(The Essential Guide to Afro-Cuban and Brazilian Styles) Written by David Keif, George Lopez. For bass guitar, guitar and voice. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With bass tablature, standard notation, chord names, instructional text, performance notes and bass notation legend. Latin and instructional. 32 pages.

by Jay Farmer. First Lessons. Level: Beginning. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

by William Bay. For electric bass. Pocketbook. All styles, theory and harmony. Level: Beginning. Pocketbook. Chord book. Size 3.5x5. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc. (98648) 6-PACK includes six original copies of this piece.

Bass Recorded Versions. Softcover. Guitar tablature. 256 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Bass guitar - Beginning

SKU: MB.99933M

Composed by Jay Farmer. Saddle-stitched, Electric Bass, Method, Contemporary, Children and Young Beginner. First Lessons. Style. Book and online audio/video. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #99933M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99933M).

ISBN 9780786693184. UPC: 786693185. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the 3-finger left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. The emphasis on left hand technique allows the student to develop a consistent fingering approach to the fingerboard, reduces unnecessary strain on the left hand, and makes the bass more accessible to younger students or students with small hands. After the left hand technique has been established, the book introduces the student to important elements of bass line construction including blues patterns, the root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns. Includes access to online audio and video.

â?¢ Introduction for beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass.
â?¢ Book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction.
â?¢ Makes use of the 3-finger left hand position commonly found in double bass technique.
â?¢ Offers student important elements of bass line construction: blues patterns, root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns.
â?¢ Includes access to online audio and video.