Chord Studies for Electric Bass: Guitar: Study

The versatility of the Electric Bass has been drawn the attention of musicians and jazz 'buffs' throughout the world. While not a lick book itself this book will teach you the skills necessary to master many contemporary basslines and patterns. An ideal supplement to any bass method. This well-written text contains solos etudes and various studies in a number of positions. In addition it integrates position playing with riffs phrases and chords.It is a valuable course of study that familiarizes the student with key relationships up the neck.

The Electric Bass Method is the most widely-used introductory Bass method available. Both Volumes I and II present a standard notation approach to reading solo and arpeggio studies for four string Bass. Included in Volume I are the rudiments of playing plus handy charts of arpeggios featuring major minor augmented diminished and seventh chords plus upper harmonic extensions. Volume II continues with studies scales walking bass patterns and more. Applicable to any style of music this method has gained acceptance as the foundational text for Electric Bass study world-wide. The companion audio and video downloads for both volumes 1and 2 are available online.

Expanding Your Skills DVD 2-Adam Traum continues his exploration of basic electric guitar skills in this DVD. He provides invaluable advice and important information while teaching pick technique chord shapes ‘strike and slides ’ blues scales licks and powerful soloing ideas. He shows you how authentic lead riffs can be played in a variety of positions in the key of A so that even beginners will quickly start using the entire fretboard. You’ll learn more basic chords as Adam carefully shows you how to form the C F and G finger positions combining them into a standard 1-4-5 progression that you’ll recognize as the basis for numerous well-known rock’n’roll songs. By learning how to play thesechords in a variety of places on the neck you’ll build your understanding of the guitar and will be ready to tackle more advanced studies. Extra: Adam and bassist Martin Keith provide rhythm backups so you can practice your newly learned chords and licks.

The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - The Basics. Whether your favourite blues guitarist is Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blind Blake, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, or Mississippi John Hurt, studying the basic techniques presented in this program is the first step toward being able to capture the essence of their traditional styles. In this book, Woody Mann shows you practical ways to develop fundamental technique and offers you insights into the musical logic of blues guitar. Woody walks you through each song, explaining the chord positions and picking techniques. He teaches blues in the keys of D, G, C, E, and A, presenting a wide selection of classic blues songs and instrumentals from the masters of blues guitar. Included in this program are the basics of the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, the ragtime style of Blind Blake (the man with the piano-playing guitar), and the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Willie Walker, and Willie Moore. Each song illustrates how solo players approach the guitar like a piano, playing melodies and bass lines simultaneously. Developing this independent two-line picking technique enables you to get the feel, syncopation, and subtleties of the music. The songs in themselves are studies in acoustic blues technique and present the authentic elements of the acoustic blues sound and style including blues technique and ways to play off of the chords and improvise within a song. This program is recommended for beginning acoustic blues guitarists as well as electric guitarists and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists of all levels who would like to go beyond pattern picking and develop a more dynamic and syncopated sound. Woody Mann had his first schooling as a teenager in the living room of Rev. Gary Davis, the now legendary gospel and ragtime guitarist. Mann soon went on to perform and record with blues masters Son House and Bukka White as well as contemporary innovators including John Fahey. He has recorded extensively, performed throughout the world, and is widely recognized as one of the world's leading teachers and transcribers of acoustic blues music, having taught countless guitarists through his popular books and videos.