Beginning Bass for Adults
The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Bass
By David Overthrow
Bass Guitar Book & CD
Item: 00-40272
$19.99
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This fun and friendly step-by-step introduction to bass is written with the adult learner in mind. It is both a great self-teaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. Beginning Bass for Adults covers how to play scales, bass lines, and songs with easy-to-read examples in standard music notation and TAB. Blues, rock, reggae, and funk styles are covered, plus exciting techniques like slap & pop. In addition, detailed photographs and diagrams help simplify the learning process. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book is included.
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Contents
| Title | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| How to Use This Book | |
| CHAPTER ONE | |
| Buying Your Bass | |
| Amplifiers | |
| Parts of the Bass | |
| Holding the Bass | |
| The Left Hand | |
| The Right Hand | |
| Tuning Your Bass | |
| CHAPTER TWO | |
| Reading Music---Pitch | |
| Reading Music---Time | |
| CHAPTER THREE | |
| Lesson 1: The Open Strings | |
| Lesson 2: Notes on the 1st String | |
| Dotted Half Note Time | |
| Triple Treat | |
| Mixing Matters | |
| Lesson 3: Notes on the 2nd String | |
| Notes on the 1st and 2nd String | |
| Lesson 4: Notes on the 3rd String | |
| Notes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Strings | |
| Three-String Reggae | |
| Lesson 5: Notes on the 4th String | |
| Notes on All Four Strings | |
| All Four One | |
| High C | |
| Lesson 6: The Major Scale | |
| The Tie | |
| Terrific Ties | |
| Towering Ties | |
| The Repeat Sign | |
| 8 Bars in C | |
| Tune for Twelve | |
| Eighth Notes | |
| Eight to the Bar | |
| The Eighth Rest | |
| Rasta Riff | |
| CHAPTER FOUR | |
| Accidentals | |
| Key Signatures---The Key of G Major | |
| 3 Chords in G | |
| The Key of D Major | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Bass Line in D | |
| Rockin' with Eighths in G | |
| The Key of F Major | |
| Halves & Eighths in F | |
| Dotted Quarter Note | |
| Review of G and F Major | |
| Boogie in G | |
| Major Dots in F | |
| Cut Time | |
| Country Kid | |
| Samba in D | |
| CHAPTER FIVE | |
| Sixteenth Notes | |
| Rockin' the House in C | |
| Ballad in G | |
| Funky G | |
| Octaves | |
| Octa Funk | |
| Dotted Eighth Note | |
| Dotted Eighth Note 8-Bar Blues in C | |
| The Eighth-Note Triplet | |
| Eighth-Note Triplet Blues | |
| CHAPTER SIX | |
| Bass Tablature | |
| Intervals of the Major Scale | |
| Major Chords | |
| Major Chords in G | |
| Minor Chords | |
| Major and Minor Chord Tune | |
| Augmented and Diminished Chords | |
| Chords of the Major Scale | |
| I-IV-V Chord Progression | |
| I-IV-V Reggae | |
| I-vi-IV-V Chord Progression | |
| I-vi-IV-V Bass Lines | |
| I-vi-IV-V in A | |
| I-vi-IV-V Eighth-Note Boogie | |
| CHAPTER SEVEN | |
| Introducing the Blues | |
| The Blues Quick Four | |
| Blues Turnarounds | |
| Major Pentatonic Scale | |
| Rockabilly Blues | |
| 8th-Note Rockabilly | |
| Dominant 7th Chords | |
| Dominant 7th Rockabilly Groove | |
| 8ths Are Dominant | |
| Swing Eighth Notes | |
| Swingin' with 8ths | |
| Bluesy 8th Swing | |
| Slow Blues | |
| Take It Slow | |
| 16-Bar Blues | |
| 16-Bar Blues in G | |
| Blues Scale | |
| Blues Scale Riff Tune | |
| CHAPTER EIGHT | |
| Minor 7th Chord | |
| Reggae in A Minor | |
| The Dorian Mode | |
| Dorian Dance | |
| A Dorian Rock Riff | |
| The Mixolydian Mode | |
| Mixolydian Riffs | |
| D Mixolydian Riff | |
| More Mixo | |
| Blues with Mixo | |
| CHAPTER NINE | |
| Funk | |
| Syncopation | |
| Funk in E | |
| Funk for Two | |
| Muted Notes | |
| Muted Note Funk | |
| Muted but Heard | |
| Introduction to Slap & Pop | |
| The Slap | |
| Slap Bass Lines | |
| The Pop | |
| Slap & Pop Bass Lines | |
| Slap & Pop with 10ths | |
| Bass Fingerboard Chart |
Additional Information
| Series: | For Adults |
| Author: | David Overthrow |
| Instrument: | Bass Guitar |
| Format: | Book & CD |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Item Number: | 00-40272 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-9307-X |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-9307-8 |
| UPC: | 038081448985 |
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