Bass Guitar

A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lines, slides, ghost notes, and other techniques.

Learn step by step how to create interesting bass lines and grooves using notes that outline the chords, in multiple positions on the neck. With this comprehensive book/CD pack, bass blueprints will be revealed by using diagrams and tablature to visualize patterns on the fingerboard. The accompanying CD features 85 demo and play-along tracks! Covers: arpeggios, triads, seventh chords, sixth chords, inversions, slash chords, chromatics, extensions, intervals, and more.

Explore new sounds on the bass that you may never have considered! Learning to play chords will enhance your ability to hear chord progressions and qualities, improve your composition and arranging skills, and strengthen your soloing chops and overall musicianship. Covers: double stops, major & minor triads, diminished and augmented triads, seventh chords, chordal song arrangements, different styles, a chord glossary and more. The accompanying CD features 76 demo tracks of all the exercises in the book.

Grooving - the marriage of the rhythmic feel to the harmony - should be an integral part of a bassist's practice routine, and author David Keif provides a variety of grooves that will help develop any player's skills. This book provides essential patterns and bass lines for rock, pop, blues, funk, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, and other styles. The CD includes 36 tracks for demonstration and play-along.

This must-have manual for all bassists teaches how to play Afro-Cuban and Brazilian styles such as mambo, cha cha cha, bolero, nanigo, songo, merengue, samba, bossa nova, 3/4 bossa nova, baiao, and partido alto. For each style, there is a brief introduction, an example or two of the basic groove, and a play-along song on the accompanying CD - both with and without bass parts. Also includes a list of artists for recommended listening.

Ideal for any bassist looking to explore new styles, this one-on-lesson includes loads of exercises, diagrams, patterns, styles, and real-life applications to study and practice. The 43-track accompanying CD lets you play along with recorded exapmples to further fine-tune your jazz chops!

Creative, unconventional, complex, and experimental - progressive rock represents the pinnacle of musicianship in the rock world, and now with this exceptional book and CD pack, you can explore and study many of the concepts and techniques behind progressive rock bass playing. Learn the methods of prog heroes like Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Tony Levin, Greg Lake, and more. Over 65 tracks for demonstration and play-along are included on the accompanying CD!

A topic not often broached for bass guitar, improvising a solo can be a scary and mysterious situation for many bass players. Have no fear! This excellent book/CD pack delivers all you need to become a master soloist, no matter what style of music you play. Featuring loads of solo exercises, clear and concise theory discussion, and plenty of play-along tracks, you'll learn the tricks and tools of soloing for bass. Covers: major scale modes, melodic minor scale modes, harmonic minor scale modes, symmetrical scales, modal interchange, key-center playing, scale substitutions, superimposition, and more!