach ForBass will open up a whole new world of phrasing for the aspiring bassist.Selections include: Prelude #1 in C Major Suite #1 in G Major Suite #2 in D Minor Suite #3 in C Major Partita #1 in BMinor Partita #2 in D Partita #3 in E Major Sonata #1 in G Minor and Sonata #3 in C Major. This book is written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. It takes you further into using scales to build bass lines techniques such as slap and pop and string muting and creating walking bass lines. It also explores ideas such as modes tetrachords pasing tones and varying rhythmic activity. A superb book which keeps things fun and interesting but doesn't sacrifice any important details. An absolute must for any serious Bass player.

This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them over long play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations. This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them overlong play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations.

Play Bass With 20 Classic Songs includes 2 CDs and a music book with TAB and Standard Notation which allow you to play along to 20 classic songs with backing tracks. The book features authentic arrangements of songs such as 'London Calling' and 'You Shook Me All Night Long' with full TAB and standard notation, as well as the melody line. As well as backing tracks to all the songs, the CDs also feature full performance tracks so you can hear what it's supposed to sound like before you play it yourself. / Guitare Basse

This DVD course is designed for people who want to play Bass in a small group or ensemble and presents all the most common musical forms. You will learn Bass techniques for rock country pop and other popular musicstyles.No music-reading ability is required. After mastering this method you will be ready to start playing with other musicians regardless of what type of music you choose.

Bass basics, major scales and modes, harmonic and melodic minor scales and modes, arpeggio patterns and symmetric scales (whole tone and diminished). Serious Electric Bass is a definitive, comprehensive, user-friendly guide for electric bassists of all levels. 279 pages.