Bass For Beginners
Bass For Beginners

Author: Guitar Head

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-21

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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Introducing, the 7-step master plan to bass guitar mastery! Did you grow up watching legendary bassists like Les Claypool and Flea? Have you been inspired by these legends but don't know where to start your journey? Have you been told that the Bass guitar is a completely new instrument and it's going to take you years to learn it? Well, that's just not true. Most people have got it all wrong. Learning the Bass isn't as hard as you think. The bass guitar is the most underrated and underappreciated instrument, and nobody knows it better than us! A true bass aficionado knows that it's the heart of any musical piece. It ties everything together and gives music its depth. It forms the rhythmic and harmonic foundation of every band. So, if you're a bass enthusiast with no prior music experience looking for the simplest way to learn the Bass - this book is for you. With answers to basic questions like how to hold a bass guitar and what to do with your hands to more advanced questions like how to play a walking bassline - this book is the ultimate beginners' guide. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on new classes and theory books. We've got it all in one place! All it takes is 7 easy steps - and you'll be jamming on the bass like you've known it your whole life. And that's exactly what this book does - break down the complex world of bass guitars for you! Here's what you'll find inside: The whole process of learning the bass guitar broken down into 7 simple steps. A step by step approach guaranteed to give you results even if you've never held a bass guitar before! The absolute basics - understanding tabs, rhythm and tuning of your 4-string instrument. How to play on thick metal strings - fingerstyle vs plectrums. Diagnose and fix muffled notes - one of the biggest problems faced by bass players. Decode the neck of the bass guitar - 2 simple ways to figure out the position of every single note on the bass fretboard. 65+ exercises and tips to make sure you can play what you're learning. So, where do you want to be a few weeks from now? Still fantasising about playing the bass or confidently jamming on your 4-stringed beast? What's more? The list of benefits doesn't end there. Along with free audio tracks to help you with the charts, you also get access to a private community of passionate guitarist like yourself and weekly guitar lessons delivered to your inbox. If you're ready to start your bass guitar journey and be jamming in no time, scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now!

Music Theory for the Bass Player
Music Theory for the Bass Player

Author: Ariane Cap

Publisher: CapCat Music Media

Published: 2018-12-22

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0996727639

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Music Theory for the Bass Player is a comprehensive and immediately applicable guide to making you a well-grounded groover, informed bandmate and all-around more creative musician. Included with this book are 89 videos that are incorporated in this ebook. This is a workbook, so have your bass and a pen ready to fill out the engaging Test Your Understanding questions! Have you always wanted to learn music theory but felt it was too overwhelming a task? Perhaps all the books seem to be geared toward pianists or classical players? Do you know lots of songs, but don't know how the chords are put together or how they work with the melody? If so, this is the book for you! • Starting with intervals as music's basic building blocks, you will explore scales and their modes, chords and the basics of harmony. • Packed with fretboard diagrams, musical examples and exercises, more than 180 pages of vital information are peppered with mind-bending quizzes, effective mnemonics, and compelling learning approaches. • Extensive and detailed photo demonstrations show why relaxed posture and optimized fingering are vital for good tone, timing and chops. • You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music (reading music is of course a vital skill, yet, the author believes it should not be tackled at the same time as the study of music theory, as they are different skills with a different practicing requirement. Reading becomes much easier once theory is mastered and learning theory on the fretboard using diagrams and patterns as illustrations, music theory is very accessible, immediately usable and fun. This is the definitive resource for the enthusiastic bassist! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} This book and the 89 free videos stand on their own and form a thorough source for studying music theory for the bass player. If you'd like to take it a step further, the author also offers a corresponding 20 week course; this online course works with the materials in this book and practices music theory application in grooves, fills and solos. Information is on the author's blog.

Bass Guitar For Dummies
Bass Guitar For Dummies

Author: Patrick Pfeiffer

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1119695570

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Way more than just the bass-ics Whatever you're playing—funk, soul, rock, blues, country—the bass is the heart of the band. Bassists provide a crucial part of driving force and funky framework that other members of any and work off. From John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, to "The Pixies’' Kim Deal, to James Brown's favored bassist, Jimmy Nolan, bass players have made big names for themselves and commanded respect throughout music history. In Bass Guitar For Dummies, Patrick Pfeiffer—who coached U2's Adam Clayton, among others—is your friendly guide to laying down the low end. Starting from the beginning with what bass and accessories to buy, the book shows you everything from how to hold and position your instrument to how to read music and understand chords. You'll develop your skills step-by-step until you’re confident playing your own solos and fills. Sharpen skills with instructional audio and video Discipline your play with exercises Understand chords, scales, and octaves Care for your instrument Whether you're new to the bass or already well into the groove, Bass Guitar For Dummies gives you the thorough balance of theory and practice that distinguishes the titanic Hall of Famer from the just so-so. P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you're probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Bass Guitar For Dummies (9781118748800). The book you see here shouldn't be considered a new or updated product. But if you're in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We're always writing about new topics!

Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners
Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners

Author: LearnToPlayMusic.com

Publisher: LearnToPlayMusic.com

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9825320044

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Teach yourself how to play bass with our easy bass lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free bass videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.*** "I love this book! It taught me everything I needed to know about playing bass." - Harry Smith, Watertown MA Progressive Beginner Bass contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great bass player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson bass tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of basses including electric bass and acoustic bass. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the bass guitar is required to teach yourself to learn to play bass guitar from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play beginner bass notes and beginner bass scales used in popular bass lines and bass licks • All the fundamental techniques of bass playing including how to play bass with a pick or fingers and how to play using alternate picking, slides and hammer-ons • How to read bass music for beginners and how to read bass tab for beginners • Bass theory for reading key signatures, time signatures, intervals, sharps and flats, ties, rests, triplets and syncopation • How to tune bass • Bass tips and bass tricks that every player should know when learning bass guitar • Shortcuts for how to learn bass fast by getting the most from bass practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the bass today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners bass guitar lessons written by a professional bass teacher • Full color photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read bass music for beginners, accompanying guitar chords and easy bass tabs for beginners • 61 bass exercises, bass riffs, bass arpeggios and popular easy bass songs for beginners in classic rock styles • Diagrams showing all notes on the bass guitar fretboard Beginner bass lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the bass guitar, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's bass lessons for beginners are used by students and bass teachers worldwide to learn how to play bass guitar. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted bass lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days
How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days

Author: Michael Mueller

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-28

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13:

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How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Lessons for Beginners - with free audio downloads or streaming - is presented in an easy-to-follow format to help you learn to play bass quickly. If you're looking for the best bass guitar book for beginners, look no further! Seasoned author and editor Michael Mueller has written an easy-to-follow beginning bass book methodically designed to teach you all the essential rhythms, scales, and techniques you'll need to start playing your favorite songs! Teach yourself to play bass guitar with this jam-packed book with tons of fundamental bass skills and exercises. You'll learn: Fingerstyle Technique Real-World Bass Lines Fundamental Rhythms: Basic to Advanced Major, Minor & Pentatonic Scales Plus! Hamonics Muting Technique Legato Technique Rake Technique The Blues Scales The Shuffle Rhythm Slap-and-Pop Technique Play-along tracks for this bass instruction book included! This is the perfect first lesson for beginner bass players. Also great for teaching a beginner how to play the bass! All music examples are presented in easy-to-follow tab. So, as new bass concepts are introduced, you'll be able to quickly apply them to your bass. This bass book is from the top-ranked series Play Guitar in 14 Days from Troy Nelson Music. About Michael Mueller: Over the past 20 years, Michael Mueller has authored over 20 instructional guitar books, with over 375,000 units sold. Titles include the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, Acoustic Guitar Tab Method, and Scale-Chord Relationships. He has also edited countless others, including the top-selling Guitar Aerobics (Troy Nelson) and Ukulele Aerobics (Chad Johnson) titles. Additionally, he has served as the Editor at top guitar magazines Guitar One and Guitar Edge, and he's contributed to Guitar World, Jazz Times, and Sirius XM, among others. Note: To ensure that you receive a quality product and customer service, be sure to buy directly from Amazon rather than from a marketplace seller. FREE access to audio demos - download or streaming - for each music example! Free shipping with Amazon Prime.

All the Good Stuff
All the Good Stuff

Author: Janek Gwizdala

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-22

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781981976003

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All the Good Stuff is the definitive guide to what every musician is searching for - worthwhile practice that will take your playing to the next level. Written by internationally acclaimed bassist Janek Gwizdala, this practice manual is saturated with twenty years of curated exercises from a professional's arsenal. All the Good Stuff will not only solidify your technique, grow your vocabulary, and increase your musicianship, but it will teach you how to do these things for yourself for years to come. This long-awaited second edition comes to you entirely reimagined, with clearer instructions, flawless copywork, and all exercises included in all twelve keys for bass clef, TAB, and treble clef.

BASS 4-String Etudes, Riffs, Songs and Exercises
BASS 4-String Etudes, Riffs, Songs and Exercises

Author: Nate Navarro

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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BASS 4-String Etudes, Riffs, Songs & Exercises takes an expansive approach to lessons in technique, music theory, and creativity, with regard to the beginning bassist, the highly advanced, and beyond. This 156-page book includes hours of video lessons, play-alongs & close-up demonstrations, audio examples, bassless backing tracks to jam along with, and Guitar Pro files for additional practice. Learning materials are downloaded through a URL link in the book, and videos are streamed. Every example has a video URL and QR code listed next to it. Alternatively, skim through examples quickly with the book's video playlists. View the back cover for a quick look at some of the lessons and exercises. If you have questions at any point, join the author and other readers at the Nate Navarro Bass Book TalkBass thread. Are you looking for a firm foundation as you venture into the world of bass guitar? Or perhaps you've been playing for years and feel stuck on a technical plateau. Do you want to add tools to your musical arsenal that will make your bass lines more interesting and catchy? If so, BASS 4-String Etudes, Riffs, Songs & Exercises is for you! About the author: Nate Navarro is a session and touring bassist, educator, and content creator living in Boston, Massachusetts. A Berklee College of Music graduate and in-demand professional bassist, he has recorded with multi-platinum producers, toured over 20 countries, and played on recordings with incredible musicians including Devin Townsend, Steve Vai, Marko Minnemann, Mike Keneally, Morgan Ågren, Chad Kroeger, Felix Martin, and many others. Nate is endorsed by dozens of the music industry's top companies including Kiesel, Fender, Spector, Genzler Amplification, Harley Benton, PRS, ESP, Mayones, Dingwall, NS Design, D'Addarío, Darkglass, Electro-Harmonix and others. He has had over 100 in-person music students, and has performed as a music-product demonstrator across the globe. You can find him on YouTube, where he has over 240k subscribers and 50 million views.

Bass for Beginners
Bass for Beginners

Author: Sharon Ray

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1996-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780882848532

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This book takes the beginning bassist from the basics of buying their first bass through the basic fundamentals of bass guitar techniques. It is written in a step-by-step manner that allows you to advance at your own pace. Tablature, photos, diagrams and drawings make new concepts or techniques easy to understand. Written by an outstanding performer and educator, this is the beginner's chance to study with the best. The CD demonstrates every example and provides play-along opportunities.

Upright Bass Primer
Upright Bass Primer

Author: Andy Hohwald

Publisher: Watch & Learn

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781893907638

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"Includes audio CD with over 20 play along songs with a full band. Quickly & easily learn to play like the pros with this step by step method." --front cover.

Progressive Bass Guitar
Progressive Bass Guitar

Author: Gary Turner

Publisher: L.T.P. Publications

Published: 1997-04-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780959540444

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A comprehensive, lesson by lesson method covering all aspects of playing bass guitar in a group; with special emphasis on riffs, scales and arpeggios, techniques, music reading and theory as it relates to the bass guitar. You do not need to read music to use this book. Contains 48 Lessons. Also including a CD & DVD matching the lessons and exercises in the book.