Ideal for beginners, the book covers several styles of bass playing with example music in both the book and on the provided audio CD. Written as a practice aid for the improvisation part of the LCM Bass Guitar exam, the sections are expertly designed to progress at the perfect pace for the early grades player. The CD backing tracks are all professionally recorded and cover a wide range of styles from the last three decades. The book enables the reader to develop bassline creation skills, explaining the necessary theory along the way using tablature, notation and diagrams. Whether or not you intend to take an LCM bass exams, this book is simply the best introduction to improvising bass guitar. / Exams / Etude / Guitare Basse

Metodi di esercitazione con CD audio destinati a far lavorare il musicista in condizioni musicali simili a quelle del gruppo sia per l???accompagnamento che per l???improvvisazione.

Cet ouvrage est destiné à tous les bassistes qui aiment la Worldmusic, et souhaitent pouvoir la travailler dans des conditions optimales. Le présent coffret contient en effet un CD de 20 playbacks très 'pros?, présentant exactement 'dans le style? les principaux courants de la worldmusic (bossa nova, salsa, chachachà, samba, reggae, zouk, merengue, celtic, rumba, tango), sous forme de grilles de longue durée destinées à l'entraînement (dans les 2 tonalités principales de chaque style), ainsi qu'un livret avec le détail exact des grilles correspondantes. / Guitare Basse

Par ENSIGN MARC. Un bon joueur de bass devrait être capable de jouer confortablement dans presque n'importe quel style de musique dans presque n'importe quelle situation donnée. L'objectif de ce livre est de révéler le vaste monde de différents styles musicaux qui peuvent être rencontrées au cours de la durée de vie d'un joueur de basse. Chaque chapitre commence par une petite histoire du style musical. Sachant comment chacune de ces styles est liée peut améliorer jouant par était d'emprunt des rainures et des idées de l'un à l'autre. Le livre de groove est conçu non seulement pour vous enseigner comment jouer à ces différents styles, mais aussi comment aime jouer à eux. Ecrit en notation standard uniquement. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Rock - Licks and Phrases / Etude / Guitare Basse

Tous les bassistes ont, à un moment ou un autre de leur progression, besoin de posséder un minimum de notions théoriques. Pour être capable de lire, de comprendre et de suivre une partition. Pour connaître le manche de sa basse et les notes qui le composent. Pour apprendre et jouer les gammes, les modes et les arpèges.?Pour en savoir plus sur les accords. Pour maîtriser toutes les notions d?ordre rythmique. Pour créer une ligne de basse. Pour improviser. Bref...?pour être musicien ! Alors, si vous êtes ignorant en la matière, cette méthode vous ouvrira de nouveaux horizons.?Et si vous êtes fâché avec le sujet, celle-ci saura assurément vous réconcilier avec les mots théorie et solfège. N?allez pas croire pour autant que cet ouvrage est rempli de règles aussi compliquées qu?indigestes. Bien au contraire. Se voulant avant tout convivial, il permet de mettre immédiatement en pratique à la basse les différents points théoriques exposés au travers d?exemples purement musicaux. De la théorie musicale appliquée... C?est au travers de huit grands chapitres que sont présentées ici toutes les notions à connaître : la notation musicale, la connaissance du manche, l?armure et la tonalité, le rythme, les intervalles, les gammes, les modes et enfin les arpèges d?accords. Un vaste programme pour qu?une fois l?étude de cet ouvrage terminée, vous soyez en mesure de dire avec fierté : « La théorie ? C?est facile ! ». Le CD joint à la méthode constitue une aide complémentaire de tout premier ordre, puisqu?il permet d?entendre tous les exemples musicaux tels qu?ils doivent être joués, compris et assimilés.

This book aims at making you play your first accompaniments on bass. You will start by playing very simple bass lines around which, over the pages, will become progressively richer, more loaded, until ending with accompaniments mixing white, black and eighth notes, on Pop, Rock and Blues grids of 8 and 12 bars. Equalling to 40 accompaniments in total, presented in the greatest clarity with, on the score, both the staff and the corresponding tablature, but also the name of the chords that the bass accompanies. To learn how to play in place, but also to have fun as if you were in a band, among other musicians, a specific playback for each of the 40 bass lines is available. Finally, on the data disc (mp3 audios and mp4 videos) attached to the method, you will find a video of the only bass part for each accompaniment, an audio recording mixing the bass and its playback, and finally the playback itself, in long-term version. More than 4 hours of music in total!

The purpose of this method is to bring you back to the golden age of bass the 60’s and 70’s and the musical styles that really made it shine: Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Soul and Funk. These styles deeply influenced modern music especially in the way the bass was used giving it a prominent and even key role. At the menu of this method certainly a must-have for any serious bass player here are 25 bass lines... to have fun above all but also to let you make progress musically as well as technically. To give you the keys to these major styles a preliminary chapter will describe their distinctive features (sound scales and arpeggios influential bassists...). The accompanyingdisc contains audio and video files. The videos (mp4) show all the bass grooves as they should be played at normal tempo then at slow tempo. The audio recordings (mp3) contain the corresponding play-along tracks in two different tempos too. You will then be able to practise the featured grooves and maybe even develop your own ideas... in the Old School style ! The purpose of this method is to bring you back to the golden age of bass the 60’s and 70’s and the musical styles that really made it shine: Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Soul and Funk. These styles deeply influenced modern music especially in the way the bass was used giving it a prominent and even key role. At the menu of this method certainly a must-have for any serious bass player here are 25 bass lines... to have fun above all but also to let youmake progress musically as well as technically. To give you the keys to these major styles a preliminary chapter will describe their distinctive features (sound scales and arpeggios influential bassists...). The accompanyingdisc contains audio and video files. The videos (MP4) show all the bass grooves as they should be played at normal tempo then at slow tempo. The audio recordings (MP3) contain the corresponding play-along tracks in two differenttempos too. You will then be able to practise the featured grooves and maybe even develop your own ideas... in the Old School style !

The Improviser's Bass Method by Chuck Sher, is the complete method book for electric or upright Bass. This is a well tested and proven method, endorsed by bass greats such as Eddie Gomez, Rufus Reid and others, this is acomprehensive start-to-finish method for bass that includes everything from, holding your instrument to improvising with other musicians. Taking into account both beginners and more experienced players, the book isfilled with charts of how all the scales and chords lie on the fingerboard, hundreds of foundation exercises to help bassists gain mastery of their instrument, ideas for constructing bass lines, soloing and more. Alsoincludestranscriptions of bass lines and solos by dozens of the greatest jazz bassists, all of which combine to form a fabulous method.

Nuestro método se propone hacerle revivir la edad dorada del bajo 60???s y 70???s y los estilos musicales que lo ponían de realce: el Rhythm ???n??? Blues el Soul y el Funk. Dichas músicas han impactado la música moderna haciendo destacar el bajo dándole protagonismo. El programa de nuestro libro presenta algo que resulta casi imprescindible para cualquier bajista 25 largas y hermosas líneas de bajo... que serán de su agrado por supuesto pero que le harán progresar musicalmente y técnicamente también.Un capítulo preliminar le entregará las llaves de estos estilos mayores describiéndole sus características principales (sonido escalas y arpegios utilizados así comolos bajistas que uno tiene que escuchar...) En el disco incluido en el método encontrará archivos audios y vídeos. Los vídeos (mp4) presentan en imágenes todos los grooves de bajo tales como uno debe tocarlos a velocidad normal y luego más lenta. Las grabaciones audios (mp3) nos brindan los playbacks correspondientes también en dos aires diferentes. Ud podrá tocar en ellos los grooves propuestos al estudio y ¿cómo no' desarrollar libremente sus propias ideas de acompañamiento... en el estilo.

This method is aimed at beginners who want have fun while developing their Bass Guitar technique. 50 Linee Di Basso Per Principianti contains no less than 50 Bass lines that are simple and accessible to beginners. The Bass lines in this book draw influence from some of the best known artists of all time including The Beatles AC / DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley The Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones and more. Each Bass line is accompanied by an explanation to help you overcome any technical rhythmic or theoretical difficulties you might experience and the DVD Video allows you to listen to theBass lines at a normal then reduced speed giving you the chance to learn how to make the correct gestures and choose the most suitable fingerings. The MP3 CD includes the featured lines played at two different speeds: the first is normal â?? i.e. the speed to be achieved while the second has been reduced to help with study. Backing tracks are also included of 3-4 minutes each allowing you the opportunity to practice in as many different conditions as possible. More than 7 hours of music is included in total. This method is aimed at beginners who want have fun while developing their Bass Guitar technique.50 Linee Di Basso Per Principianti contains no less than 50 Bass lines that are simple and accessible to beginners. The Bass lines in this book draw influence from some of the best known artists of all time including The Beatles AC / DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley The Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones and more.Each Bass line is accompanied by an explanation to help you overcome any technical rhythmic or theoretical difficulties you might experience and the DVDVideo allows you to listen to the Bass lines at a normal then reduced speed giving you the chance to learn how to make the correct gestures and choose the most suitable fingerings.The MP3 CD includes the featured lines played at two different speeds: the first is normal â?? i.e. the speed to be achieved while the second has been reduced to help with study. Backing tracks are also included of 3-4 minutes each allowing you the opportunity to practice in as many different conditions as possible. More than 7 hours of music is included in total.

This book and CD combination are about the styles and grooves that make up the full array of today\'s Rock scene. If you want to be a well-rounded well-trained musician this has all the material you need to know! You will also get insight into the constant cross-fertilization of sub-styles that make Rock a rich and exciting musical genre. This book breaks down Rock into fifteen of the most important sub-styles. For each sub-style you get a comprehensive lesson centring on a fully notated \'chart\' of the music on the CD. The CD contains a performance demo and then a version without the bass so you can play along. With the sound of the music in your ears you can studyand practice the technical aspects performing the rhythms and lines of each style. Each style section contains historical references and background useful information and explanations about the styles notated musical examples of each approach technical exercises to help with particular passages important performance tips and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on accompaniment CDs.

Questo metodo si rivolge a tutti i bassisti che hanno voglia di divertirsi e di esercitarsi a lungo suonando non meno di 50 grooves Funk! Per affrontare serenamente queste 50 linee di basso Funk lo studio inizia con un capitolo preliminare dedicato alle principali tecniche di esecuzione (palm mute ghost notes shake double stops slide hammer-on pull-off slap?) nonché alle particolarità ritmiche (sedicesimi e relative pause lo staccato?) di questo stile musicale. Il DVD Video permette inoltre di scoprire tutti questi grooves suonati in vere condizioni musicali a velocità normale poi ridotta. Il CDAudio MP3 invece vi dà la possibilità di interpretarli su delle basi musicali di lunga durata (da 3 a 4 minuti ognuna ossia più di 6 ore di musica in tutto!) a velocità normale poi ridotta (due registrazioni per ogni groove). Potrete in questo modo esercitarvi nelle migliori condizioni possibili. In breve si tratta di un metodo ideale per suonare veri grooves completi alla maniera dei più grandi: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker The Temptations...