The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method giving equal treatment to both electric and double bass. Covering styles like bebop Latin funk and fusion this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. The Total Jazz Bassist also covers theory technique tunes solos jazz styles and includes great advice for practicing and doing business. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines how to solo bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes and major and minor 'two-five-one' progressions dominant 7th chord scales approaches for playing 'Rhythm Changes ' and much much more! This is the one place to get everything youneed to make you not only a great jazz bassist but an asset to any band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

Bass Play-Along Volume 13-The Bass Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the online audio to hear how the bass should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks.The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The online audio is available for streaming or download using the unique access code printed inside the cover.This pack includes the songs All My Loving • Back in the U.S.S.R. • Day Tripper • Eight Days a Week • Get Back • I Saw Her Standing There • Paperback Writer andTaxman.

An easy to follow DVD to take your Bass playing to a higher level! Clear and detailed instruction both on-screen and in the accompanying 80-page booklet create an amazing learning experience that cannot fail. Experienced musician and tutor Professor Anthony Vitti's proven method will improve the fundamnetal skills that are necessary to freely express yourself on the Bass guitar in many musical styles. The exercises and demonstrations are intuitive and interesting but are still easy to understand and can be applied to all levels of ability and styles. Topics covered include: Fingering Exercises Interval and Ear training Funk/R&B techniques Rhythm studies.

This volume covers all the material required for three Bass Guitar grades and includes useful advice and tips about preparing for London College of Music Bass Guitar examinations. Whether or not you intend to take a bass guitar exam the handbooks will help you develop your playing, increase your knowledge of specialist bass guitar techniques and provide a sound theoretical basis to enable you to achieve your full potential as a bassist. / Niveau : Moyen / Exams / Etude / Guitare Basse

This book was designed to demonstrate the many different styles music available for bassists to play and to give the student ideas as to what to play in different situations. There are many other method books available for bassthat teach all sorts of styles and techniques. This book shows you how when and where to use all the wonderful information found in those books. It will help you get a better understanding of most of the contemporary styles thatwill get you started on your journey as a working and playing bassist. The styles covered are Blues Rock and Roll Country Funk Latin Jazz and Rhythm & Blues. Examples are in notation only for four-string bass. The CDincludes most of the examples from the book.

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.

Learn How to Play the Right Way!. This book is designed to teach you correctly how to sight-read and at the same time acquire a musical vocabulary with the associated terms. The exercises contained in this book are presented in a progressive format: it starts out very easy and gets progressively harder, improving your bass playing skills as you work through the book. Topics covered include: 1st-4th string studies - the rhythm gallery - enharmonic studies - chords and arpeggios - blues progressions - chord charts - and more.

Billy Sheehan is one of the World???s most respected Bass players and presents his basic bass tutorial. This Bass legend introduces beginners to the fundamentals and the important basics of playing the bass guitar. The solid platform that he forms gives beginners an early advantage on their journey of development. Everything from choosing a bass setting up your amp and tuning to left and right-hand technique keeping time and slap and pop are covered in Sheehan???s easy-to-follow unique style. This Book and DVD provide a perfect start for anyone wanting to learn Bass guitar or to sharpen and improve from their current level.

If you want to spend more time making music and less time bogged down in mind numbing theory then this book is for you. The best entry level book for wannabe bassists - the Xtreme series provides a funky and fresh teaching method for beginners through a series of easy-to-follow lessons exercises true stories and superstar tips. Whether it be electric guitar drums DJing or singing our team of Xtremists are here to guide you.In Xtreme bass resident groove mistress Deep guides you through a 10-lesson programme that covers everything from tuning up and using a pick to mastering techniques such as slap bass. With a free audio CD profiles of 10 of the greatest bass players ofall time and easy-to-follow guidelines that will help you to play just like them Xtreme bass arms you with all you need to be able to create some of the funkiest bass grooves in no time.

In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this method doesn?t stophere! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress. In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this methoddoesn?t stop here! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress.

Bass Lesson Goldmine Series-Expand your Bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics each lesson in this Rock volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard notation and tablature.You'll also get extremely useful tips scale diagrams chord grids photos and more to reinforce your learning experience plus access to online audio featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book.This volume covers a huge variety of rock Bass styles techniques and concepts are covered including: first position notes; basic fingerstyle; basic slapping; fingerstyle rakes; drop D tuning;memorising the fretboard; arpeggios; harmonics; Paul McCartney style; John Entwistle style; Geddy Lee style; Billy Sheehan style; Flea style; gallop rhythm; tapping; techno bass; walking; where to pick; and much more.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Blues Series : Complete Number of pages : 196 A very thorough study of blues bass lines covering many different blues styles from Texas swing to jazz and rock blues. Along with specific instruction and analysis, plenty of sample blues bass lines are included. Great for beginners to advanced players, this book will teach you everything you need to know to play the blues. In notation and tablature. This package includes a play-along stereo CD demonstrating most of the exercises in the book. Most of the exercises are recorded with bass and drums only, with the last few lessons adding electric guitar.

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to electric and double bass. Covering such styles as bebop, Latin, funk, and fusion, this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines, how to solo, bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes, major and minor two-five-one progressions, dominant 7th chord scales, and more! A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is also included.