Perfect for beginning bassist or players who want to enhance their knowledge. Starting with a review of reading music, this book explains the basics of music theory as it relates to being a great bass player with an easy, step-by-step approach. Before you know it, you'll be using major scales, triads and 7th chords to create cool-sounding bass lines for the most important chord progressions all bassists need to know. Learn to lock in with a drummer and the basics of blues and funk styles. Students, teachers and self-taught players alike will enjoy this thorough, easy-to-use method.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 80 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 an variety 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. This book 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 fingering indications. 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 the supervision 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, this book will help you hone your skills in becoming a skilled professional.

Par YAFFEY CARL. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette and chords and keys for jamming. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo. Joining a jam session can be intimidating. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate upright or electric bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe how jam sessions work, and jam session etiquette. The book also describes the typical chords and keys for jamming and describes typical bluegrass rhythm. A section is included on the role each instrument plays in bluegrass rhythm. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Bluegrass - Improvisation / Méthode / Guitare Basse Electrique

A complete instruction book and CD pack for the beginning bass guitarist. Learn to play blues, rock and country styles. Covers everything from how to tune the bass to advanced techniques like string-slapping and thumb slapping. A good introduction to the Fast Forward Series. / Guitare Basse

Par . This innovative method for electric bass guitar picks up where Book One leaves off. Learn notes up the fretboard with riffs like Sunshine of Your Love and Sweet Emotion, scales with songs by Ozzy Osbourne and R.E.M., beginning slap technique with songs like Panic Station and Higher Ground, and much more. The method\'s unique, well-paced, and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before, and music from popular artists like the Beatles, Green Day, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will keep them playing and having fun. The accompanying online audio features demos of all 69 riffs and songs in the book. / Date parution : 2022-09-15/ Méthode / Guitare Basse

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.

More Easy Pop Bass Lines correlates with Book 2 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method, giving beginning students great pop and rock songs to play while they are still learning.More Easy Pop Bass Lines includes 20 favourites, such as Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Jet Airliner, Paranoid, Ramblin' Man, Summer of '69 and more. / Guitare Basse

Anyone interested in learning to play electric bass can pick up this book and get started right away. This well-paced, comprehensive method covers everything from basic to advanced techniques. Beginning concepts include the basics of the instrument, reading music, and building bass lines using scales, modes, and chord progressions. For the intermediate player, it takes you further into using scales, techniques such as slap and pop, string muting, walking bass lines, modes, tetrachords, passing tones, and varying rhythms. The book concludes with ideas designed to guide you into high-level bass playing, such as rhythm changes, tritone substitution, odd time signatures, chord playing, a study of Latin grooves, reggae, ska, and advanced funk bass lines. Whether you are starting to learn the bass or are an advanced player looking to give your playing more nuance, Electric Bass Method Complete is all you will ever need. An MP3 CD demonstrating examples in the book is included. / Guitare Basse

A big box of essential items to help you start learning the bass guitar. In this great pack you get: Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar (Book and amp - CD) Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar DVD Beginning Bass Scales (Book) Woodstock Manuscript Book Guitar Strap 10ft Guitar Lead 1mm Nylon Pick / Guitare Basse

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

In this exciting new video/audio/book combo, Mark Michell, bassist for the progressive-rock band Scale the Summit, breaks down the techniques that make him one of the most skilled bassists on the prog-rock scene.Topics include:Utilizing the full fretboardAnalyzing chordsVoicing chords on BassMixing fretted notes and harmonicsMixing chords and tappingExploring Bass line optionsAnd more!By demonstrating his unique approach to the bass, Michell will help you to unlock your own creative potential! In addition to comprehensive video demonstrations and accompanying notation and tab for each musical example, Advanced Rock Bass includes ten backing tracks, each featuring a unique key center and chord progression, so you can immediately begin to incorporate Michell's techniques into your own playing! / Guitare Basse

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

Play-Along Tracks For Developing Your Blues Bass Performnace Skill. Par ROSE FRANK DE. Welcome to the School of the Blues Lesson Series! This book and recording were created to help give you context to all the music you worked so hard to learn. The recorded Play-Along Trax have no bass. This gives you the opportunity to work on your blues bass patterns. I have used several different keys and tempos throughout these Play-Along Trax. These Play-Along Trax give you a very realistic example of how you would play live with a band. Music examples are kept fairly simple to make sure this book is accessible to bass players just above the beginning level. For best understanding of these techniques refer to Mel Bay's Blues Bass, Level 1 (MB21063BCD). Lastly, all the references in this book are written for a right-handed four string electric bass. If you play a 5 string bass you just need to extend the examples to include your B string. If you play left-handed then you need to reverse any references to the left and right hands. We will use standard music notation along with bass tablature (TAB) for this book. / Niveau : Débutant / Blues - Play Along / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

The Bass Deck is simply the easiest book of scale and arpeggio patterns. This unique guide has been designed for every beginning bass player to be able to start playing immediately the most popular scales and arpeggios used today. The patterns are illustrated on a realistic diagram with suggested fingerings. A must for every aspiring bassist. This can easily fit inside a gig bag or hard case so you can refer to it wherever you are. / Guitare Basse