Alfred's Basic Bass Method: Complete (Book & 2 CDs)Learning to play bass has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Bass Method, Complete. This method features clear, well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock, blues, country, and jazz, all using lots of photos and diagrams. This complete edition covers how to hold your bass, tuning, right- and left-hand technique, scales, slides, accents, hammer-ons and pull-offs, how to create bass lines, and licks in the styles of famous bassists. This book includes a complete chord chart and two CDs demonstrating all the examples. |
Contents
Mixin It Up in Four | 27 |
Creating Bass Lines Using RootThirdFifth | 72 |
The Eighth Rest | 78 |
Minor Funk | 112 |
Dynamit | 124 |
G Major Licks and Exercises | 132 |
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Alfred's Basic Bass Method: Complete Ron Manus,Lindsey C. Harnsberger,Steve Hall No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
12th fret 1st fret 1st string 2nd finger 2nd Position 2nd string 3rd 5th Root 3rd finger 3rd fret 3rd string 4th string 5th 6th 94 Track 9th 9th b3rd Bass Lick bass lines Bb Eb Bb F beat Blues Bm G Chords Minor Chromatic Scale COUNT Dm G7 DORIAN MODE E Major eighth notes F Bb F CHORDS F Major F Track finger plays Fusion G Bb H H H Half Notes half step hammer-on Heavy Metal Intervals Root key of F key signature LN 3rd 5th major chord major scale Major Scale Track means to play Minor Major Minor Seventh natural sign neck NOTES YOU'VE LEARNED Octave open string pick pitch plays the notes pull-off quarter note Repeat sign rest Rock Lick Root 3rd 5th Scale Description scales and modes Sixteenth Notes sound Syncopation triad unless preceded Warm-up Р Р