This book and accompanying audio are intended for the bass player who wantsto stretch his or her limits and begin playing outside his or her comfort zone. Starting with just the right hand, the material covers warm-ups, scales, chords and etudes that will help you develop ideas and expand your technique. Different musical styles and time signatures are presented, along with all the chords thatcomprise most western music. Working through this book will help you acquire limitless chops and become the bassist with the tastiest ideas - the one that other musicians will want to play with. Be careful when you take this book to thewoodshed, because you might just burn it down!

Are you unsure how to appropriately use that low B-string? This book and accompanying audio will show you how, and much more. The book starts you off with right-hand technique exercises to increase finger speed. Next, the materialtakes you through the scales and chords that comprise most western music, through the whole range of the bass. Before you know it, the bass will be lighting up with infinite possibilities. This freedom makes playing an extended range instrument so gratifying. The etudes section will get you thinking about idea development through an array of styles and time signatures, while simultaneouslygiving your chops a workout. You can use this book to help connect the ears, hands and mind. Be careful when taking this book to the woodshed because you might burn it down!

Are you unsure how to appropriately use that low B-string? This book and accompanying audio will show you how, and much more. The book starts you off with right-hand technique exercises to increase finger speed. Next, the materialtakes you through the scales and chords that comprise most western music, through the whole range of the bass. Before you know it, the bass will be lighting up with infinite possibilities. This freedom makes playing an extended range instrument so gratifying. The etudes section will get you thinking about idea development through an array of styles and time signatures, while simultaneouslygiving your chops a workout. You can use this book to help connect the ears, hands and mind. Be careful when taking this book to the woodshed because you might burn it down! Includes access to online audio

This book, in notation and tablature, is designed to improve reading skills and present phrases appropriate to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, Reggae, disco, and new wave. Includes arpegiated and 3-note chord exercises and slapping/popping studies!

This book presents selected studies by masterful 19th-century classical guitar composer Fernando Sor, arranged and edited for bass. Drawn from several of Sor’s collections of studies, this publication aims to provide electric bass players with material that is both didactic and enjoyable to play but could also be used in recital programs. A set of duets provides more advanced players with further study material. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Dragonetti and other composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Some of these pieces are well-known and others are a bit off the beaten path, but each composition encourages technical and musical development in players who want to expand the scope of the electric bass beyond traditional bass lines. This book is written in standard bass clef notation and tablature and is recommended for the intermediate to advanced player.

When Leo Fender invented the electric bass in the early 1950s, little did he know the musical revolution that would follow. Dozens of musical styles were born as a direct result of his invention. Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Bass Riffs is an overview of over 40 different musical styles, covering 50 years of electric bass playing. Through a wide variety of stylistic examples, this book explores many musical genres that may have never existed without the electric bass guitar. These examples will undoubtedly add diversity to your musical vocabulary and supplement your style.