Bass Fitness - An Exercising Handbook

Bass Fitness - An Exercising Handbook
Author: Josquin des Pres
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 85
Release: 1991-05-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476857245

(Guitar School). The purpose of this book is to provide the aspiring bass player with a wide variety of finger exercises for developing the techniques necessary to succeed in today's music scene. It can also play an important role in a bass player's daily practicing program. The 200 exercises are designed to help increase your speed, improve your dexterity, develop accuracy and promote finger independence. Recommended by world-acclaimed bass players, music schools and music magazines, this is the ultimate bass handbook. The added use of photos makes the lessons complete!

Bass Aerobics

Bass Aerobics
Author: Jon Liebman
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480351822

(Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this book with audio by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique. Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios; string-crossing and advanced patterns; slapping & popping; and more -- all in styles ranging from rock, funk and R&B to jazz, disco, reggae and more. Bassists using "Bass Aerobics" will benefit from increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy and heightened coordination not to mention an awesome new groove vocabulary! The accompanying audio contains all 52 workout grooves for both demonstration and play-along.

Guitar Fitness

Guitar Fitness
Author: Josquin Des Pres
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780793516971

(Guitar School). By the same author of the critically acclaimed Bass Fitness, comes Guitar Fitness. The purpose of this book is to provide the guitar player with a wide variety of finger exercises to develop the technique necessary to succeed in today's music scene. These exercises are designed to help increase speed, improve dexterity, develop accuracy and promote finger independence. These exercises cover a wide range of technical requirements to help beginners through experienced pros. Guitar Fitness app now available! Click here for details

The Ultimate Bass Songbook

The Ultimate Bass Songbook
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 145843026X

(Bass). This songbook features a variety of arrangements and transcriptions for 70 songs ranging from exact note-for-note transcriptions and easy bass melodies to solo bass arrangements and bass riffs. No matter what type of arrangement you prefer, you'll find many top hits to play in this collection! Songs include: All My Loving * Blowin' in the Wind * Bridge over Troubled Water * Canon in D * Crazy * Dust in the Wind * Every Breath You Take * Hallelujah * Head like a Hole * Let's Get It Started * Let's Go Crazy * Peter Gunn * The Pink Panther * Pride and Joy * Slow Ride * Stand by Me * Sweet Child O' Mine * Under Pressure * Yesterday * and more.

Bass Hanon

Bass Hanon
Author: Scott Barnard
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480358622

(Bass Instruction). If you want to work on your bass guitar chops, this is the book for you! These 75 exercises will help you build your endurance and flexibility, challenging you in fun, interesting and methodical ways. Topics include: left-hand finger patterns; pull-offs and hammer-ons; string crossing; harmonic technique; arpeggios; scales; blues sequences; chords on the bass; articulations; rhythms; harmonics; and 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.

Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies

Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies
Author: Patrick Pfeiffer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0470934190

Learn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide and bonus interactive CD! The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to name a few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassists an opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Features a wide variety of over 300 exercises and technique-building practice opportunities tailored to bass guitar From classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises and chords presented Shows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and hand positions Each lesson concludes with a music piece for you to try The audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany the exercises and drills presented in each section Helps you build your strength, endurance, and dexterity when playing bass Whether you're a beginner bass player or you're looking to stretch your playing skills, Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies is the book for you! CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

The Jazz Bass Book

The Jazz Bass Book
Author: John Goldsby
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780879307165

Spilleteknisk, biografisk og historisk indføring i en række jazzbassisters spillestil

Muted Grooves

Muted Grooves
Author: Josquin Des Pres
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1995
Genre: Bass guitar
ISBN: 9780793534548

Develop the string muting, string raking, and right-hand techniques used by the greatest legends of bass with this comprehensive exercise book. It includes over 100 practical exercises with audio accompaniments for each.

Bass Chops

Bass Chops
Author: Jon Liebman
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1540071723

(Bass Instruction). Bass Chops covers a cross section of musical genres with a unique step-by-step approach for strengthening your overall facility on the instrument. The lessons in this book include standard notation, tab, fingerings, and video demonstrations, and are presented in theme-and-variation format a highly effective approach to learning bass that has become very popular with students. Each lesson allows you to move at your own pace, beginning with a simple groove and gradually becoming moe intricate and complex as the lesson progresses. Styles include blues, jazz, rock, fusion, R&B, and slapping. The price of the book includes nearly two hours of video demonstrations of every example in the book, performed by the author himself! Access the videos online, for download or streaming, using the unique code provided.