Download or read book First 15 Lessons Bass Guitar written by Jon Liebman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! The bass guitar book features lessons on: bass fundamentals, music reading, tuning, the 1-5 pattern, arpeggios, grooves, position shifts, scales, syncopation, chromatics, swing/shuffle feel, and blues, funk & rock styles. Includes full bass lines from five real songs: Get Ready (The Temptations) * I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley & The Wailers) * Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) * Smooth (Santana) * Super Freak (Rick James).
Download or read book Music Theory for the Bass Player written by Ariane Cap and published by CapCat Music Media. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Teach Yourself to Play Bass written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Bass Instruction). Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so, this book/audio pack is for you! Instead of standard music notation, this method uses tablature combined with rhythmic symbols to make learning fast and easy! Topics covered include: parts of the bass guitar * tuning * basic hand and finger positions * interpreting chord symbols and musical charts * major, minor and pentatonic scales * arpeggios * easy-to-interpret diagrams, photos and illustrations * and much more! Includes online access to accompanying bass-and-beats and full-band demonstration tracks for download or streaming.
Download or read book How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days written by Michael Mueller and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Electric Bass written by Joseph Alexander and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electric Bass - Improve Your Groove is a complete course in rhythm and groove on bass.
Download or read book First 50 Songs You Should Play on Bass written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Bass). If you're new to the bass, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides easy arrangements in tab with lyrics for the most popular songs bassists want to play. Includes: American Girl * Billie Jean * Blister in the Sun * Crossfire * Hey Joe * I Got You (I Feel Good) * Livin' on a Prayer * Low Rider * Money * Monkey Wrench * My Generation * Paranoid * Peter Gunn * The Pink Panther * Roxanne * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Uptown Funk * What's Going On * With or Without You * Yellow * and more!
Download or read book Progressive Beginner Rock Bass written by Muzician.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For beginner rock bass players. Teaches how to play all over the fretboard and create lines from any type of scale or arpeggio. Also features an introduction to slapping and popping.
Download or read book Simple Songs for Bass The Easiest Bass Guitar Songbook Ever written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Bass). Streamlined bass guitar transcriptions with a combo of tab, chord symbols and lyrics for 40 popular songs are presented in this bass edition of the "Simple Songs" series. Includes: Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) * Come Together (The Beatles) * Every Breath You Take (The Police) * Free Fallin' (Tom Petty) * I Love Rock 'N Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) * Living After Midnight (Judas Priest) * Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard) * Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) * Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) * Stand by Me (Ben E. King) * Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) * and many more.
Download or read book 5 String Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself how to play bass with our easy 5 string bass guitar lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.*** "This book explores the potential that the added string gives you on a 5 string bass. It's also great for learning chord arpeggios and scales, which are essential for writing your own bass lines. This book is invaluable for anyone who has bought a 5 string bass. I love this book! This is my favorite bass book!" - Jim Patterson, Honolulu HI Progressive 5 String Bass contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great 5 string bass player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson 5 string bass tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of basses. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the bass is required to teach yourself to learn to play bass from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play five string bass guitars • How to play bass notes, bass arpeggios, bass grooves and beginner bass scales used in 5 string bass music • All the fundamental techniques of 5 string bass playing • Bass theory for learning how to read bass music for beginners and how to read bass tabs for beginners • How to tune a bass • 5 string bass tips and bass tricks that every player should know when learning bass • 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 lessons written by a professional bass teacher • Complete with photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read bass music for beginners and easy bass tabs for beginners with chords for accompaniment • Bass chord pattern diagrams for all important bass chord arpeggios • 68 bass exercises, bass scales and bass arpeggios Beginner bass lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the bass, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's 5 string bass guitar lessons for beginners are used by students and bass teachers worldwide to learn how to play bass. 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.
Download or read book How to Play Bass Guitar written by Laurence Canty and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1984 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction for beginners on how to play, read music, and understand the different parts of the bass guitar.
Download or read book Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Learn To Play Bass Guitar written by Phil Capone and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to play bass guitar the easy way, following simple illustrated lessons from all styles of music. Lessons start with the basics - how to hold the bass, how to tune and start playing - and take the student to a playing level with sufficient skills to join a band. Each lesson is written in the standard TAB format with easy-to-read rhythm notations, and step by step pictures of the correct finger positions. Also includes a library of scales.
Download or read book Teach Me Bass Guitar Book 1 Beginner written by Roy Vogt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Vogt's Teach Me Bass Guitar is the most comprehensive, effective, and entertaining program of self-paced, pay-once, play-forever bass guitar lessons ever created. In Book 1, Roy takes students step-by-step from their first introduction to the instrument, through comfortably playing 12-step patterns by ear.
Download or read book Guitar For Dummies written by Mark Phillips and published by For Dummies. This book was released on 1998-09-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s face it – in the music world, guitars set the standard for cool. Since the 1950s, many of the greatest performers in rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and country have played the guitar. Playing electric guitar can put you out in front of a band, where you’re free to roam, sing, and make eye contact with your adoring fans. Playing acoustic guitar can make you the star of the vacation campfire sing-along or allow you to serenade that special someone. And playing any kind of guitar can bring out the music in your soul and become a valued lifetime hobby. Guitar For Dummies delivers everything the beginning to intermediate guitarist needs. The information has been carefully crafted so that you can find exactly what you want to know about the guitar. This clearly written guide is for anyone who wants to know how to Strum basic chords and simple melodies Expand your range with advanced techniques Play melodies without reading music Choose the right guitar Tune, change strings, and make simple repairs Figure out how to play anything from simple chord progressions to smokin’ blues licks. Guitar For Dummies also covers the following topics and more: Hand position and posture Basic major and minor chords Adding spice with basic 7th chords and barre chords Playing melodies in position and in double-stops Different styles including rock, blues, folk, and classical Buying a guitar and accessories Taking care of your guitar Guitar For Dummies also contains a play-along audio CD that contains all 97 songs and exercises from the book. Whether you’re contemplating a career as a heavy metal superstar or you just want to strum a few folk songs for your friends, this friendly book-and-CD package makes it easy to pick up the guitar and start playing. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Download or read book Bass Guitar Lessons written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself how to play bass guitar with our easy bass lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free bass videos demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.*** "Bought this lesson to learn bass. I like this work because the lessons run from beginner to advanced. All this stuff is here in one book! I also like the fact that a lot of information is found in a few pages. Get this Bass lesson if you want to get playing fast. The author gives you a lot to get your feet wet!" - Thomas Truthsayer [Amazon] Progressive 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 is required to teach yourself to learn to play bass from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play beginner bass notes and beginner bass scales used in lead bass riffs • All the fundamental techniques of bass playing including playing walking bass lines and arpeggios • Bass theory for learning how to read bass music for beginners and how to read bass tabs for beginners • How to tune a bass • Bass tips and bass tricks that every player should know when learning bass • 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 lessons written by a professional bass teacher • Full color photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read bass music for beginners, easy bass tabs for beginners with chords for accompaniment • Bass diagrams for all important bass chord arpeggios • 119 bass exercises, bass progressions, bass riffs and popular easy bass music for beginners in rock bass, pop bass and reggae bass styles Beginner bass lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the bass, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's bass lessons for beginners are used by students and bass teachers worldwide to learn how to play bass. 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.
Download or read book Walking Jazz Lines for Bass written by JAY HUNGERFORD and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bass has been called "the most important instrument in any band." the bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes, keep the "time flow" or "pulse" steady, and keep the form of the song together. This book is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, Latin and country music. By explaining the basics of intervals, chords, and scales the author builds a framework for understanding bass line patterns. Then the book presents one- and two-measure patterns that can be used in playing the blues, rhythm changes, the II-V-I progression, and 20 popular jazz standards. the book is written in standard notation with chord symbols. the CD gives you the opportunity to play with one of the finest rhythm sections around. It is in stereo, with the bass and drums on the left and piano and drums on the right. Since the examples in the book are presented both with sample bass lines and as chord progressions only, you can either follow along with the bass or practice your own lines with the CD as your accompaniment.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Download or read book First 15 Lessons Acoustic Guitar written by Troy Nelson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! The acoustic guitar book features lessons on: guitar fundamentals, music reading, chords, strumming, arpeggios, time signatures, syncopation, hammer-ons & pull-offs, double stops, harmonics, fingerpicking, alternate picking, and scales & basic theory. Includes guitar parts from 31 songs: Body like a Back Road * Change the World * Dust in the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * The House of the Rising Sun * Imagine * Love Story * More Than a Feeling * The Reason * Someone like You * Thinking Out Loud * Unchained Melody * and more.
