Bass Guitar

An ideal supplement to any bass method, this book/CD pack uses 18 actual songs in various styles to teach key elements of the electric fretless bass, such as intonation; harmonics; keys, scales and intervals; and more. You'll learn to play in the style of Jaco Pastorius, Flea, Jack Bruce, Will Lee, Sting, Gary Willis, Tony Franklin, Jeff Ament and many others via 18 great songs: Bad Love Continuum Even Flow Hocus Pocus I Could Die for You Jelly Roll King of Pain Kiss of Life Lady in Red Tears in Heaven Very Early What I Am White Room and more. The CD features 92 full-band tracks for demo & play-along.

The Hal Leonard Funk Bass Method is your complete guide to learning funk bass. It uses real funk songs to teach you the basics of grooving and soloing funk bass in the style of Flea, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, Rocco Prestia, and many others. Songs include: Brick House Can't Stop Fire Higher Ground I'll Take You There Let's Groove Pick up the Pieces Stay Sumthin', Sumthin' What Is Hip and more.

The Hal Leonard R&B Bass Method is your complete guide to learning the styles and techniques of rhythm and blues bass. This book and CD pack uses actual classic R&B, Motown, soul, and funk songs to teach you how to groove in the style of James Jamerson, Bootsy Collins, George Porter, Jr., Donald Duck Dunn, Bob Babbitt, and many others. The 19 songs include: Cool Jerk For Once in My Life Good Times Knock on Wood Mustang Sally Respect Soul Man Stand by Me What's Going On and more.

The complete guide to learning rock bass! This book/CD pack uses actual songs selected from a myriad of rock genres to help in teaching the key elements of rock bass. Players will learn to play in the style of Sting, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, Flea, and many others. Songs include: Another One Bites the Dust Beast of Burden Come As You Are Hey Joe Money Roxanne Smells like Teen Spirit and more.

Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Bass Scale Finder. This book contains over 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and more, in all 12 keys. Basic scale theory is also presented to help you apply these colorful sounds in your own music. A perfect supplement to any bass method.

Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Bass Scale Finder. This book contains over 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and more, in all 12 keys. Basic scale theory is also presented to help you apply these colorful sounds in your own music. A perfect supplement to any bass method.

The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate, correlated book/CD packs: Guitar, Keyboard, Bass, Drumset, and Vocal. Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together, and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection, and the straightforward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level. Volume One includes: Agnus Dei Be unto Your Name God of Wonders Holy Is the Lord It Is You Open the Eyes of My Heart We Fall Down You Are Holy (Prince of Peace).

The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate, correlated book/CD packs: Guitar, Keyboard, Bass, Drumset, and Vocal. Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together, and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection, and the straightforward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level. Volume Three includes: Above All Beautiful Savior (All My Days) Days of Elijah How Great Is Our God Let My Words Be Few (I'll Stand in Awe of You) No One like You Wonderful Maker Yesterday, Today and Forever.

Join acclaimed bassist, composer and teacher Patrick Pfeiffer as he explores the anatomy of a bass groove from the inside out. You'll learn to dissect each groove and discover what makes it so groovy - from its skeleton to its apex - while evolving your playing skills and musicality along the way. Plenty of exercises and tons of groove ideas will put you in the pocket in no time. The companion CD includes full-band demo tracks of many of the examples in the book.

This Play-It-Like-It-Is Bass book features note-for-note transcriptions in notes & tab for all of Tobin Esperance's bass lines on Papa Roach's acclaimed major label debut, including: Between Angels and Insects * Binge * Blood Brothers * Broken Home * Dead Cell * Infest * Last Resort * Never Enough * Revenge * Snakes * and Thrown Away, plus the bonus song Legacy, an interview with the band, a selected discography and photos.