SKU: MB.96534M

ISBN 9780786686551. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Gleaned from years of teaching, performance, and listening experience -bass players at all levels will benefit from studying the numerous exercises, grooves, and musical examples offered in this book. Whether you are into funk, RandB, fusion, jazz, rock, punk, reggae, alternative music, or any other style; the slap technique will find a niche in your bass playing vocabulary. Chapter headings include: Technique, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Ghost Notes, Left Hand Slap, Open Strings, Double Slap, Double Stops, Double Pops, Other Licks and Tricks, and Advanced Grooves and Solos Using All Techniques. The author strongly advises the student to play each lesson slowly until the exercise or principle being illustrated is thoroughly mastered. Written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio and video.

SKU: BT.VOLMB357

ISBN 9788863883510. French.

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 arevision 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 linesfor 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, teacherorself-taught, you will enjoy this simple, meticulous method.

SKU: HL.122465

ISBN 9780876391600. UPC: 884088952822. 9x12 inches.

Learn the techniques to perform metal bass lines. In this book, you will learn to construct and perform bass lines emblematic of metal. You will analyze bass lines that are characteristic of different types of metal, and learn the technique necessary to perform them. Etudes, practice lines, and exercises are presented in both tablature and traditional notation, starting with simple bass lines and progressing to more advanced topics. Online audio tracks let you hear the lines in context and practice along with the recordings. You will learn to write your own lines that work for the style of metal you want to play.