It's time to take center stage to deliver all the pyrotechnics usually associated with six-string guitar shredders! Shredding Bass Guitar takes you there through in-depth lessons on building technique, dexterity, and speed. It shows you how to shred using chords, arpeggios, and scales, and covers heavy metal and funk techniques like tapping, string skipping, and slap and pop. Lessons and examples are in the styles of bass masters Billy Sheehan, Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, and others. Shredding Bass Guitar provides a fresh perspective on the four-string electric bass and is a must-have for any bassist looking to take their playing to a new level. The accompanying CD features all the examples from the book. Features * In-depth lessons for developing technique, dexterity, and speed * For pick-style and fingerstyle players * Covers techniques like string skipping, tapping, two-handed tapping, wide-interval skipping, slap and pop, double thumbing, double popping, and more About the Author David Overthrow is an author, educator, and virtuoso bassist. After attending Berklee College of Music, he began performing with a wide variety of artists throughout the U.S. and Europe, playing rock, funk, jazz, and R and B. David is Director of Music at the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. He has written for Bass Guitar magazine, authored numerous electric bass methods, and taught three instructional videos for Alfred Music. David has performed with such luminaries as Pat Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Mike Stern, Trey Anastasio, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, and Sonny Landreth. / Guitare Basse

This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. It takes you further into using scales to build bass lines techniques such as slap and pop and string muting and creating walking bass lines. It also explores ideas such as modes tetrachords pasing tones and varying rhythmic activity. A superb book which keeps things fun and interesting but doesn't sacrifice any important details. An absolute must for any serious Bass player.

You are beginning to play the bass and would like to make progress while having fun and without delay? Then you are holding the right method in your hands! On the menu no less than 50 simple bass lines accessible to beginners and inspired by the greatest artists past and present: The Beatles AC/DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones... In order to help you each bass line is preceded by an explanatory text detailing its technical rhythmical and theoretical aspects. Difficulty increases progressively throughout the pages. The Video DVD allows you to hear andmoreover to watch these 50 bass lines as they should be played giving you the opportunity to see the correct moves to pick the right fingers and to be rhythmically accurate! The mp3 CD contains as many tracks as bass lines that is 50 play-along tracks featuring two different tempos: the objective tempo (normal) and the practice tempo (slow). On the normal tempo track the bass plays over the first cycle and is mute hereafter to let you take the place! Lastly these tracks have a deliberately long duration (3 to 4 minutes each more than 7 hours of music then!) to give you time to practise in the best possible conditions. You are beginning to play the bass and would like to make progress while having fun and without delay? Then you are holding the right method in your hands! On the menu no less than 50 simple bass lines accessible to beginners and inspired by the greatest artists past and present: The Beatles AC/DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones... In order to help you each bass line is preceded by an explanatory text detailing its technical rhythmical and theoretical aspects. Difficulty increases progressively throughout the pages.The Video DVD allows you to hear andmoreover to watch these 50 bass lines as they should be played giving you the opportunity to see the correct moves to pick the right fingers and to be rhythmically accurate! The mp3 CD contains as many tracks as bass lines that is 50 play-along tracks featuring two different tempos: the objective tempo (normal) and the practice tempo (slow).On the normal tempo track the bass plays over the first cycle and is mute hereafter to let you take the place! Lastly these tracks have a deliberately long duration (3 to 4 minutes each more than 7 hours of music then!) to give you time to practise in the best possible conditions.

Ideal for intermediate bass guitar players, the book covers several styles of bass playing with example music in both the book and on the provided audio CD. Written as a practice aid for the improvisation part of the LCM Bass Guitar exam, the sections are expertly designed to progress at the perfect pace for the intermediate player. The CD backing tracks are all professionally recorded and cover a wide range of styles from the last three decades. The book enables the reader to develop bassline creation skills, explaining the necessary theory along the way using tablature, notation and diagrams. Whether or not you intend to take an LCM bass exams, this book is simply the best introduction to improvising bass guitar. / Exams / Etude / Guitare Basse

Advanced Grades 6-8-Each volume covers all the material required for 3 examination grades and includes useful advice & tips about preparing for the London College of Music Bass Guitar examinations. Whether or not you intend to take the bass guitar examination 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. 'Produced to a very high standard. The pace and content are expertly designed. The material is remarkably well presented. It should be an enjoyable journey.' (Bassist Magazine)

Bass for Kids is a fun easy course that teaches children to play bass guitar faster than ever before.Popular songs such as 'Crazy Train ' 'Every Breath You Take ' 'A Hard Day's Night' and 'Wild Thing' keep kids motivated and the clean simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time.The method can be used in combination with a bass teacher or parent even if they've never had any musical training themselves. Lesson topics include selecting a bass holding the bass hand position reading music notation and counting and more.

Take over John Entwistle and be the Bassist for the Who!Containing eight of their biggest songs this book includes specially recorded sound-alike Cd with full performance demonstrations and backing tracks to play and sing along to. Eight of their greatest songs transcribed for Bass Guitar from original recordings for Bass Guitar in standard notation and tablature with vocal line. Includes a fantastic sound-alike CD!

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.

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.

Learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your favourite funk tunes andinspire you to experiment with your own creations. Learn to: Use fingerstyle funk technique including hand position tips for muting and getting a good fingerstyle funk sound. Play sixty-nine solid funkriffs set in both traditional notation and tablature; develop your own funk lines. Identify the notes scales and chords used in funk bass lines. Listen and jam along with funk grooves by playing along with theincluded CD; and much more. Each lesson contains several practice exercises a funk song using the lines and play-along tracks on the accompanying CD. Also included in each lesson is a section for you to write out yourown bass grooves. Groove with attitude and confidence. Take your bass playing to the next level with Fingerstyle Funk Bass Lines!

Off the record transcriptions for bass guitar 22 Police hits complete with melody line lyrics and guitar chords. Includes 'Message In A Bottle' 'Roxanne' 'Every Breathe You Take' and 'Invisible Sun'.

Mastering Electric Bass is the conclusion to the electric bass method books. This is designed to take the student into high-level bass playing including studies of Latin grooves reggae ska and advanced funk bass lines. It is the perfect launching pad to journey into a lifetime of excellent bass playing. This comes with an accompanying CD.

Perfectly adapted and suitable for Bass guitarists who want to get started and take a step forward playing current styles as well as experienced Bass players who want to hone their skills.This book begins with a revision on written music and explains the basics of theory necessary to become a very good Bass player with an easy and progressive approach. Unknowingly you will use major chords triads and scales of 7me to create Bass lines for sounding out the most important scales that any Bass player should know.You will also learn the basics of blues and funk styles to play in perfect sync with the drummer . Whether you 're a student teacher orself-taught you will enjoy this simple meticulous method.