Bass Guitar

A comprehensive source for learning the theory and geometry of the bass fingerboard by one of today's leading players and instructors. Audio features Gary Willis demonstrating 99 examples and exercises.

This fun new bass method will help you improve your solos, grooves, and bass lines, no matter what style you play. Accompanying CD includes recorded examples.

This book/CD pack will get you playing bass lines anywhere on the fretboard, in any key. You'll learn to build bass lines under chord progressions; major, minor, and pentatonic scale patterns; and much more through easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. The CD includes 64 demonstration and play-along tracks.

Grammy nominee and fretless bass pioneer Bunny Brunel teams up with bestselling author and session bass player Josquin des Prs to offer the first book/CD tutorial dedicated solely to the development of skills on the fretless bass. Covers: fingering and intonation exercises; vibrato, slides, double stops, sliding harmonics and other techniques; pop, funk, Latin and fusion styles; and much more - including two complete solos! The book features standard notation and tab, and the accompanying CD includes 71 helpful demonstration tracks.

Critically acclaimed as the best single source for the techniques used to play funk and slap-style bass! Includes a foreword by John Patitucci and is endorsed by Rich Appleman of the Berklee College Of Music, Will Lee, Mark Egan, Stuart Hamm and many others! Features several photos and a special section on equipment and effects. A book for everyone - from beginners to advanced players! Includes a 58-minute audio accompaniment.

The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: Brick House Cissy Strut Get Off Get Up (I Feel Like Being) a Sex Machine Higher Ground Le Freak Pick up the Pieces Super Freak.

This follow-up to Funk Bass studies the techniques and grooves of today's top funk/fusion bass players. It includes sections on mastering the two-finger technique, string crossing, style elements, establishing a groove, building a funk/fusion soloing vocabulary, and a CD with over 90 tracks to jam along with. Features a foreword written by Earth, Wind And Fire bassist Verdine White.

With this book and CD package you'll learn how to groove like the masters. Develop your own sub-sonic lines with the accompanying CD, including tracks with many extended jams for you to groove along with. You'll learn: phrasing and note placement, developing time feel, using your ears, tips for practicing, physical and mental techniques, and more.