This DVD video designed to accompany the book of the same title is full of useful information for the working Bass player. In the author's words 'The electric Bass is in a very exciting developmental period. No longer doesis just provide 'low end support'. Now entire songs are built around the bass line.'While this video is very thorough it is also quite easy to understand. It covers popular Bass techniques like slap

Par HILAND MIKE. 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. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Blues - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

A wonderful book filled with musical examples in notation and tablature aimed at teaching slap/pop and right-hand hammering techniques. Mike Hiland states I have written this book as if we were involved in a one-on-oneteaching session. I've tried to make it as fun as possible. This book is for beginning intermediate and even advanced players.

Bass Play-Along Volume 25- Your chance to play all the best Nirvana songs along with a professionally recorded backing track. Includes the classics Smells Like TeenSpirit and Come As You Are .The   Bass Play-Along   Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD 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 CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

Par HILAND MIKE. A wonderful book filled with musical examples in notation and tablature aimed at teaching slap/pop and right-hand hammering techniques. Mike Hiland states, I have written this book as if we were involved in a one-on-one teaching session. I've tried to make it as fun as possible. This book is for beginning, intermediate and even advanced players. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Rock - Technic / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

The Ultimate Bass Lesson Book-Play Like Jaco Pastorius looks at 15 of Pastorius' most influential songs including Birdland The Chicken Donna Lee Portrait of Tracy Teen Town and more. This book includes a foreword by Robert Trujillo. Study the trademark songs licks tones and techniques of the world's greatest jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius. Complete with online audio this method provides a detailed analysis of Pastorius' gear techniques styles songs riffs and more. Each book comes with a unique code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online.  

Hiland Mike (Taught). Par HILAND MIKE. Cette méthode est chargée de l'information. Dans les mots de l'auteur, ' la basse électrique est dans une période de développement très excitante. Non plus n'il juste fournit 'soutien bas de gamme'. Maintenant tous chansons sont construits autour de la ligne de basse. ' Cette méthode est facile à comprendre et approfondie ! Elle fournit la théorie et la technique nécessaires pour jouer de la basse contemporain, et il couvre ces effets modernes comme la gifle and techniques hammering pop et de droite. Alors que la lecture de la note est enseigné, tablature est également présenté. Le DVD de compagnon est inclus dans ce paquet en format DVD. CD inclus également. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Electrique

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

Eight of their Greatest Songs-Here's your chance to master the melodic punk guitar playing of Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt with eight of their hottest anthems in Bass Tab and with superb soundalike backing tracks.From the unstoppable genre-defining classic Basket Case to the political ranting of American Idiot these eight Green Day favourites span the breadth of their awesome career. A specially recorded CD gives you the opportunity to take Mike's place within the songs and full performance demonstrations have been provided by Neil Williams. Every song is presented with Tab melody line and guitar chord symbols.

This book was written for bassists who wish to learn to read music as well as for those who wish to sharpen their music reading skills. The studies in the book progress from beginning to professional levels and represent anvariety of styles that modern bassists are likely to encounter in real-world musical situations. For those conversant in music's universal language a whole world of musical styles ideas and sounds is always available. Thisbook aims to sharpen the skills of serious student bass players so that they may partake of this endless stream of ideas information and inspiration. Standard notation only. None of the exercises in this book contain fingeringindications. This omission was made in order to make these exercises useful to players of all types of bass instruments both electric and acoustic. The author strongly recommends that students work through this book with thesupervision of a qualified teacher. If you are a professional musician the author hopes this book will help you stay in top sight-reading form giving you an edge in a highly competitive market. If you are a novice bassist thisbook will help you hone your skills in becoming a skilled professional.

On this 2 DVD set legendary heavy metal bassist David Ellefson reveals the fundamental skills required to play metal bass.On DVD 1 you'll learn the basics like holding the bass hand positioning and reading tablature. Key metal elements like playing with a pick and your fingers how to mute scale basics exercises and alternate tunings are also covered. Learn rhythms & timing octaves & fifths and how to create a great bass sound.On DVD 2 David reveals his personal secrets to riff-oriented bass lines and rips through advanced chords scales and metal bass techniques like the gallop half step demonic tones hammer-ons and pull-offs. Play the bass linesalong with the custom drum and guitar backing tracks and experience how it feels to play in a metal band.

Showcasing the tremendous often unrealized potential of the bass guitar Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten have put together this version of their groundbreaking Bass Extremes album/book project now available on DVD for the first time ever. Steve and Victor demonstrate how the bass guitar can supply bass lines piano and guitar-like comping figures lead solos and percussion parts in styles ranging from bebop to new age and heavy metal. Each piece highlights different aspects of their amazing techniques - like Steve's three-finger technique or his awe-inspiring command of harmonics and chord voicings or Victor's incredible funk grooves or his thumb and two-handedtapping techniques. Between each performance segment Steve and Victor walk you note-for-note through the licks and techniques that make up each song explaining and demonstrating everything at slow speeds.

Eight of their Greatest Songs-Take over from Duff McKagen and be the Bassist for Guns N' Roses. Containing eight of their biggest songs this book includes specially recorded sound-alike CD with full performance demonstrations by Neil Williams and backing tracks to play and sing along to. Transcribed from the original recordings for Bass Guitar in standard notation and tablature with melody line and chord symbols.

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Alfred???s Basic Bass Method is the newest addition to the Alfred???s Basic family of methods featuring clear well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock blues country and jazz. Lots of photos and diagrams make learning easy and the DVD includes iPod-compatible video that is perfect for the visual learner. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred???s Basic Bass Method-the first and best choice for today???s beginning guitar students. Book 1features all the necessities including how to hold your bass tuning your bass right-hand and left-hand technique basics of reading music notes on all four strings scales licks and songs how to read TAB playing slides and accents and photos and diagrams. The DVD included features iPod-compatible video that is perfect for the visual learner.

21 Skills Every Serious Player Should Master-Chris Kringel's Essential Bass Guitar Techniques uses carefully crafted exercises alongside inspiring musical examples to teach the 21 skills that every Bass player should know.If you're tired of faking your way through your favorite songs because you've always neglected to learn that one special technique you need this book. Stop skipping over the intricate details and start sounding like a seasoned professional.Would Jaco Pastorius have been so innovative without great finger style technique and the use of harmonics? Can you imagine a Red Hot Chili Peppers song without Flea's slap bass? Or how about Primus without LesClaypool's quirky slap and tap technique? With the help of the 86 included audio tracks which can be accessed online Essential Bass Guitar Techniques will teach you all of these skills and more.