Rock Bass For Beginners (Dvd)

Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. 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 The accompanying DVD features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The DVD also includes TNT 2 software that lets you customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. You may also stream the video and download the TNT 2 software from a browser. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare Basse

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Alfred's Basic Bass Method is the newest addition to the family, and features clear, well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock, blues, country, and jazz. Lots of photos and diagrams make learning easy, and the included DVD contains iPod-compatible video for the visual learner. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Bass Method - the first and best choice for today's beginning bass students. Book 1 covers all the necessities including how to hold your bass, tuning your bass, right- and left-hand technique, the basics of reading music, notes on all four strings, scales, licks, songs, how to read TAB, and playing slides and accents.

The Ultimate beginner Xpress Series takes the fundamentals of the number one instructional music video (Ultimate Beginner Series) and combines it with the most revolutionary way of learning great songs (SongXpress) in order tocreate a path of learning designed to get you up and playing in no time. There are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. Whether it's blues hard rock latin or rock 'n' roll this DVD will teach you the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs just like them.

Beginner Level-Designed for someone with little or no experience this beginner drum program with world-renowned instructor Mark Manzcuk begins by teaching you parts of the drums correct posture proper stick grip and coordination exercises.Have fun learning to keep time count beats and understanding rhythm. You will build grooves place fills and play along with the guitar and bass backing tracks so you can feel what it's like to drive the band!Each RockHouse product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience links with instructors download backing tracks access message boards and much more. You'll connectwith a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

House of Blues Learn to Play Series-A continuation of Level One House of Blues and The Rock House Method® created this blues guitar program to take you from beginner to intermediate level of play in no time. The more than 90 minutes of one-on-one lessons withinstructor and guitarist John McCarthy encourages you to cultivate your own style by emphasizing the techniques and components needed to develop creativity. Learn advanced playing techniques such as full form blues chords bluesscales triplet lead patterns the shuffle feel and swing effect challenging blues riffs turnarounds and more techniques make famous by greats like Gary Moore Lighting Hopkins and Freddy King. The complete song rhythms withfull bass and drum backing tracks will prepare you for the stage.Each Rock House product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience links withinstructors download backing tracks access message boards and much more. You'll connect with a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

Teach Yourself Slap Bass - DVD with Small Booklet-A great introduction to the exciting sounds of Slap Bass. Covers slapping popping left hand hammers slides bends ghost notes and double stops as well as showing you which scales arpeggios and fingerings to use to get thebest sound.Includes 60 page book.Suitable for beginners and all ages.Suitable for all types of bass.Covers slapping popping left hand hammers slides bends and doublestops.Learn to read and play bass music using standard music notation and Easy Read Tab.Shows which scales arpeggios and fingerings to use to get the best sounds.Learn a variety of styles includingHeavy Rock Pop Rock Funk Blues and R&B.Includes a lesson on how to play with a drummer.

Expanding Your Skills DVD 2-Adam Traum continues his exploration of basic electric guitar skills in this DVD. He provides invaluable advice and important information while teaching pick technique chord shapes ‘strike and slides ’ blues scales licks and powerful soloing ideas. He shows you how authentic lead riffs can be played in a variety of positions in the key of A so that even beginners will quickly start using the entire fretboard. You’ll learn more basic chords as Adam carefully shows you how to form the C F and G finger positions combining them into a standard 1-4-5 progression that you’ll recognize as the basis for numerous well-known rock’n’roll songs. By learning how to play thesechords in a variety of places on the neck you’ll build your understanding of the guitar and will be ready to tackle more advanced studies. Extra: Adam and bassist Martin Keith provide rhythm backups so you can practice your newly learned chords and licks.

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Guitar Method: Fingerpicking.Progressive Guitar Method: Fingerpicking covers the fundamental techniques and practical Guitar theoryrequired to learn to play fingerstyle Guitar including alternate thumb arpeggio and constant bass styles.Suitable for all ages and all types of acoustic Guitar.Includes 60 fingerpicking Guitar exercises and populareasy Guitar songs for beginners in rock Guitar pop Guitar folk Guitar country Guitar blues Guitar ragtime Guitar and classical Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read fingerstyle Guitarmusic for beginners Guitar chords for beginners and easy fingerstyle Guitar tabs for beginners.Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Guitar videos and audio for all examples.Basic knowledge of how to read music andplaying the Guitar is required to teach to learn to play Guitar from this book. Includes free poster.