This book was written for bassists who wish to learn to read music as well as for those who wish to sharpen their music reading skills. the studies in the book progress from beginning to professional levels and represent an variety of styles that modern bassists are likely to encounter in real-world musical situations. for those conversant in music's universal language, a whole world of musical styles, ideas, and sounds is always available. This book aims to sharpen the skills of serious student bass players so that they may partake of this endless stream of ideas, information, and inspiration. Standard notation only. None of the exercises in this book contain fingering indications. This omission was made in order to make these exercises useful to players of all types of bass instruments, both electric and acoustic. the author strongly recommends that students work through this book with the supervision of a qualified teacher. If you are a professional musician the author hopes this book will help you stay in top sight-reading form, giving you an edge in a highly competitive market. If you are a novice bassist, this book will help you hone your skills in becoming a skilled professional.

(Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lines, slides, ghost notes, and other techniques.

Bass basics, major scales and modes, harmonic and melodic minor scales and modes, arpeggio patterns and symmetric scales (whole tone and diminished). Serious Electric Bass is a definitive, comprehensive, user-friendly guide for electric bassists of all levels.

The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles. Over 250 pages of exact transcriptions of every note Oscar plays on the 3 accompanying CDs. Endorsed by Down Beat magazine, Latin Beat magazine, Benny Rietveld, etc.

This book, along with others in its series, is designed to develop overall music reading skills. It offers a way for musicians to develop their reading skills without having to resort to method books. The books are divided into two sections: The first is comprised of some fundamentals pages and the reading exercises. The second is comprised of ten melodies from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic repertoire to allow the musician to put the newly trained skills to work. The following composers' work makes up the second sections: Aguado, C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Carulli, Chopin, Clementi, Giuliani, Handel, Haydn, L. Mozart, W.A. Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert, Sor, Tchaikovsky, and a few more.

This book has become a classic in all musicians' libraries for rhythmic analysis and study. Designed to teach syncopation within 4/4 time, the exercises also develop speed and accuracy in sight-reading with uncommon rhythmic figures. A must for all musicians, especially percussionists interested in syncopation.

(String). 195 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Includes solos, duets and pieces with piano accompaniment. Suitable for beginning to advanced level students. "Both tenor and treble clefs are introduced in later chapters. Many tunes throughout the book have simple accompaniments, either for bass or piano. This is helpful, especially early on, to assure good rhythm and pitch, without playing the exact same tune as the sight reader." American String Teacher

The versatility of the Electric Bass has been drawn the attention of musicians and jazz buffs throughout the world. While not a lick book itself, this book will teach you the skills necessary to master many contemporary bass lines and patterns. an ideal supplement to any bass method. This well-written text contains solos, etudes, and various studies in a number of positions. In addition, it integrates position playing with riffs, phrases, and chords. It is a valuable course of study that familiarizes the student with key relationships up the neck.

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.

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.