The Faber Graded Rock & Pop Series Bass Songbook: Initial - Grade 1 provides the perfect resource for the budding rock and pop musician. Specially arranged to follow the parameters for Initial to Grade 1 as set out by Trinity for the “own choice song” option in their Rock & Pop exams, each song also includes handy hints and tips and a fantastic sound-alike backing track suitable for practice, performance and the exams.

Do you play the bass guitar, but find parts of the fretboard to be uncharted territory? The Bass Fretboard Workbook will teach you how to conquer your fretboard's rough terrain, and no music reading is required! Basic music theory helps improve your playing and ability to interact with other musicians. Take your playing to new levels with this systematic, comprehensive method! Covers: interval basics and shapes; major, minor & pentatonic scale patterns; triads and 7th chords; common chord qualities; and more, plus 29 helpful quizzes to ensure your comprehension.

Learn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide and bonus interactive CD! The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to name a few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassists an opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Features a wide variety of over 300 exercises and technique-building practice opportunities tailored to bass guitar From classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises and chords presented Shows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and hand positions Each lesson concludes with a music piece for you to try The audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany the exercises and drills presented in each section Helps you build your strength, endurance, and dexterity when playing bass Whether you're a beginner bass player or you're looking to stretch your playing skills, Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies is the book for you!

Intergalactic Bass by Carlo Mombelli is based on the scale types that are necessary to master and understand the chord/scale relationships found in many styles of music. By keeping things simple and uncluttered, each page consists of only one scale type, illustrated on a bass guitar neck with the correct fingering – a vital part of organizing the hands. The more organized the hands, the easier it is to play. The arpeggio shape is super-imposed over the corresponding scale in order to create an understanding of the chord/scale relationship. This is better explained with diagrams and not notation. However, because it is a good idea to associate finger positions with their notational equivalents, notation is also included. A simple but comprehensive jazz theory section is also included. This will help the student gain a deeper understanding of harmony and further insight into how to apply the scales found in this book.

With these cool book/CD packs, solo Bass Guitar players can play their parts along with a full, professional big band! Includes authentic, easy-to-read arrangements of 10 favourite jazz standards.

Dutch version of Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar. Each book in this fantastic series contains practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance.

This bumper songbook from Ultimate Guitar includes 50 note-for-note accurate Bass Guitar transcriptions with notes and tab for top songs including: Another One Bites the Dust • The Boys Are Back in Town • Brick House • Carry on Wayward Son • Come Together • Creep • Dani California • Livin' on a Prayer • Mr. Brightside • Money • My Generation • Smells like Teen Spirit • Smoke on the Water • Stand by Me • Sweet Child O' Mine • Walk This Way • We're an American Band • Wonderwall • and many more!

Learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the bass and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn rhythm, timing, basic bass lines and how to play along with a drummer. Learn 5ths and octaves and how to apply them in a song. Playing techniques such as slap, pop and using a pick are covered in depth. Walking bass lines, sixteenth notes, syncopated bass lines, intervals and drop D tuning are just a few of the topics that will help you play song progressions and bass lines. From theory to complete songs, this program has it all! This program comes with 191 professionally recorded backing tracks on a MP3 CD for you to play along with. Play them in your home, car or load them onto your personal MP3 player. You also get lifetime membership to the Rock House Method lesson support system on the web with your purchase!

The Bass Play-Along series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

This book contains all you need for your Trinity Rock & Pop Bass Grade 8 exam - songs, performance tips, technical support, supporting skills and a group song for those in a band - together with a CD of demo and backing tracks. Whether you are self-taught or taking lessons, learning for fun or you have a view to a career in music, Trinity College London Rock & Pop exams will help you to achieve your ambitions. Available for Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards and Vocals, from Initial (beginner) to Grade 8 (advanced), these exams cover a wide variety of music and artists - giving a great choice in all rock and pop styles.