SKU: MB.30798
ISBN 9781513465340. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Jason Raso?s Soloing on Electric Bass: A Chord Tone Approach provides the next step following his first book for Mel Bay Publications, Improvising on Electric Bass. The primary focus of this second book is to help you develop a more melodic approach to solo bass playing. The author suggests avoiding root notes, concentrating instead on chord tones of a 3rd, 5th, and 7th as fertile ground to begin revising your approach to more creative soloing. Following a series of standard notation exercises exploring intervals and goal notes in all keys, Jason presents a dozen original solo etudes in notation and tablature.
SKU: BT.VOLMB55
ISBN 9788863880533. Italian-Spanish.
Learn the art of Bass, implementation and improvisation, with one of the greatest masters of this instrument, Jaco Pastorius. Playing with legends such as Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Al Di Meola, Jaco has revolutionised Bass playing, influencing generations of musicians and capturing the attention of critics and readers around the world. This book, accompanied by a CD, contains transcripts of examples and solos taken from his DVD Modern Electric Bass, an interview with the legendary Jerry Jammott Jaco, and a performance in a trio of Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard.
SKU: MB.98429M
ISBN 9780786693160. UPC: 786693169. 8.5 X 11 inches.
Blues music is a sturdy, adaptable music that reflects many shades of emotions and lends itself to numerous stylistic interpretations. This 5 1/2 by 8 QWIKGUIDE is designed to help the bassist become more versatile. Each blues bass pattern in this book is played over four bars of C7. By practicing all 50 licks over the same chord progression, students can learn the basic concept of improvisation: how to play a variety of musical phrases over the same chord or chord changes. Each example is written in both notation and tablature exactly as it is recorded. The accompanying audio, featuring Larry McCabes Heat-Seeking Missile Blues Band is recorded in stereo with drums and rhythm guitar in the center, bass guitar on the left, and lead guitar on the right. The licks are recorded at a moderate tempo for ease of learning. The rhythm guitar parts heard on the online audio recording are taught in Mel Bays 101 Bad to the Bone Blues Guitar Rhythm Patterns. The lead guitar parts are taught in Mel Bays Famous Blues Guitar Lines. Includes access to online audio.
