Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backup track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your bass guitar.

This book/CD is a jumping off point, a place to glimpse the possibilities of the electric bass. This book examines the use of chords and chord melody in performance, arranging, composing and the development and exploration of new techniques. From using chords to enhance and embellish your grooving bass lines, to developing a comping style to perform with an ensemble and finally to create solo arrangements and compositions for practice and performance. Includes actual arrangements, recordings, notation and tablature to guide you along the way.

Book/CD. Build your bass vocabulary in a variety of styles with this comprehensive collection! Styles covered include blues, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, country, latin, hip-hop, gospel and more. The CD includes all 150 grooves for demonstration and play-along.

Foreword by David Letterman bassist, Will Lee, who calls it the most important bass book since Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Endorsed by Stuart Hamm, Brian Bromberg, Alexis Sklarevski, Rocco Prestia and others!
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Learn to groove and swing and become a strong and solid anchor, holding down the bottom end of a big band. A guide to the essentials for double bass and electric bass by Grammy-nominated jazz bass icon John Clayton, Jr.

Created specifically for bass players, this book takes you inside Bunny Brunel's innovative system for solo improvisation. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience performing and teaching, Brunel presents his methods for understanding modes, scales, chords, harmony and substitutions, and shows you how to apply these concepts to blues and jazz soloing. Includes transcriptions of Brunel's mind-blowing solos, and his performance of the solos and examples on CD.

This book/CD set teaches the basics of country bass playing in a fun, "quick access" format. In a minimum amount of time, you will learn the bass parts to 22 popular traditional songs, including train songs ("New River Train"), gospel standards ("Amazing Grace"), Waltzes ("Knoxville Girl"), bluegrass songs ("Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down"), country blues ("Corrine, Corrina") and more. All bass parts are written in both tablature and standard notation, exactly as played on the companion CD. Extra lyrics are provided for singers.

This book is a must for the beginning bass player. It not only provides hints on choosing the right instrument, but prepares you for practical exercises and different playing techniques. Features all the basic techniques of rock, soul, funk, blues and reggae.

A comprehensive source for learning the theory and geometry of the bass fingerboard by one of today's leading players and instructors. Audio features Gary Willis demonstrating 99 examples and exercises on the accompanying CD.

Designed for drummers and bass players, this indispensable book/CD by veterans Lincoln Goines and Robby Ameen lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Jaco Pastorius , one of the greatest bass players of all time, forged a landmark bass style that still permeates music today. His melodic sense, delicate touch and groundbreaking bass grooves have influenced generations of musicians, while his music has consistently topped readers' and critics' polls worldwide.

This book/CD set features transcriptions of the examples and solos from Jaco's Modern Electric Bass DVD, with an interview by legendary bassist Jerry Jemmott. The CD concludes with a trio performance with John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard.

Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary with this all-encompassing book/CD pack for bassists, by bass veteran Glenn Letsch. Provides valuable tips on performing, recording, the music business, instruments and equipment (including electronics), grooves, fills, soloing techniques, care and maintenance and more. Covers rock, jazz, blues, R&B and funk through demos of authentic grooves. The accompanying CD includes many of the examples in the book performed both in solo bass format and in a full-band setting so you can hear how important concepts fit in with other instruments and ensembles.

Pick up this comprehensive book and experience a unique and exciting journey through the diverse world of rock bass playing. From the blues-soaked sound of early rock and roll to the hyperkinetic thrash of modern metal, this book has something for every kind of bassist out there, no matter what your style and preference is. This book breaks down the musical styles of iconic players throughout history, and includes authentic-sounding examples. Learn the technique, theory, and song forms needed to be a great bassist and take the stage in your own rock band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

Bassist and educator Max Palermo takes you through more than 700 easy, step-by-step exercises for finger building, based on the 24 possible fingering combinations.