Par NEUMANN FRED. Question: How many bluegrass bass players does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: I…V…I…V… This timeless book presents suggested bass lines for dozens of bluegrass favorites, offering the root and the fifth for each chord in the progression in guitar-friendly keys. No music, tab, or lyrics are included in this book, just the song titles and the author's suggestion of a fundamental bass line in his own brand of shorthand. Perfect for the doghouse bassist wannabe! / Niveau : Débutant / Bluegrass - Rhythm/Backup / Recueil / Guitare Basse Electrique

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

Ideal for intermediate bass guitar players, the book covers several styles of bass playing with example music in both the book and on the provided audio CD. Written as a practice aid for the improvisation part of the LCM Bass Guitar exam, the sections are expertly designed to progress at the perfect pace for the intermediate player. The CD backing tracks are all professionally recorded and cover a wide range of styles from the last three decades. The book enables the reader to develop bassline creation skills, explaining the necessary theory along the way using tablature, notation and diagrams. Whether or not you intend to take an LCM bass exams, this book is simply the best introduction to improvising bass guitar. / Exams / Etude / Guitare Basse

Let's face it---we all practice in front of the TV sometimes, so why not make the best of it? The Couch Potato Bass Workout is a fun, straightforward, no-frills approach to building bass technique while watching your favorite TV show or just vegging out on the couch. It's perfect for bassists of all levels and styles looking to develop speed, strength, and accuracy. Learn the proper posture for sitting on a couch while playing bass, how to practice without driving your couchmate crazy, basic finger mechanics, and even ways to work your flexors and extensors. With tons of exercises and licks to develop your technique in astonishing ways, The Couch Potato Bass Workout is your ticket to advancing as a bassist---all while sitting on your couch! / Guitare Basse

The Faber Graded Rock and Pop Series: Bass Songbook - Grades 4-5 provides the perfect resource for the budding rock and pop musician. Specially arranged to follow the parameters for Grades 4 and 5 as set out by Trinity for the 'own choice song” option in their Rock and Pop exams, each song also includes handy hints and tips and a fantastic sound-alike backing track suitable for practice, performance and the exams./ Recueil / Guitare Basse

Par SHEEHAN BILLY. 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. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Guitare Basse

Ideal for beginners, the book covers several styles of bass playing with example music in both the book and on the provided audio CD. Written as a practice aid for the improvisation part of the LCM Bass Guitar exam, the sections are expertly designed to progress at the perfect pace for the early grades player. The CD backing tracks are all professionally recorded and cover a wide range of styles from the last three decades. The book enables the reader to develop bassline creation skills, explaining the necessary theory along the way using tablature, notation and diagrams. Whether or not you intend to take an LCM bass exams, this book is simply the best introduction to improvising bass guitar. / Exams / Etude / Guitare Basse

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.

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.

Par SNIDERO JIM. Exact transcription, as played by Dennis Irwin, plus 21 simple bass lead sheets.See and hear how a well known bass player phrases and articulates and comp for the soloist on the mp3 CD.Play along with one of todays finest, swinging New York rhythm sections: Mike LeDonne on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums. Use the book/CD sets for private lessons, for self-study, or in any combination up to a full jazz ensemble, including flute and clarinet. If you are more advanced you may want to use the book to develop your sight reading abilities, for transcribing the bass lines off the CD (then check against the book) or for just having fun playing along with a great jazz rhythm section.The Jazz Conception Series is also perfectly suited for the class room. It can be used to develop younger students jazz style in a big band or small group. In an improvisation class the teacher can use the etudes as studies in improvisation. The Study Guide provides an analysis of each etude, along with practice assignments for each etude.Please note that mp3 CDs may not work on some (older) CD players./ Recueil / Guitare Basse