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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The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action.
Beginning Bass features these lessons: First Bass Lesson, Music Reading Basics for Bass Guitar, Right-Hand Bass Technique, First Bass Groove. Songs include: Brass in Pocket • Crazy Train • Dancing in the Street • Eight Days a Week • I Fought the Law • Mr. Jones • Oye Como Va • Smooth • Thunderbird • What's Going On • You've Got Another Thing Comin' • and many more!
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How to play bass guitar from the very beginning, with fills, walking bass lines, chords and scales. This narrow format book fits neatly into your guitar case so you can take it everywhere.
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Following the success of his critically-acclaimed groove-oriented bass technique books, including Funk Bass and Funk/Fusion Bass, Jon Liebman is back with a whole new collection of funky instructional grooves–this time with a jazz infusion! You'll learn to play with a wide variety of expression and nuanace on both fretted and fretless bass, incorporating techniques like slapping, chord playing, syncopated rhythms, and “dead” note articulation. Follow along with over 45 minutes of online video as the author presents new grooves in the style of 30 hand-picked bass legends, allowing you to analyze how some of the greatest players of all time have done it.
You'll learn to play in the style of: Victor Bailey, Jeff Berlin, Bunny Brunel, Alain Caron, Stanley Clarke, Carlitos Del Puerto, Nathan East, James Jamerson, Bakithi Kumalo, Will Lee, Chuck Rainey, Esperanza Spalding, and more!
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Una guia ilustrada que la muestra los conceptos basicos del fascinate mundo del bajo! Los ejemplos se presentan en forma de diagramas y fotografias que se demuestran en el disco compacto de acompanamieto.
An illustrated guide that teaches the basic concepts from the fascinating world of the bass! The examples are presented in diagrams and photographs and are also demonstrated on the CD accompaniment.
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It's your bass – take care of it! The Bass Player's Handbook provides bassists with a complete guide to understanding the origin and workings of their instrument. Greg Mooter outlines fundamental concepts of proper fingering, tone production and good practice habits. You will also learn how to care for your bass properly and keep it in top form with essential information on repairs, seasonal adjustments, and customizing for your own body, style and sound. Includes warm-up and full body stretching exercises and strategies to give you a lifetime of healthy bass playing.
“This timely and precious 'bible' has important information you won't find anywhere else.”
– Carole Kaye
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Step-by-step pictures and video 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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Create more expressive solos with this book/audio pack, which presents a unique improvisation strategy based on ear training and a linear interpretation of note relationships. Comprehensive, step-by-step instruction will guide you as you: develop an expectation of sound; master the movement of notes over modes and harmonies; become comfortable improvising over jazz standards; create your own chord pads to use as you practice recognizing the tendencies of pitches within chord progressions.
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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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!
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The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional bassist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action.
Scales & Modes for Bass features these lessons: Major and Minor Scale Shapes, Pentatonic Scale Shapes, the Seven Modes, and Mixolydian Bass Grooves. Song examples include: Barracuda • California Girls • Carry On Wayward Son • Detroit Rock City • Dream On • Lay Down Sally • Smoke on the Water • Sultans of Swing • What's Going On • You Give Love a Bad Name • and more.
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Spanish Version of Step One: Play Bass Guitar. En este libro aprenderas ritmos y canciones de los estilos: norteno, banda, cumbia, bolero, balada, rock, mariachi, ranchera y muchos otros estilos mas.
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Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Andy McKee presents valuable how-to insight that upright bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying audio tracks provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: right- and left-hand technique, improvising and soloing, practicing, proper care of the instrument, ear training, performance, and much more.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action.
Rock Bass features these lessons: Essential Rock Bass Scales & Shapes, Essential Rock Bass Techniques, Locking in with the Kick Drum, Must-Know Bass Grooves. Songs include: Badge • Come Together • Crazy Little Thing Called Love • Dream On • Free Ride • I Love Rock & Roll • Love Rollercoaster • Maggie May • Paranoid • Sweet Child O' Mine • What's My Age Again • and many more!
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The Rock House Method makes learning music fun, easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing, outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make learning music second nature. Millions of muisicians in more than 150 countries have already used the Rock House Method to fulfill their dream and play music. You are next!
A revolutionary new approach to learning bass, this book is designed for beginners who want to learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the bass and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn rhythm, timing, basic bass lines and how to play along with a drummer. Learn 3rds, 5ths and octaves and how to apply them in a song. Picking techniques such as slap, pop and using a pick are covered in depth. From theory to complete songs, everything you need to play bass is here for you. This comprehensive book is a great place to start your musical journey! Includes demonstration and play-along tracks, plus a digital e-book on the enclosed MP3 CD.
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The function of the bass player in rock music is multi-dimensional. In How to Create Rock Bass Lines, you'll explore common rock drum beats, popular rock chord progressions, and the scales and techniques you'll need to add melody to your playing. By combining all of these elements, you'll learn how to create bass lines that lock in with the drummer and complement the other instruments. You'll also take a look at examples in the style of rock bass greats like Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Flea, John Entwistle, and Tom Hamilton, to see how these masters put their own unique spin on the rock format. The book includes loads of demo and play-along tracks available online for download or streaming.
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FastTrack is a quick way for beginners to learn to play an instrument. These DVDs make the perfect companion to the successful method books and CDs – teaching you what you need to know to get playing right away, plus the fun stuff you want to know. The bass DVD teaches music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles.
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This book/CD pack will help you overcome your technical limitations and clear the path for true musical expression! With 100+ exercises, bassists of all skill levels can increase their strength, flexibility, position-shifting skills, endurance, and technical mastery on the instrument. Each exercise is written out in standard notation & tab, and includes info on fingering and position.
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Bassist and educator Max Palermo takes you through more than 700 easy, step-by-step exercises for finger building, based on the 24 possible fingering combinations.
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The electric bass guitar is central to modern music, playing a key role in melody, harmony, and rhythm. This new, revised edition of The Bass Handbook will help you master the instrument and make it your own.
The book-and-CD package includes a step-by-step guide to playing, from tuning to advanced harmony, and offers practical guidance on reading both tab and standard notation. It has instruction on modern techniques, including slapping and harmonics, and it offers level-headed advice on playing a range of genres and styles, from rock and blues through to jazz, funk, and metal. There is also a section featuring bass lines written in the style of some of the great bassists from yesterday and today, to inspire and instruct.
With a foreword by the ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, the book explores the history of the electric bass and its key makers and has a guide to the great bassists, as well as recommendations for listening, reading, viewing, and researching online. There is help with buying and maintaining your bass and advice on amps, speakers, strings, pickups, effects, and cables.
The book's wiro-binding is designed to allow it to open flat for ease of use. The specially recorded CD has over 80 tracks that present the book's key musical exercises and examples.
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Debutons bien est une methode destinee au debutant soucieux d'acquerir les bases sur son instrument. Pour cela des photos illustrees vous guident depuis les exercices du premier jour jusqu'a vous faire jouer avec un accompagnement enregistre. Debutons bien a ete concu pour vous apprendre tout ce dont vous aurez besoin au moment ou vous sortez votre guitare. Un CD d'accompagnement ainsi qu'un DVD sont inclus dans cette methode.
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Legendary heavy metal bassist David Ellefson reveals the fundamental skills required to play metal bass. On DVD 1, you'll learn the basics like holding the bass, hand positioning and reading tablature. Key metal elements like playing with a pick and your fingers, how to mute, scale basics, exercises, and alternate tunings are also covered. Learn rhythms & timing, octaves & fifths, and how to create a great bass sound. On DVD 2, David reveals his personal secrets to riff-oriented bass lines and rips through advanced chords, scales and metal bass techniques like the gallop, half step demonic tones, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Play the bass lines along with the custom drum and guitar backing tracks and experience how it feels to play in a metal band. Formatted for Zone 0 – playable on any DVD system.
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Learn major, minor, model, blues, rock, and jazz scales. A complete guide to using scales to build speed, endurance, and fretboard fluency for beginning bass players.
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With this book and CD package you'll learn how to groove like the masters. Develop your own sub-sonic lines with the accompanying CD, including tracks with many extended jams for you to groove along with. You'll learn: phrasing and note placement, developing time feel, using your ears, tips for practicing, physical and mental techniques, and more.
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The genre fusion, as the name implies, is a blend of many styles and influences. This book and CD use four tunes as a basis to show how this fusion-blending process can occur and expose you to new musical ideas. With unique step-by-step approaches to developing “fused” feels that are not just superficial pasting-together styles, you'll discover how to create new grooves for yourself. In addition, there are many agility exercises to help you reach a high level of musicianship. For each style, there is a comprehensive lesson centering on a fully notated chart of the music on written in the book and performed on the CD. The lessons consist of a breaking down of all the inspirational, musical and technical elements involved in developing a convincing performance of the tune. The CD contains a demonstration performance of the tune, followed by a version of the tune without the bass so you can play along with the sound of the music in your ears, you can study and practice the technical aspects performing the rhythms and lines of each style.
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The Rock House Method makes learning music fun, easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing, outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make learning music second nature. Millions of muisicians in more than 150 countries have already used the Rock House Method to fulfill their dream and play music. You are next!
Building on the techniques learned in Book 1, Book 2 starts with natural minor and major scales, single note patterns and how they connect across the neck. Learn bass techniques such as the finger drag, hammer-ons, pull-offs and how to apply them in bass lines. Learn the major scale formula to play them in any key, root notes, octaves and the notes in the 5th position. Walking bass lines, sixteenth notes, syncopated bass lines, intervals and drop D tuning are just a few of the things covered that will help you play song progressions and bass lines. From theory to complete songs, this program will get you to the next level! Includes demonstration and play-along tracks, plus a digital e-book on the enclosed MP3 CD.
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This instructional book with CD covers the rich music derived from a fusion of cultures. West Africa, Europe, and the indigenous Indian cultures of the Caribbean region all took part in creating this music style. Learn to play this distinctive music style on bass guitar. The book has all the essential playing techniques and explores the special relationship of the bass to the many rhythm grooves of these drumming traditions. You'll also get historical references and background, useful information and explanations about the music styles, notated musical examples of each approach, detailed points about “feel,” important performance tips, extensive discographies and bibliographies, biographies of each author, and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on the accompaniment CD.
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Do you play the bass guitar, but find parts of the fretboard to be uncharted territory? This book will teach you how to conquer your fretboard's rough terrain, and no music reading is required! Basic music theory helps improve your playing and ability to interact with other musicians. Take your playing to new levels with this systematic, comprehensive method! Covers: interval basics and shapes; major, minor & pentatonic scale patterns; triads and 7th chords; common chord qualities; and more, plus 29 helpful quizzes to ensure your comprehension.
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This book provides a fast track to getting to grips with the four-string monster, with easy-to-follow exercises, basic theory and tips on producing some awe-inspiring bass lines. Develop your technique and style in just 8 weeks! All the lessons are demonstrated and explained on the accompanying CD.
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Learn the techniques that every truly great bass player needs to know! From basic slapping and popping to machine-gun riffing, this program has something for bass players at every level. The one-on-one lessons with bassist/instructor Chris McCarvill show you how to apply the techniques popularized by Marcus Miller, Larry Graham and Louis Johnson. You'll learn the four elements of slap and pop as well as advanced techniques like octaves, fifths, muting, double slapping, sliding, the snap, bending notes and using effects. By the end of this program, you'll be the funkiest bass player around! DVD features include: iPod-ready video, follow-along tab book, free lifetime membership for online lesson support, authored for Zone 0 and more. 1 hour
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Learn the basic rudiments that make-up Doug's unique sound and style, his personal warm ups, right hand variations, Dynamics, False Harmonics, and Doug's famous “Flamingo Slap”. He'll show you how to construct bass lines for any style of music. Learn to use effects that will make your Bass sound like a keyboard, guitar, drums or even a DJ. This program is “Off the Chain.”
Doug Wimbish's career spans more than 20 years as an innovator, collaborator and explorer of a multitude of musical genre's including Rap, Hip-Hop, Rock, Metal, Funk, Jam, Disco and Dance. He reveals the secrets that make him the most versatile and sought after Bass player in the world. Doug's resume includes Living Colour, Madonna, Rolling Stones, Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Anne Lennox and Mick Jagger to name just a few.
Each Rock House product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience, links with instructors, download backing tracks, access message boards, and much more. You'll connect with a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.
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