Perfect for bassists who have already started and are ready to take the next step into contemporary styles. Also for experiencd players who want to enhance their knowledge. Starting with a review of reading music, this book explains the basics of music theory as it relates to being a great bass player with an easy, step-by-step, approach. Before you know it, you'll be using major scales, triads and 7th chords to create cool-sounding bass lines for the most important chord progressions all bassists need to know. Learn the basics of blues and funk styles to lock in with a drummer. Students, teachers and self-taught players alike will enjoy this thorough, easy to use, method.

By Bob Marley. For bass guitar and voice. Hal Leonard Bass Recorded Versions. Reggae. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Bass tablature songbook. Bass tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names and bass notation legend. 111 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Everything you need to know about playing bass in jazz, blues, rock, disco & reggae is here in Bass Styles, along with exercises designed to unleash your full bass-playing potential. With vital tips on fingerstyle and pick playing, as well as an indispensable guide to basic music theory, including scales, harmony and rhythm, and a profile of the instrument's foremost exponents, Bass Styles really is a complete guide to laying down killer bass-guitar lines in music's most popular genres. Includes a CD of all the exercises featured in the book.

Covering the wonderfully rich music which is derived from the fusion of the cultures of West Africa, Europe and the indigenous Indian cultures of the Caribbean region, this book and CD combination will expand your bass playing. The book explores all the essential styles and delves into the special relationship of the bass to the many rhythm grooves of these drumming traditions. For each style sample or exercise, the CD contains a performance demo and then a version without the bass for you to play along. If you want to be a well-rounded, well trained musician, this publication provides the information and exercises that will give you a strong musical foundation in these important genres. Each style section contains historical references and background, useful information and explanations about the styles, notated musical examples of each approach, detailed points about 'feel', important performance tips, extensive Discographies and Bibliographies, biographies of each author and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on accompaniment CDs.

Learn to play Rumba and Soukous style African bass guitar in this step by step DVD with Kibisi Douglas - bass player of Baka Beyond and Kanda Bongo Man. 28 exercises to develop your tone, phrasing and technique for African styles. Suitable for beginners and upwards.

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 also 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 and Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!Songs: Could You Be Loved • Get Up Stand Up • Is This Love • Jamming • No Woman No Cry • Stir It Up • Three Little Birds • Waiting in Vain. Pick up the corresponding Guitar and Drum Play-Along volumes so your whole band can jam along!

Accurate bass tab transcriptions and professional backing tracks for six of Bob Marley's greatest hits. What you get in this pack: On the CDs Full demo with bass showing you how the song should sound. Accompaniment track without bass for you to play along with on your own bass. In the Music Book. Music, chords and full lyrics. Learn the bass part from the TAB or the standard notation.