101 Licks and Exercises for Electric Bass

101 Licks and Exercises for Electric Bass
Author: Dan Gutt
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609747976

This book, in notation and tablature, is designed to improve reading skills and present phrases appropriate to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, Reggae, disco, and new wave. Includes arpegiated and 3-note chord exercises and slapping/popping studies!

Joe Pass Guitar Style

Joe Pass Guitar Style
Author: Joe Pass
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609749081

This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections, including chord scales, altered scales, ear training, whole tone scales, chord resolutions, improvising, blues, minor blues, modern blues, rhythm changes, 3/4 blues, and includes a transcribed solo recorded by Joe on his album for Django.

Simple Songs for Bass: The Easiest Bass Guitar Songbook Ever

Simple Songs for Bass: The Easiest Bass Guitar Songbook Ever
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1705133568

(Bass). Streamlined bass guitar transcriptions with a combo of tab, chord symbols and lyrics for 40 popular songs are presented in this bass edition of the "Simple Songs" series. Includes: Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) * Come Together (The Beatles) * Every Breath You Take (The Police) * Free Fallin' (Tom Petty) * I Love Rock 'N Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) * Living After Midnight (Judas Priest) * Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard) * Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) * Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) * Stand by Me (Ben E. King) * Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) * and many more.

Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs

Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs
Author: Josquin Des Pres
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2011-03-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610658949

When Leo Fender invented the electric bass in the early 1950s, little did he know the musical revolution that would follow. Dozens of musical styles were born as a direct result of his invention. Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs is an overview of over 40 different musical styles, covering 50 years of electric bass playing. Through a wide variety of stylistic examples, this book explores many musical genres that may have never existed without the electric bass guitar. These examples will undoubtedly add diversity to your musical vocabulary and supplement your style.

Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists

Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists
Author: Alex Webster
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 149503187X

(Bass Instruction). As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/audio pack provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of metal you subscribe to from classic metal to modern metal and beyond Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave. Extreme Metal Bass also includes access to enhanced audio with demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in the book, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing. This book is designed for players who use a standard-tuned five-string bass (low to high: B-E-A-D-G). If you do not have a five-string bass, a four string (tuned B-E-A-D) will work for much of the material presented.

Building Walking Bass Lines

Building Walking Bass Lines
Author: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1995
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780793542048

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Foundation Exercises For Bass

Foundation Exercises For Bass
Author: Chuck Sher
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457101491

This book is designed to teach the fundamentals of bass playing to anyone, regardless of the style of music or level of the player. For electric or acoustic bass, it shows how to practice scales, arpeggios, rhythms, ear training, bass line construction, and more in a creative way that makes learning to play music fun! Endorsed by Marc Johnson, Larry Grenadier, Bobby Vega, Steve Swallow, etc.

Classical Favorites for Electric Bass

Classical Favorites for Electric Bass
Author: Chuck Bianchi
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619118610

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Dragonetti and other composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Some of these pieces are well-known and others are a bit off the beaten path, but each composition encourages technical and musical development in players who want to expand the scope of the electric bass beyond traditional bass lines. This book is written in standard bass clef notation and tablature and is recommended for the intermediate to advanced player.

Percussive Slap Bass

Percussive Slap Bass
Author: Chris Matheos
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2011-02-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610655524

This method book explains how percussive slap bass works with the drums, and how playing percussively will make you lock tighter with the drummer. Included are sections on building a percussive groove, pop control, moving patterns, individual string control, slap without pops, slapping with tensions, double pops, slapping with dyads, triplets, Flamenco thumb technique, odd meters, applied grooves, and a special section for a rhythm section workout. Notation and tablature are clearly explained with instructions on left hand muting and many slapping tips. This method will make your grooves sound fuller, making your playing mode more valuable to your rhythm section.