Electric Bass Beginning - Bass

This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of reading standard music notation and TAB, this book takes you further into using scales to build bass lines, techniques such as slap & pop, string muting, and walking bass lines. You'll be introduced to ideas such as modes, tetrachords, passing tones and varying rhythmic activity. Author David Overthrow keeps things fun and interesting without sacrificing any important details. A must for any serious bass players.

Par FILIBERTO ROGER. While still available in two separate volumes (93234 and 93235) Roger Filiberto's widely-used beginning bass method is now available in one comprehensive book! Includes handy arpeggio charts featuring major, minor, augmented, diminished, and dominant seventh chords, plus their upper harmonic extensions. Applicable to any style of music, this method has gained widespread acceptance as the foundational text for electric bass study! Includes a CD and DVD. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Guitare Basse

While still available in two separate volumes (MLB93234 and MLB93235) Roger Filiberto's widely-used beginning Bass method is now available in one comprehensive book! Includes handy arpeggio charts featuring major minor augmented diminished and dominant seventh chords plus their upper harmonic extensions. Applicable to any style of music this method has gained widespread acceptance as the foundational text for electric Bass study!Includes audio and video download files online.

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the '3-finger' left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. The emphasis on left hand technique allows the student to develop a consistent fingering approach to the fingerboard reduces unnecessary strain on the left hand and makes the bass more accessible to younger students or students with small hands. After the left hand technique has been established the book introduces the student toimportant elements of bass line construction including blues patterns the root-fifth relationship and common rhythmic patterns. Includes access to online audio and video.- Introduction for beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. - Book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. - Makes use of the '3-finger' left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. - Offers student important elements of bass line construction: blues patterns root-fifth relationship and common rhythmic patterns.- Includes access to online audio and video.

Learn To Burn: Electric Bass is intended for the Bass player who wants to stretch his or her limits and begin playing outside his or her comfort zone. Starting with just the right hand the materialcovers warm-ups scales chords and etudes that will help you develop ideas and expand your technique.Different musical styles and time signatures are presented along with all the chords that comprise most western music.Working through this book will help you acquire limitless chops and become the bassist with the tastiest ideas - the one that other musicians will want to play with.

Par YAFFEY CARL. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette and chords and keys for jamming. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo. Joining a jam session can be intimidating. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate upright or electric bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe how jam sessions work, and jam session etiquette. The book also describes the typical chords and keys for jamming and describes typical bluegrass rhythm. A section is included on the role each instrument plays in bluegrass rhythm. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Bluegrass - Improvisation / Méthode / Guitare Basse Electrique

A comprehensive approach to developing advanced Bass playing skills ideal for players who have progressed beyond beginning methods and are now looking for a comprehensive knowledge of all basic and extended chords. This bookfeatures exercises in developing technique and melodic sense in and out of the upper register as well as maintaining the role of the bassist as the harmonic foundation of music.

This method is designed for both the bassists and drummers and its purpose is to help them play together in almost all major musical styles: Rock Blues Funk Rhythm and Blues Disco/Dance Reggae Latin music etc... The many grooves presented here even if they can be practised alone are intended to be played in a band or at least by a bass/drum duo either on stage or in a studio or simply among friends. Each example displays the bass line along with its tab and the drum score just below allowing to situate each instrument in relation to the other. In this way the grooves can easily be read and analysed from both perspectives. For each style you will begin practisingone bar then two bar patterns... before tackling longer and more complex grooves. To put this into application all you will have to do is use your own chord changes or those you like as well as play the patterns you find interesting over these chords. On the CD the bass examples are played on the left channel and the drums examples on the right channel. With a centred sound balance you will be able to hear both instruments! This method is designed for both the bassists and drummers and its purpose is to help them play together in almost all major musical styles: Rock Blues Funk Rhythm and Blues Disco/Dance Reggae Latin music etc... The many grooves presented here even if they can be practised alone are intended to be played in a band or at least by a bass/drum duo either on stage or in a studio or simply among friends.Each example displays the bass line along with its tab and the drum score just below allowing to situate each instrument in relation to the other. In this way the grooves can easily be read and analysed from both perspectives. For each style you will beginpractising one bar then two bar patterns... before tackling longer and more complex grooves. To put this into application all you will have to do is use your own chord changes or those you like as well as play the patterns you find interesting over these chords.On the CD the bass examples are played on the left channel and the drums examples on the right channel. With a centred sound balance you will be able to hear both instruments!

Mike Hiland's Complete Blues Bass provides a very thorough study of blues bass lines covering many different styles from Texas swing to jazz and rock blues. Along with specific instruction andanalysis plenty of sample blues bass lines are included. This book is suitable for beginning-advanced players and will teach you everything you need to know to play the blues. The music is written in bothnotation and tablature and recordings of the exercises featured in the book are available to download online. Most of the exercises are recorded with Bass and Drums only with the last few lessons adding Electric Guitar.