Get the low-end lowdown for 19 top tunes by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Includes full transcriptions in bass guitar tablature with vocal melody and lyrics.

100 Tips For Bass Guitar You Should Have Been Told is a step-by-step guide to the bass. Via a series of graduated exercises supported by a free full-length audio CD, respected performer and tutor Stuart Clayton gives the lowdown on fingerstyle and plectrum technique and teaches you how to slap the strings like Mark King! Whether you're a beginner looking to buy your first guitar or a seasonned professionnal hoping to enhance your playing skills, 100 Tips For Bass Guitar You Should Have Been Told is all you need to become a master on the four-string powerhouse.

Features authentic, note-for-note transcriptions with TAB for 16 super tunes from this eclectic bass master.

Méthode De Basse Pour Debutants. Feu Vert Basse s'adresse a vous, bassistes de niveau debutant a moyen et vous propose de vous familiariser avec ce fabuleux instrument qu'est la basse electrique. Il arrive toujours un moment ou vous avez besoin d'etre guides pour progresser. Considerez donc cet ouvrage comme la base meme de vos connaissances generales. Organisez-vous par chapitre. Un challenge por vous et quel plaisir! Les notes Les tablatures Le blues L'anatole Le Rock Le Jazz-Rock Le Slap Les styles latins Le Shuffle La walkin bass Le Groove Les plans celebres

A step by step breakdown of the bass styles and technique of Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic.

Your ultimate guide to the secrets and techniques of the Slap Bass style. Bass ace Ed Friedland gives you a step-by-step guide to this complex high-energy playing style. Starting with the basic right-hand skills, Freidman progresses to cover such disciplines as:Slapping, popping, left-hand integration, dead notes and more dangerous techniquesA dedicated groove for each techniqueGrooving with a drum machineFunk historySlow demos, tips on sound and how to create your own grooves

Play a musical instrument, just like the rock stars! All you need is the desire to learn and the willingness to have some fun while you are doing it. UBSjr is an interactive learning experience that gets down to the basics fast! You set the pace. Practice along with someone who is learning just like you. I no time, you will be on your way to playing like a star. With UBSjr, learning will be fun. You will participate in lots of activities and exercises and even learn some songs. Your ability and progress will come naturally without ever feeling like you were being taught. Here are some of the important skills and information you'll pick up as part of this exciting program: Types of basses Parts of the bassHow to hold the bassCorrect playing techniqueThe meaning of melody, harmony and rhythm How fo find the beat Beginning notes Beginning bass lines Various musical terms and symbols How to practice Accessories This DVD makes learning fun and easy, with endless interactive features to access bonus materials that reinforce key areas and give helpful tips. Bonus Educational Material: Types of basses/Buying a bass Parts of the bass Audio examples for exercises and songs Beginning music theory interactive Listening recommendations Performance applications Additional product previews Educational booklet included Getting to know the instruments DVD-ROM Features: Printable reference materials Practice worksheets and puzzles Bonus lessons Internet Connectivity Play-along audio tracks Note to parents: This program is designed to inspire younger students to use their creativity while developing a lifetime appreciation for music. They'll be proud of their accomplishment, and so will you.

The New Method for Electric Bass provides a full step-by-step guide for all aspiring students of electric bass. Topics are presented and expanded gradually, allowing you to gain a complete level of understanding. Plus, all the exercises are written in standard notation and tablature and are provided with fingering and technical tips for practicing.

A big box of essential items to help you start learning the bass guitar. In this great pack you get: Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar (Book & CD) Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar DVD Beginning Bass Scales (Book) Woodstock Manuscript Book Guitar Strap 10ft Guitar Lead 1mm Nylon Pick

Features two of the most creative musicians in contemporary music. Victor and Carter have known each other since childhood, however Victor's Yin-Yang was the first project that they had ever done together.

German-language edition of the hugely successful Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar tutorial DVD, providing a complete grounding in Bass playing, with examples in notation and Tab.

The songbook features note for note transcriptions with tab for Dirk Lance's bass work on 12 tunes from Incubus' album Morning View.

The New Method for Electric Bass is a progressive, easy to follow tuition method, which gives the experienced player a more complete understanding of the instrument. Packed with useful tips for improving technique.

A quick reference guide to the scales commonly used in improvising and bass-line construction, covering the musical theory and the practical applications.

There's more to rock bass playing than just following the guitarist's left hand! This book gives you all the tools you need to construct your own bass lines, creatively and effectively, in a rock context. BASIC TIPS ON PLAYING RIGHT HAND POSITION LEFT HAND POSITION CHROMATIC WARM UP EXCERCISE LET'S ADD THE METRONOME ROOT-FIVE-OCTAVE EXERCISE FIRST THINGS FIRST - HERE'S THE NECK MAJOR SCALE AND NUMERICAL SYSTEM - OPEN STRING POSITION BASIC RHYTHMS TAKE A LITTLE REST PLAY THE ROOT USING THE OCTAVE ADDING THE FIFTH CHROMATIC APPROACH NOTES SCALE APPROACH NOTES DOMINANT APPROACH NOTES BOX SHAPES, PENTATONIC SCALES AND BLUES WALKING BLUES LINE ANTICIPATING THE DOWNBEAT UPBEATS SIXTEENTHS WRAPPING IT UP FULL LENGTH TUNES

Crash Course: Bass provides a fast track to getting to grips with the four-string monster, with easy-to-follow exercises, basic theory and tips on producing some awe-inspiring bass lines. Develop your technique and style in just 8 weeks! All the lessons are demonstrated and explained on the accompanying CD.

Bass tablature transcriptions of eighteen of the legendary jazz-funk bass player's best-known tunes.

Learn Guy Berryman's bass parts from the note-for-note bass tab transcriptions and play along with the specially recorded CD of Coldplay backing tracks. Includes bass tablature and standard notation for eight songs, with chord symbols and complete lyrics for vocalists.

Learn some of the essential skills and techniques of funk bass with ultra-quick and effortless style of Bill “The Buddha” Dickens. In this terrific book and CD method he lays bare his incredible arsenal of funk skills in a carefully structured format that allows you to incorporate these amazing techniques into your own music. Learn: Thump, pluck, hammer and ghost-note techniques Basic, intermediate and advanced variations Hip-hop grooves The Buddha Rope Advanced Riffs Six complete play-along tracks

Showcasing the tremendous, often unrealized potential of the bass guitar, Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten have put together this version of their groundbreaking Bass Extremes album/book project, now available on DVD for the first time ever. Steve and Victor demonstrate how the bass guitar can supply bass lines, piano and guitar-like comping figures, lead solos, and percussion parts in styles ranging from bebop to new age and heavy metal. Each piece highlights different aspects of their amazing techniques - like Steve's three-finger technique or his awe-inspiring command of harmonics and chord voicings, or Victor's incredible funk grooves or his thumb and two-handed tapping techniques. Between each performance segment, Steve and Victor walk you note-for-note through the licks and techniques that make up each song, explaining and demonstrating everything at slow speeds.

Learn the techniques that every truly great bass player needs to know! From basic slapping and popping to machine-gun riffing, this programme has something for bass players at every level. The one-on-one lessons with bassist/instructor Chris McCarvill show you how to apply the techniques popularised by Marcus Miller, Larry Graham and Louis Johnson. You’ll learn the four elements of Slap and Pop as well as advanced techniques like octaves, fifths, muting, double slapping, sliding, the snap, bending notes and using effects. By the end of this programme you’ll be the funkiest bass player around!

Your all-in-one package for learning to play the bass guitar. Guidebook gets you playing right away and allows you to practise along with accompanying audio tracks. The DVD features an expert teacher and more.

DVD special features Step by step tuitionInstant access to every stepPlay on TV or PC Crystal clear pictures and sound Freeze frame and zoom Computer graphic aids Whatever style you eventually want to play the basics have to be learned. Too many people give up at this stage because learning the basics can be laborious and discouraging. This DVD will make learning interesting effective and fun. Jools Holland introduces this easy-to-learn DVD which is presented by Henry Thomas.

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.