101 Bass Tips
Publikacja zawiera 101 porad dla gitarzystów basowych. Możemy tu znaleźć obszerne komentarze (wraz ze zdjęciami) na temat różnych zagadnień: począwszy od zakładania strun przez strojenie, używanie odpowiednich pasków, podłączanie wzmacniaczy aż do specyficznych technik gry na instrumencie. Dodatkowo dołączona jest płyta CD, na której są umieszczone wersje demonstracyjne 64 przykładów z książki.
Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Gary Willis presents valuable how-to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying 64-track CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, theory, and much more.
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StringString boiling recipe
Eye contact
Take the 5th (for improv)
So many melodies...
Speakers up
Drum machine dont's
The one-chorus solo
Set up on the hi-hat side
Imaginary fingering
Got phase?
Live monitor mix
Tool kit list
Mental games
Bend new strings
Re-use fretles strings
Rubing alcohol
String-to-string balance
Adjust your intonation
Location, location
Go low
Fretless reading
Nut height
String trimming
Parametric parameters
Bass reverb EQ
Bass tracking
Cable discipline
Tweeter adjustment
The sound of wood
Compress for finesse
Dynamics vs. even
Mirror, mirror...
Make your own strap
2-5=5
7sus chords
Gain structure
String height/neck relief
Adjusting the truss rod
Adjusting string height
Fretless practice
Fretless pivot
A fretless don't
The locTite solution
No TV!
Steel wool trick
Two-finger test
Left-hand accuracy
Minimum pressure
Pickup balance
Shiw the neck
Warm up under control
Bass balance
No thumb
Solo shape
Drums stop... bad
Regional neck isolation
Pull-offs
Memorization
Machine chops
Interval learning
Bass solo symptoms
Bigger is better
False harmonics
Imaginary 24th fret
False harmonic trick
Left-hand muting
"Jumping bass" syndrome
Light gauge strings
Cable infomercial
Working out
Muscle memory
One string at a time
Another fretless don't
Ear improv
Avoid the salute
The benefits of playing soft
Dampening system
The palm mute
The Barre joint
Pinky flex
Right-hand note dampening
The extra mile
Look at the neck
Look at your right hand
Ear training exercise
PC board spacers
Chord tones thru changes
Studio tracking setup
Secondary dominants
Static harmony fix
The tritone sub
Chord tone proximity
Boomy room fix
The 2x4 solutions
Passive Quirk
False harmonic technique
Diminished chord improv
Classical posture
Appendage time
101 Bass Tips
