Song List:
Modern Funk Slap & Pop Lines
Various Lines Using Double Thumping and Double Plucking
CHAPTER TWELVE: Jazz---Walking Bass
Beginning Walking Bass Lines---Chord Tones
Intermediate Walking Bass Lines---Scale Tones
Advanced Walking Bass Lines---Approach Notes, Chromatic Tones, and Rhythmic Activity
Blue Neighbors
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Latin Bass Lines
Bossa Nova
Samba
Latin Funk in the Style of Jaco Pastorius
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Playing Chords on the Bass
Triads
7th Chords
Chordal Pieces
Funk Rock Groove
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Tapping Chords on the Bass
Two-Hand Tapping
Aqua Bossa
Tapping a Shuffle Blues
Tapping the Blues
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Licks and Soloing
Rock Licks with the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Blues Scale Licks
Dorian Scale Licks
Bass Solo
Conclusion
About the Author
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE: Getting Started
Half Steps And Whole Steps
The Notes of the Fretboard
Time Signatures
Triplets and Swing Eighths
Reading Bass Tablature
Reading Chord Symbols
CHAPTER TWO: The Groove
The Power of the Groove
The Interpretation of Time
Playing with a Metronome
The Power of Silence
Playing with the Drummer
CHAPTER THREE: The Major Scale
Significance of the Major Scale
Intervals
Key Signatures
The Circle of 5ths
CHAPTER FOUR: Chords
Diatonic Harmony
Chord Chart
CHAPTER FIVE: Modes and Scales
Modes of the Major Scale
Minor Scales
Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Diminished and Whole Tone Scales
Scale Chart
CHAPTER SIX: The Blues
The Blues Form
Major Pentatonic Blues
Bass Patterns for Dominant 7th Blues
Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale Bass Patterns
Blues Scale Riffs
12/8 Slow Blues
Slow Blues in 12/8
CHAPTER SEVEN: Rockabilly
Aqua Leather Boots
Jingle, Quake, and Sway
Huge Spheres of Flame
Reeled and Rocked
Country Bass Lines
Blues for the Country
CHAPTER EIGHT: Rock Bass Lines
Classic Rock
Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Harmonic Metal Minor
Progressive Rock
CHAPTER NINE: Reggae/Jamaican Music
Characteristics of Reggae Music
Reggae Bass Lines
Ska
CHAPTER TEN: Old School Funk
Characteristics of Funk Music
Fingerstyle Funk
The Slap & Pop Style
Various Old-School Grooves
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Modern Funk Slap & Pop
