How To Create Rock Bass Lines explores the multi-dimensional function of the rock bassist. In this method you'll explore common rock Drum beats popular rock chord progressions and the scales and techniques you'll need to add melody to your playing. By combining all of these elements you'll learn how to create Bass lines that lock in with the drummer and complement the other instruments. In How To Create Rock Bass Lines you'll also take a look at examples in the style of rock bass greats like Paul McCartney John Paul Jones Flea John Entwistle and Tom Hamilton to see how these masters put their own unique spin on the rockformat. The book includes loads of demo and play-along tracks available online for download or streaming.

With Online Audio-Essential Blues Bass Grooves within the School of the Blues Lesson Series presents 46 Bass patterns essential to the gigging Blues Bass player. Material is presented in standard music notation and TAB. Thisbook is accompanied by an audio recording of all examples (played by author Frank De Rose) along with the background music. This method is for all skill level players. This series is designed for students ofother instruments to play together. If you have friends that play Harmonica Guitar Keyboard or Drums tell them about this series so that you can play together. Access to audio available online.

Stuff!... A new instructional book and CD series featuring tips from renowned instructors. Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary with this all-encompassing book and CD pack for Bassists. Provides valuable tips on performing recording the music business instruments and equipment (including electronics) grooves fills soloing techniques care and maintenance and more. Covers rock jazz blues R

A Fun & Simple Guide to Playing Bass-Have you struggled through tedious lessons and boring instruction books in your desire to learn to play the Bass Guitar? If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to motivate you in your Bass playing quest then All About Bass is it. Whether it's learning to read music playing by ear improvising or all of the above this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start playing your favourite songs in many different styles. Plus learn interesting titbits on Bass makes & models care and maintenance other fretted instruments and other fun stuff about the bass. This fun-filled easy-to-use guide includes: An introduction toBass. Step-by-step music reading instruction. How to play by ear and improvise. Background on various styles of music including dozens of favorite songs. Performing tips. Audio tracks include over 90 tracks for demo and play-along. Over 40 popular songs including All Shook Up Another One Bites the Dust Get up (I Feel like Being) a Sex Machine I Got You (I Feel Good) Message in a Bottle Paperback Writer You Can't Hurry Love and many more.

The Improviser's Bass Method by Chuck Sher, is the complete method book for electric or upright Bass. This is a well tested and proven method, endorsed by bass greats such as Eddie Gomez, Rufus Reid and others, this is acomprehensive start-to-finish method for bass that includes everything from, holding your instrument to improvising with other musicians. Taking into account both beginners and more experienced players, the book isfilled with charts of how all the scales and chords lie on the fingerboard, hundreds of foundation exercises to help bassists gain mastery of their instrument, ideas for constructing bass lines, soloing and more. Alsoincludestranscriptions of bass lines and solos by dozens of the greatest jazz bassists, all of which combine to form a fabulous method.

Frank Nelson s Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes contains arrangements for the Bass Guitar that are genuine pieces of music in their own right. This method gives you direct control from beginning to end. With Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistesyoull master techniques such as slap Bass learn to play alongside other musicians discuss the art of composition and develop your creativity. Most importantly youll have fun playing complete songs where the Bass is fully in the spotlight. Theincluded DVD will allow you to listen to the arrangements to hear how they should be played allowing you to work through any technical difficulties. The CD will allow you to play each part studied over the rest of the arrangement giving you theopportunity to complete it by taking on the role of bassist.Frank Nelson's Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes contains arrangements for the Bass Guitar that are genuine pieces of music in their own right.This method gives you direct control from beginning to end. With Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes you'll master techniques such as slap Bass learn to play alongside other musicians discuss the art of composition and develop your creativity. Most importantly you'll have fun playing complete songs where the Bass is fully in the spotlight.The included DVD will allow you to listen to the arrangements to hear how they should be played allowing you to work through anytechnical difficulties. The CD will allow you to play each part studied over the rest of the arrangement giving you the opportunity to complete it by taking on the role of bassist.

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.

With Online Audio-This collection showcases a variety of Bass patterns that can be applied to blues recordings and performances even by the novice. Included among the 101 patterns are ten standard blues turn-arounds and ten standard blues endingsthat can be used in literally thousands of songs. In addition the book provides several pages of valuable music theory and other information on blues progressions. In notation and tablature. The companion audio is in split-trackplay-along format with each Bass pattern played four times.

A comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking Bass lines in all styles for Acoustic or Electric Bass. The accompanying CD includes 31 full-band tracks and features Peter Erskine and Mike Wofford. The aim of thisbook is to help you understand the various techniques used to construct a good walking bass line which are inherent to traditional jazz playing and other forms of music such as blues rock country gospel.

Bass Play-Along Volume 39-The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the audio to hear how the bass should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio is available online for download or streaming and it is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!This volume features 8 songs by the legendary rock band Queen: Another One Bites the Dust • Crazy Little Thing Called Love • Fat Bottomed Girls • Killer Queen • A Kind of Magic • Stone Cold Crazy •Tie Your Mother Down • We Are the Champions.The Hal Leonard Bass Guitar and Drum Queen Play-Along books all feature the same songs so you can gather your friends and share the play-along experience!

Concepts for Fretboard Mastery-Do you play the bass guitar but find parts of the fretboard to be uncharted territory? The Bass Fretboard Workbook will teach you how to conquer your fretboard's rough terrain and no music reading is required! Basic music theory helps improve your playing and ability to interact with other musicians. Take your playing to new levels with this systematic comprehensive method! Covers: interval basics and shapes; major minor & pentatonic scale patterns; triads and 7th chords; common chord qualities; and more plus 29 helpful quizzes to ensure your comprehension.

Six classic songs from their early years including Spirit Of Radio and Tom Sawyer. Includes a specially recorded soundalike CD with full demos and backing tracks.Compatible with other Authentic Playalong: Rush books so wannabes can get together and form the best covers band in town!

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. Each book has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This book for BassGuitar: is suitable for all exam boards contains ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for GCSE level is accompanied by a CD of professionally recorded backing tracks It includes songs by: Muse The Beatles Bon Jovi The Killers Chuck Berry Razorlight Metallica AC/DC Bob Marley A YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other songs for cultural context allowing the student to explore ideas for their own interpretation.