100 Fretless Bass Workouts
100 Fretless Bass Workouts

Author: Chris Matheos

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-01-24

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1610659120

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Fretless bass is a unique instrument. the approach to playing fretless bass is much more like playing upright bass than to fretted bass. This book will cover many of the important techniques required to become a good fretless bassist. Some of these include slides, intonation development, and sustain. the 100 examples are written in bass clef and TAB (to suggest positions). All examples included on companion CD.

Steve Bailey's Fretless Bass
Steve Bailey's Fretless Bass

Author: Steve Bailey

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780739040799

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Consummate musician and bassist Steve Bailey presents one of the most comprehensive fretless bass technique methods available. Having performed and recorded with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Kitaro, Victor Wooten and Metallica, Steve is a true master of the fretless bass. This book will help you successfully make the transition from fretted to fretless bass. The exercises within have both studio and live-playing applications and cover such topics as intonation, sliding, string blending, and fretless effects. Develop your ear and left-hand technique using the methodically written examples, which cover intervals as well as triads; then put it all to use in the songs and etudes provided. This book will help any bassist develop the necessary technique to master this difficult but beautifully melodic instrument.

101 Licks and Exercises for Electric Bass
101 Licks and Exercises for Electric Bass

Author: Dan Gutt

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1609747976

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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!

50 Two-Hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass
50 Two-Hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass

Author: Chris Matheos

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1619116006

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In two-hand tapping on electric bass, your right and left hands both play notes.This is a fairly new concept on bass. New techniques and ideas are being created regularly. Tapping is being applied to all sorts of musical styles including blues, alternative, jazz, funk, and even classical. This book presents 50 brief exercises to practice the tapping technique, with each example demonstrated on the accompanying online audio. Try applying the techniques in this book to your favorite styles of music. Includes access to online audio

Fretless Bass
Fretless Bass

Author: Chris Kringel

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780634080531

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(Bass Method). An ideal supplement to any bass method, this book/CD pack uses 18 actual songs in various styles to teach key elements of the electric fretless bass, such as intonation; harmonics; keys, scales and intervals; and more. You'll learn to play in the style of Jaco Pastorius, Flea, Jack Bruce, Will Lee, Sting, Gary Willis, Tony Franklin, Jeff Ament and many others via 18 great songs: Bad Love * Continuum * Even Flow * Hocus Pocus * I Could Die for You * Jelly Roll * King of Pain * Kiss of Life * Lady in Red * Tears in Heaven * Very Early * What I Am * White Room * and more. The CD features 92 full-band tracks for demo & play-along.

Bass Fingerstyle Funk Grooves Made Easy
Bass Fingerstyle Funk Grooves Made Easy

Author: Chris Matheos

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1619110857

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Electric Bass. Fingerstyle funk bass playing can be found in many styles of modern music. Some of those styles include: funk, soul, fusion, contemporary jazz, hip-hop, pop, and dance. This book focuses on advanced rhythmic studies. It is loaded with grooves and funky progressions. the companion free downloadable audio files feature all of the examples recorded with a full band. There are play-along tracks for many of the full band examples available for download as well. This can help students focus on groove and time. All examples are written in bass clef and tablature. Free audio files available.

Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs
Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs

Author: Josquin Des Pres

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-03-11

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1610658949

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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.

The Bass Player Book
The Bass Player Book

Author: Karl Coryat

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1999-05-01

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1617131512

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This is the right-hand man for players who live and breathe bass, or for beginners who want an all-in-one guide to the instrument that “shakes the low end” of rock, pop, jazz and more. This handbook details the ins and outs of buying basses and equipment; provides set-up and electronics tips; and explores unique characteristics of landmark bass models. Chapters on technique cover bass basics, theory, fretless playing, acoustic bass, the essentials of various music styles, recording, gigging, and more. Seminal interviews with great bassists include Jeff Berlin, Stanley Clarke, John Pattitucci, Bill Wyman, and many others.

Fernando Sor: Selected Studies Arranged for Electric Bass
Fernando Sor: Selected Studies Arranged for Electric Bass

Author: Paul Ballam-Cross

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-08-18

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1513459511

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This book presents selected studies by masterful 19th-century classical guitar composer Fernando Sor, arranged and edited for bass. Drawn from several of Sor’s collections of studies, this publication aims to provide electric bass players with material that is both didactic and enjoyable to play but could also be used in recital programs. A set of duets provides more advanced players with further study material. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Classical Favorites for Electric Bass
Classical Favorites for Electric Bass

Author: Chuck Bianchi

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1619118610

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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.