Download or read book The Essential Guide to Technique for Bass Guitar Players written by James Eager and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn 'The Essential Technique Method': Discover the secrets of developing a professional-standard bass guitar technique making it effortless to play the songs and bass lines you love. Do you wish you had proven method to create more speed and more accuracy on the bass guitar? Do you wish you could improve your bass guitar tone and gain the technique to play the songs that inspired you to pick up the bass in the first place? Do you want to learn how to avoid nasty injuries and get the best out of the instrument even if you're older and suffer with conditions such as Arteritis? Written By British Bassist James Eager: "...Not so long back I realised that I used one 'core method and approach' that covers 95% of how I pay my mortgage here in the UK as a working pro bassist. ...The Essential Technique Method (or E.T.M) is a tried and tested formula that distills the most important elements of bass guitar technique into one clear step-by-step methodology . ...The Essential Guide To Technique For Bass Guitar explains these concepts piece by piece, so students can gain the technique to play the bass lines they'll see time and time again on gigs, jam sessions, worship teams and hit records. ...I've stripped out the fluff to give the most important information that will help you play faster, with more dexterity, more accurately and help you improve tone. What's more, developing technique using 'Essential Technique Method' will naturally improve your timing as a byproduct" From Beginner To Intermediate... And Well Beyond... The Essential Guide To Technique For Bass Guitar Players starts rights at the very beginning (assuming nothing) and gives all of the information a beginner needs to start developing a rock solid technique. For intermediate to advanced bassists this book is the perfect 'reference manual' to fix issues with your technique. The Essential Guide To Technique For Bass Guitar Players: What You'll Learn - The fundamental concepts behind building professional standard technique. An overview of how the hands work physically. The fundamentals of using the plucking and fretting hands and the most important techniques to develop. How to to build to systematically build speed, accuracy and dexterity. The strategies, tactics and how to approach technique... so you so you figure out any technical issue and learn any other technique you wish. How to create effective warm ups and practice routines. Tips for the older bassist from a qualified medical professional: How to get the most out of the bass & avoid injury. If you're serious about improving your bass guitar technique by getting focused step-by-step information, scroll back up to the top and and order your copy of The Essential Guide To Technique For Bass Guitar today!
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Walking Bass for Bass Guitar Players written by James Eager and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn To Play Walking Bass Lines With A Simple, Easy to Understand System - Perfect for Beginner To Intermediate Bassists The '3M System for Walking Bass' starts right at the beginning (assuming nothing), and teaches you the 3 core methods to master Walking Bass with ease, especially for bass guitar players. Create Bass lines that sound great in the 'real world' using Chromatics, Chord tones, Intervals & Scales. Construct your own walking bass using the formulas & templates that top professionals use every day Produce spontaneous, improvised sounding bass lines, using pre-planning techniques to create 'in the moment' Walking Bass Walking Bass does not have to be hard or impossible to learn, and often agreed that it's the most powerful method any Bass Guitar student can learn. Here's Why: [Harmony] Walking Bass improves every single genre of music you play. You'll know exactly exactly which notes will work, even over the most complicated chords. [Fingerboard Knowledge ] Walking Bass improves fingerboard knowledge. Have confidence to start exploring the whole of the neck. Stop getting stuck in one or two positions of the bass. [Rhythm] Walking Bass ensures you focus on creating and maintaining pulse so your rhythmic confidence develops in every musical situation. Here's what's inside the book: A step-by-step system which starts simple at day one and slowly builds, assuming nothing. Clear teaching that makes each element of the 3M System for Walking Bass 'easy to understand' giving you total clarity on how Chromatics, Chord Tones, Intervals, triads, arpeggios and Scales & Modes work to create walking bass lines. Formulas, Templates & 'Riff Packs' so you experience and learn countless examples of these concepts in action. 101 audio examples and backing tracks that are all performed using 100% real musicians and instruments (nothing computer generated!) so you can hear exactly what your aiming for. Standard notation, tab and fingerboard diagrams so all examples are clear and understandable. The Essential Guide To Walking Bass For Bass Guitar Players gives you detailed knowledge of how to create, play & improvise Walking Bass over the most important 'Jazz' and 'Blues' structures ...after all, Walking Bass is right at the heart of all of the great bass players from Ray Brown or Charles Mingus all the way through to Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller or Victor Wooten. About The Author James Eager has almost two decades of gig performances in the UK as a full time bass player. He has taught hundreds of students in person, and now thousands of students online through his membership site and books. He believes that learning Walking Bass should be a straightforward and obtainable technique for all students. Which led him to the development of 'The 3M System For Walking Bass' and he has been on a mission for the past 15 years to teach this incredible style of bass playing to his students. He has also authored, 'The Complete Guide to Music Theory for Bass Guitar Players' and 'The Essential Guide to Technique for Bass Guitar Players'.
Download or read book The Bass Player Book written by Karl Coryat and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Building Bass Lines written by Chuck Archard and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches everything you need to know to create great bass lines. An easy-to-use, step-by-step approach to basic theory is given as a foundation, and then the essential styles-and many styles within each style-are explored from the bass point of view. Learn how the bass fits into the group, the important bass techniques for each style and even what tempos to expect. Bass players, arrangers and composers alike will love the hundreds of tips and sample bass lines. A CD demonstrating all the examples and for playing along is available.
Download or read book Stuff Good Bass Players Should Know written by Glenn Letsch and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides instruction and tips on performing, recording, equipment, theory, and techniques of playing the bass guitar.
Download or read book The Bass Handbook written by Adrian Ashton and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This indispensable handbook helps players of all levels produce better, more creative, and more varied bass lines. Divided into two sections Playing Your Bass and Knowing Your Bass it covers everything from tuning, reading music, scales and chords, and advanced techniques to tips on buying and upgrading a budget bass and troubleshooting. Along with a list of suggested listening and a reference guide, this book provides an unrivaled digest of bass information that might otherwise take an entire career to amass.
Download or read book First Bass written by Josquin Des Pres and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents lessons and exercises on the fundamentals of electric bass guitar.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Playing Bass Guitar written by David Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar will show you exactly how to master the fundamentals of bass and develop your own playing style. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: detailed advice on everything you need to learn to play bass, from choosing the right equipment to playing and improvising on your own; the low-down on scales, chords, arpeggios, and more; clear explanations that will have you reading tablature and music notation in no time; tips on getting the most out of your practice sessions." - back cover.
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 Building Walking Bass Lines written by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El-basguitarskole.
Download or read book Musicianship for the Contemporary Bassist written by Tracy Walton and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, all the essential musicianship training today's bass player needs is now included under one cover. This easy-to-use, step-by-step method combines music theory, ear training, sight-reading and fretboard knowledge to prepare musicians to play bass in any musical style. Beginning with a review of the fretboard and reading standard music notation in the bass clef, lessons progress in a logical order through scales, intervals, chords, and progressions including tritone substitutions, secondary chords and modulations. Includes 40 worksheets and ear-training quizzes along with a correlating CD. Musicianship for the Contemporary Bassist is the ultimate, must-own resource for the advancing bassist.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Music Theory for Bass Guitar Players written by James Eager and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally Understanding Music Theory For Bass Guitar Got Much Easier.Discover how learning music theory will make you better bass player:- Discover how to unlock the bass guitar so you no longer need tab.- Understand how you can communicate with other musicians and cut your rehearsal time in half.- Discover how musical notes relate to each other so you can learn songs and bass lines much faster.- Improve your musical ear by learning to predict what chords or bass notes will be coming next.Understanding Music Theory has the power to transform your playing... but it can also confuse many students too. The reality is it's been over complicated for years. You just need to be shown the right elements of music theory, in the right order and discover how they directly relate to the bass guitar.The Complete Guide To Music Theory For Bass Players is a step by step manual that shows you the music theory that really matters and give you a simple and logical progression to learn it in. Here's what you will learn:- Discover how the fundamentals of music theory on the bass guitar work, even if you can't name one note on the bass guitar.- Discover the one scale that will open up the world of music and how 80% of rock / pop / soul / funk and jazz music relates directly back to it. Find out how Triads, Arpeggios, Chord Tones, Modes, and the Nashville Number system work on the bass guitar neck.- Find out the other musical instruments that will help you improve your understanding of the bass guitar.- See how this music theory works directly on the bass guitar with the One-Hour Explainer Video that comes with this book.- Discover real world examples of songs so you can see these pivotal concepts in action.... and see this all in action too with the explainer video.In The Complete Guide Music Theory For Bass Players we strip out the fluff so you only get the information that really matters and will enable you to jumpstart your bass guitar progress.
Download or read book Slap Pop Bass A Guide to Modern Funk Techniques Book CD written by David Overthrow and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to serve up funk-a-licious grooves and extract the vibrant percussive sounds hidden in the electric bass. Renowned expert, David Overthrow teaches everything you need to know to get started playing hot slap & pop bass lines. Following a clear and logical progression, each essential technique is covered individually, from hammer-ons and pull-offs to double pops and double stops. Your skills build gradually so learning is easy! Over 100 licks and grooves are provided, plus a special library of bass lines for additional fun. The recording demonstrates all the music featured in the book. A great book for any serious bass player, from beginner to advanced.
Download or read book Electric Bass Guitar written by Andy Doerschuk and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1989 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original 1984 edition of this title presented a definitive approach to the theory, practice and performance of electric bass guitar. As such, it gained wide recognition and acceptance as the best single-volume work in its field. Now, in response to all the new developments in bass technique and application, GPI has put together a revised and updated edition of this invaluable book. Included in this comprehensive new volume are the most up-to-date instructional columns, private lessons, and hard-to-find features from GPI Special Edition: Bass Player magazine. Also featured are important tips and lessons from the foremost artists in the field - Jeff Berlin, Carol Kaye, Nathan East, Stanley Clarke, Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Haslip, Bunny Brunel, and others - who take the reader all the way from choosing an instrument to reading, music theory, practicing, improving technique, and soloing. Plus a new section on bass repair, maintenance, and modification.
Download or read book The Bassist s Bible written by Nicholas Keefe and published by Nicholas Khatchadourian. This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Bassist's Bible: Techniques, Theory, and Tips for All Levels" is a comprehensive guide to playing bass guitar. This book covers everything from the history of the bass guitar to playing techniques, music theory, rhythm, playing with a band, advanced techniques, music styles, maintenance, live performance, and tips for improvement. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, this book provides a wealth of information to help you develop your skills and become a skilled bassist. With clear explanations, helpful illustrations, and a variety of exercises and examples, "The Bassist's Bible" is an essential resource for anyone looking to master the art of playing bass guitar.
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 Bass Playing Techniques Music Instruction written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Musicians Institute Press). This book, designed from MI core curriculum programs, is a comprehensive source for playing bass in a variety of musical styles. Explains: hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, muting, vibrato, slap bass grooves, essential bass lines and basic theory; and more. Includes 365 music examples, exercises, picking suggestions, and sample songs. In standard notation and tab.
