Book 2 continues to build strong technique, ear skills, and musicality with obtainable goals relative to those accomplished in Book 1. A large number of shifting and position studies are presented to help players learn to navigate the fingerboard. for upright bassists, there are bowing exercises and variations as well as an explanation of bow articulations. In addition, you will find a further explanation of theory, which includes: triads, inversions, basic, diatonic harmony, minor scales, modes and simple chord progression analysis. You will also find discussions of musical expression markings, such as dynamics, and various articulations. A thorough knowledge of all of these musical elements contributes to your instrumental mastery.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.

In his decades of bass fishing, Larry Larsen covered the bass' global range, from Minnesota to Honduras, from the Hawaiian Islands to Cuba. His personal best largemouth weighed more than 12 pounds, and he established an official line class world record in 1982 for Suwannee bass. A frequent contributor to national and regional outdoor publications, he has written about bass fishing for more than 20 years. His writings detail highly productive fish-catching methods and special techniques. He gives his readers the most productive tactics to find and catch bass. This book will give you a better understanding of America's number one gamefish -- and it will make you a better bass fisherman. Illus.

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 reference guide, this book provides an unrivalled digest of bass information that might otherwise take an entire career to amass. It begins with a 'Basics' section that assumes nothing about your ability. 'Scales and Chords' shows you how to add other notes to your bass lines and includes exercises to extend musical knowledge and train your ear. It develops your understanding of the links between chords and scales, helping you to play from a chord chart or to improvise when required. Most of the ideas and techniques can be achieved without reading music at all, although the information is there for those who can. The 'Reading music' section develops an intuitive approach using pattern recognition rather than the usual mechanical (counting) method, and introduces a skill that may eventually become important to your professional career. Advanced techniques includes harmonics and fretless bass.

The first full-color, comprehensive history, tracing the entire development of one of the 20th century's most important musical instruments. Based on firsthand interviews with primary inventors and makers of past and present bass guitars, this new book examines the birth of the instrument, its popularization during the 1960s and 1970s, and modern variations of the instrument.

Beginning concepts include reading music, the basics of the instrument, and building bass lines using scales, modes, and chord progressions. Intermediate topics include scales, techniques such as slap & pop, string muting, walking bass lines, modes, tetrachords, passing tones, and varying rhythms. The advanced ideas are designed to guide you into high-level bass playing with concept like ""Rhythm changes," tritone substitution, odd time signatures, chord playing, Latin groves, reggae, ska, and advanced funk bass lines.

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Mastering the Guitar 2B is a continuation of Mel Bay's innovative, comprehensive method for learning the guitar. This volume features closed position playing in the keys of A,F-sharp,E-flat, and C-minor. In addition to an incredibly diverse variety of guitar solo material in flatpick and fingerstyle forms, Book 2B teaches chord progressions, blues turnarounds, fingerpicking blues and ragtime solos, harmonized scales and basic improvisation. Finally, a number of outstanding duets are included by masters such as Corelli, Bach, and Rameau. Mastering the Guitar2B extensive audio is a recording to accompany the new comprehensive Mel Bay method of the same title. This audio contains most all of the solo and duet settings found in the book as performed by William Bay, Mike Christiansen, and John McClellan. Includes access to online audio

Mastering the Bass is a thorough method for both electric and upright bass designed to guide bassists to mastery. It begins with building strong time and rhythmic skills, a firm foundation upon which all bass playing must be rooted. Following this, students learn a wide range of grooves and practice reading all styles of music: Blues, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Fusion (including odd meters), Jazz, Latin, Baroque, Classical and more. Ear training incorporated into the method improves the students' listening skills, teaching students to hear chord progressions, melodies and rhythms. Theory lessons help students understand how the bass functions in music. Students also study improvisation of both bass parts and solos on chord changes, articulation (finger and bowing technique), performance goals, visualization, and more. Each volume moves logically to the next level Even seasoned players can fill holes in their technique by going through the method from Book I and moving on to greater technique as well as a deeper understanding in later volumes.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.

(Bass Instruction). As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/audio pack provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of metal you subscribe to from classic metal to modern metal and beyond Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave. Extreme Metal Bass also includes access to enhanced audio with demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in the book, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing. This book is designed for players who use a standard-tuned five-string bass (low to high: B-E-A-D-G). If you do not have a five-string bass, a four string (tuned B-E-A-D) will work for much of the material presented.