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.

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 family, and features clear, well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock, blues, country, and jazz. Lots of photos and diagrams make learning easy, and the included DVD contains iPod-compatible video 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 bass students. Book 1 covers all the necessities including how to hold your bass, tuning your bass, right- and left-hand technique, the basics of reading music, notes on all four strings, scales, licks, songs, how to read TAB, and playing slides and accents.

Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, fingering and picking styles, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, country, and jazz. Near the end of the book you will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist you in coloring your and others' musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * TAB licks and bass lines * Bass fingerboard chart * Complete chord chart * Photos showing hand positions and more The accompanying DVD features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The DVD also includes TNT 2 software that lets you customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. You may also stream the video and download the TNT 2 software from a browser. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare Basse

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.

Whether you want to play thundering bass grooves classic Rock 'n' Roll slap-tastic funk lines or a simple backing the Basix Bass Method is the perfect place to start. A fabulous complete tutorial for the Bass Guitar this is an indispensable book which includes sections on playing rock blues heavy metal country and jazz styles. There is also essential licks sample bass lines rhythm and timings all in TAB and standard music notation. The brilliant CD includes accompaniments for songs and examples of all the exercises found within the pages. With a detailed look at styles from different eras from the 1940's to the modern day this is an interesting educationaland proven guide to learning the bass guitar.

Bassists today need to be familiar with all styles of music in order to increase their versatility and become in-demand players. With over 100 bass lines covering a multitude of musical styles and techniques, Bass Line Encyclopedia is the perfect resource for the modern bassist. This encyclopedia, geared towards the electric bass guitar, is a compendium of bass lines from popular music styles of the 1950s to the present. The genres covered include Chicago blues, Texas blues, surf, doo wop, heavy metal, punk, funk, bebop, modal jazz, reggae, bossa nova, samba, bluegrass, Texas swing, and many more. With historical overviews and real-world examples from every popular style a working bassist would need to know, Bass Line Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference guide that every bassist should have in their collection. / Guitare Basse

Anyone can get started learning Bass Guitar with this user-friendly basic method. Loaded with easy-to-read examples in both TAB and standard notation this book teaches everything from how to pluck a string to how to build your own bass lines. Get ready to find out about scales and arpeggios; playing in blues rock and funk styles; and even slap 'n' pop technique!

World-renowned acoustic and electric bassist/composer John Patitucci is one of the most influential jazz musicians of his generation. His amazing career includes work with a hall of fame of artists including B.B. King Bonnie Raitt Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Natalie Cole and his incredible association with Chick Corea spanning three decades. In 1997 John served as Master of Ceremonies at the inaugural Bass Day celebration a festival that brought together the world?s greatest bassists. In this hour-long DVD John performs Coltrane?s ?Giant Steps? and five of his original compositions on both acoustic bass and 6-string electric bass. Experience John?s masterfultechnique in solo duo trio and quartet settings. Following the performance John hosts a candid question and answer session with the audience on all topics from his own personal bass setup to composing. Special features include DVD-ROM content with the complete video formatted for computer and iPod a preview of John Patitucci Electric Bass and a preview of Billy Sheehan: Bass Day ?97.

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.

Twenty classic Green Day tracks fully transcribed for bass guitar. Includes American Idiot; Basket Case, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends and more. American Idiot; Basket Case; Boulevard Of Broken Dreams; Brain Stew; Espionage; Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life); Hitchin? A Ride; Holiday; Jaded; Longview; Macy?s Day Parade; Minority; Nice Guys Finish Last; Stuck With Me; Waiting; Wake Me Up When September Ends; Walking Contradiction; Warning; Welcome To Paradise; When I Come Around.

Roscoe Beck is one of today's leading performers and authorities on the blues bass style. A leading studio player Roscoe is also a member of Robben Ford's Blue Line. In this book Roscoe guides you through everything you need to know to begin mastering blue bass: The 12-Bar Blues Progression Technique and Hand Position Classic Bass Lines Shuffle Slow Blues and Minor Blues Equipment and Sound Alternative styles Complete Play-Along Tracks CD included Matching Videos Available

This inspirational resource for jazz and fusion musicians expands the possibilities of creative expression. Using the Yellowjackets tune 'Run for Your Life,' Jimmy walks through a study of Rhythm Changes and then branches out into the types of alterations and possibilities that have kept his playing fresh for over 47 years. Even the most seasoned jazz musician will find new ways of creating distinctive melodies, patterns, bass lines, and harmonies, allowing for the truest personal expression as you learn to speak through your instrument with ease. Recorded examples are available as free MP3 downloads from alfred.com/downloads. / Guitare Basse

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.