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 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 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 Building Bass Lines for Bass Guitar written by Chuck Archard and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 99 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.
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 Walking Bassics written by Ed Fuqua and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines. Comprehensive, easy to understand, with page after page of great transcriptions of the author's walking lines on the accompanying CD. The CD of NY professional jazz players can also be used as a swinging play-along CD. Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Haslip, John Goldsby, etc.
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 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 97 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 Walking Bass written by Johnny Rector and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern electric bass guitar patterns presented here are designed to teach the student guitarist and bassist the basics of playing effective walking bass line accompaniment for instrumentalists and vocalists. This is a no-nonsense book that gets quickly to the heart of the matter. It would best be appreciated by the intermediate to advanced student already familiar with the fundamentals of electric bass guitar technique. Written in notation and tablature, Walking Bass provides a thorough grounding in chord theory as applied to the electric bass. the accompanying CD recording is very helpful in grasping the aural concepts presented in the book.
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 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 Walking Bass for Jazz and Blues written by NICK. CLARK and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to walking bass lines so you learn how to play on the most common chord changes in blues and jazz.
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 Creative Bass Technique Exercises written by Dan Hawkins and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover fully-formed musical grooves, riffs and licks you can incorporate into your playing right now - each one carefully crafted to develop dexterity, timing and feel.
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 Martin Taylor Walking Basslines for Jazz Guitar written by Martin Taylor and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz Guitar virtuoso Martin Taylor teaches his secret walking bassline techniques
Download or read book Bass Players To Know written by Ryan Madora and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the aspiring musician, knowing what to listen to is just as important as knowing what to play. Bass player and writer Ryan Madora provides the reader with exactly that--a guide to listening and learning from the greats. Shining the spotlight on players who are too often confined to the background, this book highlights the session aces, band members, and career musicians whose bass lines have permeated popular culture. Madora discusses the nuances of bass playing and the stylistic choices behind classic records, top-forty hits, and funky deep cuts. An invaluable resource for professionals and hobbyists alike, Bass Players To Know features players who have contributed to the evolution of the instrument, including Ray Brown, Jack Bruce, Cliff Burton, Duck Dunn, Louis Johnson, Edgar Meyer, Willie Weeks, and many others.
