This easy to follow method features superb demonstration photographs and concentrates on two skills you really need: dexterity and musicianship. Chapters include: the instrument and its equipment • fingering major scales • accidentals • minor scales • diminished scales.
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Learn the tricks and techniques of playing rockabilly bass from one of the world's foremost masters, Johnny Hatton. In this book, along with video lessons online, he will teach you: the snap • the slap • the hand positions • straight eighths • the double slap • the swing slap • the triple slap • slap patterns • mambo • alternate slap techniques • two-beat swing slap. Plus, you'll learn about jazz notation, scales and music theory.
Online video is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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The best single source for learning to play the blues for bass with online audio tracks for practicing! Styles covered include: Delta blues, Texas blues, New Orleans blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, boogie woogie blues, jazz blues, and more. Also covers 12-bar blues, 8-bar blues, 24-bar blues, minor blues, tags & turnarounds, 12/8 feel, swing, shuffle, jazz, pop, slow blues, funk blues and R&B. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This book/audio pack features over 50 examples covering walking bass, the two feel, 3/4 time, Latin, and ballads. It covers soloing, performance protocol, and includes seven complete tunes. Demo tracks are accessed online via download or streaming and include playback options to make learning easier than ever.
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This book/online audio pack will get you playing bass lines anywhere on the fretboard, in any key. You'll learn to build bass lines under chord progressions; major, minor, and pentatonic scale patterns; and much more through easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. Includes 64 demonstration and play-along tracks.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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The complete guide to learning rock bass! This book with online audio 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. Lessons include: fingerstyle; slap and pop technique; slides, vibrato, trills, shakes and bends; hammer-ons and pull-offs; harmonics; tapping; standard notation and tablature; and more. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Expand your bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this Rock volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard notation and tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips, scale diagrams, chord grids, photos, and more to reinforce your learning experience plus online performance demos of all the examples in the book!
This volume covers a huge variety of rock bass styles, techniques, and concepts including: first position notes; basic fingerstyle; basic slapping; fingerstyle rakes; drop D tuning; memorizing the fretboard; arpeggios; harmonics; Paul McCartney style; John Entwistle style; Geddy Lee style; Billy Sheehan style; Flea style; gallop rhythm; tapping; techno bass; walking; where to pluck; and much more!
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This songbook correlates with Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method, giving beginning students great pop & rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: ABC • Another One Bites the Dust • Badge • Brick House • Cheap Sunglasses • Come Together • Higher Ground • Into the Great Wide Open • Iron Man • The Joker • Radar Love • Sweet Emotion • Under Pressure • more. The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with sixteenth-note rhythms and ending with slap and pop technique.
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This Berklee Workshop is for bassists beyond beginning methods who now seek comprehensive knowledge of all basic and extended chords. Features exercises for developing technique and melodic sense in and out of the upper register, to help bassists play faster, higher and more melodically in styles from country to rock and rhythm to lead.
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Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Gary Willis presents valuable how-to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying 64 audio tracks provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, theory, and much more. The audio tracks are accessed online for download or streaming and feature PLAYBACK+ tools for looping, tempo adjustment, and more.
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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 audio features 76 demo tracks of all the exercises in the book.
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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Mastering the bass neck has always been a challenge, even for very experienced players. The diagrams in Bass Fretboard Atlas will help you quickly memorize scales and arpeggios that may have previously seemed impossible to grasp. You'll be able to easily see and understand how scale and arpeggio shapes are laid out and how they connect and overlap across the neck. The material in this collection is presented in all 12 keys, using complete 17-fret neck diagrams with color-coded displays of the most common fingerings.
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Bootsy Collins Legendary Licks presents the music of funk master Bootsy Collins in a comprehensive package. In standard notation and bass tab, the book contains note-for-note transcriptions and detailed performance notes on how to play a multitude of classic licks, fills, riffs, grooves and solos – complete with recorded demonstrations. There's even info on Bootsy's gear setup! 12 songs are covered, including: Ahh... the Name Is Bootsy Baby • Another Point of View • Bootzilla • Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) • Landshark (Just When You Thought It Was Safe) • Up for the down Stroke • and more.
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Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backup track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your bass guitar.
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An innovative collection of J.S. Bach pieces arranged for electric bass, complete with historical analysis, instruction and playing suggestions. Includes: Two-Part Invention #4 in D Minor • Two-Part Invention #1 in C Major • Sinfonia from Partita 2 in C Major for Solo Harpsichord • and five more selections.
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STUFF!... A new instructional book/audio series featuring tips from renowned instructors.
Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary with this all-encompassing book/audio pack for bassists. Provides valuable tips on performing, recording, the music business, instruments and equipment (including electronics), grooves, fills, soloing techniques, care & maintenance, and more. Covers rock, jazz, blues, R&B and funk through demos of authentic grooves. The accompanying recordings include many of the examples in the book performed both in solo bass format and in a full-band setting so you can hear how important concepts fit in with other instruments and ensembles.
Topics include: arpeggios, chucking, fretless bass, ghost notes, isometrics, raking, slapping & popping, walking bass lines, zydeco bass and more!
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This excellent book in our Bass Builders series features 101 authentic hip-hop bass lines spanning 25 years of urban music and covering East Coast, West Coast and Down South styles. Includes 98 full-demo tracks – performed by acclaimed bassist and author Josquin des Prés – and the book includes standard notation and tab.
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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This cool, comprehensive guide provides the history and essential bass lines for 34 different musical styles, including all varieties of pop and rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, country, blues, funk and many others. The online audio includes 34 full-band demo tracks and is accessed using the unique code printed inside the book.
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This pack provides both the original FastTrack book/online audio pack along with an instructional video, making learning to play bass easier and faster than ever before! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Bass players: customize your warm-up routine with this fantastic collection of stretches, coordination exercises, pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, and arpeggios sure to limber up your fingers and hands and get you ready to play in top form!
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Teach yourself to play the easy way! This method gets beginners playing the bass at their own pace through easy-to-understand instruction and access to great online audio featuring instruction and 99 demo tracks complete with background accompaniments. You'll learn songs, riffs and scales; all musical styles; playing tips and techniques; how to read standard notation and tablature; and much more. Perfect for all ages!
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From James Jamerson and Bootsy Collins to John Entwistle and Flea, this book examines the genesis of bass guitar. It includes bass line transcriptions in notes & tab, lessons on how to play them, bios, equipment listings, photos, historical facts and more! The accompanying audio contains full-band demos of every bass line in the book. Songs include: Aeroplane • All My Loving • All Right Now • For Once in My Life • Free Ride • I'll Take You There • Love Shack • Money • Mustang Sally • Respect • Soul Man • Sweet Emotion • What's Going On • Won't Get Fooled Again • and more!
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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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.
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Includes 96 songs and examples in rock, blues, R&B, funk and other styles; riffs, slap and pop; fifth position, scales and keys; and more!
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Play your favorite hits from The Beatles, Nirvana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Garth Brooks, Eric Clapton and more with this songbook that correlates with Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method! The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with simple one- and two-string bass lines and ending with songs that contain many notes, including all four strings. Gives beginning bass students great pop & rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: All the Small Things • Come as You Are • Crossfire • Friends in Low Places • Great Balls of Fire • Imagine • Lady Madonna • My Girl • Peggy Sue • Smoke on the Water • Surfin' U.S.A. • Takin' Care of Business • Walk of Life • Wild Thing • Wonderful Tonight • and more!
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Grammy nominee and fretless bass pioneer Bunny Brunel teams up with bestselling author and session bass player Josquin des Prés to offer the first book/online audio tutorial dedicated solely to the development of skills on the fretless bass. Covers: fingering and intonation exercises; vibrato, slides, double stops, sliding harmonics and other techniques; pop, funk, Latin and fusion styles; and much more – including two complete solos! The book features standard notation and tab. Includes 71 helpful demonstration tracks.
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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With the third book, progressing students will learn more great songs, riffs and examples; sixteenth notes; playing off chord symbols; slap and pop techniques; hammer ons and pull offs; playing different styles and grooves; and more. This edition features full-band tracks for demonstration or playalong. The audio is accessed online and features PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Have you struggled through tedious lessons and boring instruction books in your desire to learn to play the bass guitar? If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to motivate you in your bass playing quest, then this is it: All About Bass is for you. Whether it's learning to read music, playing by ear, improvising, or all of the above, this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start playing your favorite songs in many different styles. Plus, learn interesting tid-bits on bass makes & models, care and maintenance, other fretted instruments, and other fun stuff about the bass. This fun-filled, easy-to-use guide includes:
• An introduction to bass
• Step-by-step music reading instruction
• How to play by ear and improvise
• Background on various styles of music, including dozens of favorite songs
• Performing tips
• Online audio tracks for over 90 tracks for demo and play-along.
You get five full songs (All I Wanna Do • Cissy Strut • I Want You Back • Message in a Bottle • Sweet Emotion) and excerpts from over 40 popular songs, including: All Shook Up • Another One Bites the Dust • Born Under a Bad Sign • Brick House • Come Together • Get up (I Feel like Being) A Sex Machine • The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) • I Got You (I Feel Good) • In the Midnight Hour • Paperback Writer • Pride and Joy • You Can't Hurry Love • and many more. The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Build your bass vocabulary in a variety of styles with this comprehensive collection! Styles covered include blues, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, country, Latin, hip-hop, gospel and more. The online audio files include all 150 grooves for demonstration and play-along. The audio is accessed with the unique code printed in each book and features the PLAYBACK+ audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Endorsed by Stuart Hamm, Brian Bromberg, Alexis Sklarevski, Rocco Prestia and others!
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This amazing book is a must for every bass guitarist's library. It contains virtually every chord a player will be asked to produce. With clear, readable diagrams, it contains more than 500 chord shapes. What's more, it's designed to fit easily into your guitar bag so you never need be without it!
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