The easiest way to learn the bass guitar - a complete bass guitar course for absolute beginners! This easy-to follow tutorial is ideal if you've just been bought your first bass guitar, or if there's been a guitar sitting around just waiting to be played... This DVD will take you from Novice level through to intermediate level and requires no prior knowledge at all: it truly is for someone starting 'from scratch'. Slowly but surely, the tutor guides you through all the things that a beginner needs to know and, importantly, points out what can go wrong. Each of the carefully designed chapters introduces commonly used scales and technique gradually and strategically, along with some practical theory - nothing too demanding, just enough to help you understand what you're doing and why! With this great DVD you'll soon be playing scales, picking out melodies and, hopefully, writing some songs of your own! Learning and making music has never been so easy! / Méthode en anglais / Accessoire / Guitare Basse

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.

Kevin Dillard introduces a book allowing experienced guitarists to take their playing to an entirely new level. Intelli-Shred offers an in-depth look into the mechanics and concepts behind those amazing guitar solos by legendary artists like Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoads, John Petrucci, and others. Guitarists learn the theory behind melodic modal shapes and arpeggios and various techniques for applying them in solo playing. The exercises and etudes serve to challenge and motivate while simultaneously building strength, speed, dexterity, and knowledge of the fretboard. The CD included demonstrates all the examples in the book. With some tasty and muscular etudes to finish, intermediate plus rockers will find much to keep themselves busy here. -Guitar Techniques Magazine

The conclusion to this power-packed electric bass method begins with a brief review of important concepts from the intermediate book. Designed to guide the student into high-level bass playing, this book makes advanced concepts like Rhythm Changes, tritone substitution, odd time signatures and chord playing easy to understand. Includes a study of Latin grooves, reggae, ska and advanced funk bass lines. Also covered are topics such as improvisation (soloing) and practicing. The perfect launching pad into a lifetime of great bass playing.