The Blues Scales

There's more to rock bass playing than just following the guitarist's left hand! This book gives you all the tools you need to construct your own bass lines, creatively and effectively, in a rock context. You'll learn: tips on playing position and posture; warm-up exercises; essential scales and rhythms; building with octaves, approach notes and fifths; box shapes, pentatonic scales and blues; rhythmic variations; and more. The CD includes exercises and full-length tunes.

The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world!
This complete edition contains books 1, 2 and 3 bound together in one easy - to - use volume.
Book 1 includes:
- Tuning
- Playing Position
- Musical Symbols
- Notes Within the First Five Frets
- Common Bass Lines, Patterns, and Rhythms
- Rhythms Through Eighth Notes
- Playing Tips and Techniques
- More Than 100 Great Songs, Riffs, and Examples

Book 2 includes:
- The box Shape
- Moveable Boxes
- Notes in Fifth Position
- Major & Minor Scales
- The Classic Blues Line
- The Shuffle Rhythm
- Tablature

Book 3 includes:
- More Great Songs, Riffs, and Examples
- Sixteenth Notes
- Playing Off Chord Symbols
- Slap & Pop
- Hammer Ons & Pull Offs
- Playing Different Styles and Grooves

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Bass Method - Complete Edition (Friedland Ed)

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This comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking bass lines in all styles pulls together lessons from MI elective courses. The CD includes 31 full-band tracks and demonstrates the exercises in the book. Topics covered include: intervals, chord symbols, and key centers; passing tones, chromatic tones, surround tones, sequences, and bypassing changes; blues, rhythm changes, II-V-I progressions, and other common progressions. In standard notation and TAB.

Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2 years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs. Improvisation is made easy starting with simple 2-measure phrases. Scales and basic theory are introduced in a simple and easy to understand approach. 2 CD's are included with recordings of all exercises and arrangements. Other features: 7 full band arrangements, sample solos, jazz history and people.

Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples.

A concise thesaurus of essential and practical study form for practise and study. Included are valuable tips on using scales to build speed, endurance and fretboard fluency.
Everybody who plays an instrument knows that practicing scales is important. This volume gives bass player a concise thesaurus of essential and practical scale forms for practice and study.

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Beginning Bass Scales (Pickow Peter)

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