This book with online audio is designed to help players master the art of improvisation. The audio includes over 50 tracks for demonstration and play-along. The book works with electric or acoustic bass and covers: modes, harmonic minor, melodic minor, blues, pentatonics, diminished, whole tone, Lydian b7, Mixolydian b13, and other important scales; phrasing, chord…
The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world. This special bound edition contains Books 1, 2 and 3 with online audio…
The complete guide to reggae and Jamaican bass styles, covering early ska, rock steady, roots reggae, dub, modern ska, dance hall, and more. The book includes performance tips and lessons, authentic grooves and riddims, standard notation & tab, and more. The audio is accessed online and features 47 full-demo tracks. ISBN: 9780793579945 Number of Pages: 32
Written by a bass player for bass players, The Bassist’s Guide to Injury Management, Prevention and Better Health - Volume Two picks up where Volume One left off. As a sequel to the acclaimed Volume One, Volume Two presents all new material, and like its predecessor is designed to point out common and not so…
Expanding Walking Basslines follows on from the hugely popular Building Walking Basslines, adding further concepts such as using dead notes, rests, skips and triplets. More advanced concepts such as using non-chord tones and chromatic passing tones as targets are covered in detail, as are the use of pedal points and techniques for playing over modal…
Building Walking Basslines is a complete method book for learning how to improvise walking basslines. Using common jazz progressions such as the jazz blues and ‘Rhythm Changes’, the book teaches the concept of walking bass from the ground up, beginning with roots, fifths and octaves, then expanding to arpeggio-based lines. Approaches to chord tones such…
