Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Bass
Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!
By Ron Manus and Morton Manus
Bass Guitar Book
Item: 00-4421
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Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, fingering and picking styles and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, Country, and Jazz. Near the end of the book you will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist you in coloring your and others' musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band.
The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons:
* TAB licks and bass lines
* Bass fingerboard chart
* Complete chord chart
* Photos showing hand positions and more
Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.
Additional Information
| Series: | Teach Yourself Series |
| Author: | Morton Manus, Ron Manus |
| Instrument: | Bass Guitar |
| Format: | Book |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Item Number: | 00-4421 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-88284-686-8 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-88284-686-6 |
| UPC: | 038081010373 |
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