Following on from his extremely successful Guitar Grimoire Adam Kadmon returns with the most complete book of bass patterns and voicings ever written! This book is literally a Bass Guitar encyclopedia with thousands of diagrams charts and graphs detailing the harmonies of the scales diatonic modes and their variants all over the fretboard. Complete explanation of all extended harmonies and altered chords. The Bass Grimoire is the essential volume for every bass guitarist's library whether as a reference for all professional Bass sorcerers and as educational tool for magician's apprentices!

The Bass Deck. The Bass Deck is simply the easiest book of scale and arpeggio patterns. This unique guide has been designed for every beginning bass player to be able to start playing immediately the most popular scales and arpeggios used today. The patterns are illustrated on a realistic diagram with suggested fingerings. A must for every aspiring bassist. This can easily fit inside a gig bag or hard case so you can refer to it wherever you are.

Presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for four-string bass. A beautiful photo of a four-string electric bass is labeled with string numbers open string names and the fret location of all thenatural notes on the fretboard. A must-have for every bassist's studio practice room or bedroom wall. Note: The sample for this product is an image of the entire chart. It may take a while to load.

Fingerings Exercises and Proper Usage of the Essential Five-Note Scales-The pentatonic is one of the most widely used scales in music. This book teaches fingerings for these essential five-note scales all over the neck and how to use them to create solid functional bass lines. The audio contains 56 tracks and features full-band demonstration examples. Covers: major and minor pentatonic scales; one- and two-octave scale patterns; pentatonic modes and their applications; soloing with pentatonic scales; and much more! Audio is accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code inside each book.

A chords manual for 4 and 5 string Bass with more than 950 positions. Written by Tony Corizia an elite highly acclaimed Italian Bass artist this book is easy to read and understand. Corizia has painstakingly checked every position described in this text.

A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners-Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so this book/audio pack is for you! Instead of standard music notation this method uses tablature combined with rhythmic symbols to make learning fast and easy! Topics covered include: parts of the bass guitar â?¢ tuning â?¢ basic hand and finger positions â?¢ interpreting chord symbols and musical charts â?¢ major minor and pentatonic scales â?¢ arpeggios â?¢ easy-to-interpret diagrams photos and illustrations â?¢ and much more! Includes online access to accompanying bass-and-beats and full-band demonstration tracks for download or streaming.

This is the first of a series of books from Dino Monoxelos. He developed this book after years of teaching the importance of learning arpeggios and scales in all twelve keys to his students. This of course is only one facet ofbeing a great bass player but knowing your scales and arpeggios is one of the keys to developing new and creative bass lines. Whether you are a student of jazz or a full on heavy metal monster this book will help you to learnsome of the arpeggios and scales that are important elements in writing great bass lines and great bass solos. This book will take you through step by step how to learn and then practice your major scales and arpeggios in oneoctave two octaves and how to connect them up and down your fingerboard.

This book provides the bassist with an 'escape' from being locked in 1st position on the bass neck and improves left hand technique. Helps bassists familiarize themselves with notes and patterns throughout the entire range of theinstrument exploring modes and scales in all 12 keys. Each scale group is presented in a 'circle of fifths' format starting with the scale or mode with no accidentals. Written in notation and tablature. Numbers are writtenbelow the tablature to suggest alternate fingerings; use of all the fingerings will enhance your ability to shift positions throughout the neck.

Tous les bassistes ont, à un moment ou un autre de leur progression, besoin de posséder un minimum de notions théoriques. Pour être capable de lire, de comprendre et de suivre une partition. Pour connaître le manche de sa basse et les notes qui le composent. Pour apprendre et jouer les gammes, les modes et les arpèges.?Pour en savoir plus sur les accords. Pour maîtriser toutes les notions d?ordre rythmique. Pour créer une ligne de basse. Pour improviser. Bref...?pour être musicien ! Alors, si vous êtes ignorant en la matière, cette méthode vous ouvrira de nouveaux horizons.?Et si vous êtes fâché avec le sujet, celle-ci saura assurément vous réconcilier avec les mots théorie et solfège. N?allez pas croire pour autant que cet ouvrage est rempli de règles aussi compliquées qu?indigestes. Bien au contraire. Se voulant avant tout convivial, il permet de mettre immédiatement en pratique à la basse les différents points théoriques exposés au travers d?exemples purement musicaux. De la théorie musicale appliquée... C?est au travers de huit grands chapitres que sont présentées ici toutes les notions à connaître : la notation musicale, la connaissance du manche, l?armure et la tonalité, le rythme, les intervalles, les gammes, les modes et enfin les arpèges d?accords. Un vaste programme pour qu?une fois l?étude de cet ouvrage terminée, vous soyez en mesure de dire avec fierté : « La théorie ? C?est facile ! ». Le CD joint à la méthode constitue une aide complémentaire de tout premier ordre, puisqu?il permet d?entendre tous les exemples musicaux tels qu?ils doivent être joués, compris et assimilés.

Media Type : Chart Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 4 This chord chart created for the 5-string bass shows major, minor, 7th, 6th, augmented, diminished, and many other chords. A fretboard chart showing the notes on each string is also included.

Media Type : Book Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Encyclopedia Number of pages : 104 A master catalog of major, minor, pentatonic, and blues scales in the keys of C, D, E, F, G, A and B. In addition, the Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian modes are presented in each key. A fingerboard diagram appears at the top of each page. The scale or mode is shown in numerous positions on the fingerboard, and a riff is shown in notation and tablature utilizing each scale or mode. This comprehensive text also includes charts showing the history of scales and modes, formulas, practice tips, key charts, circle of fifths, and much more.

Media Type : Chart Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 4 A concise collection of bass chords in all 12 keys. This chart shows all major, minor, augmented, diminished, minor 6th, major 7th, and suspended 4th added 7th chords. Root notes are clearly marked as diamonds and all the other chord tones are shown as circles for ease of playing. Also includes a chart showing names and locations of notes on all frets and strings, enharmonic equivalents, and their positions within the bass clef.

Vous êtes slappeur débutant, ou tout du moins peu expérimenté en la matière, et souhaitez tout de même vous faire plaisir en jouant des lignes de basse intégralement en slap, qui soient à la fois simples et musicales ? Alors vous disposez avec cette méthode de l'outil idéal... Celle-ci est en effet composée de 100 grooves de basse, qui sonnent vraiment, mettant en pratique toutes les techniques élémentaires du slap, à savoir le tapé du pouce, le tiré, les liaisons, le glissé et les notes mortes. Pour lever le voile sur d'éventuelles difficultés techniques que vous pourriez rencontrer, le DVD vous propose la démonstration des 100 grooves au grand complet, joués sur les playbacks correspondants, afin de vous aider aussi dans leur mise en place. Le CD, pour sa part, vous permettra de jouer à votre tour les différents grooves sur ces mêmes playbacks, proposés ici en version longue durée, tant à vitesse normale qu'à un tempo ralenti.