Over 180 scales at your fingertips in twelve keys written in standard notationand tablature with fingering suggestions and five different scale positions that cover the entire fretboard. Presented in a handy-sized book thatfits into your guitar case.

Omnibus Edition revised-This Omnibus Edition contains the complete Absolute Beginners Bass course in one complete and convenient package! The Absolute Beginners method has been designed to tellyou everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your Bass Guitar. This edition also features a unique download card with professional demonstration and accompaniment tracks allowing you to start playing musicright away.In one great book you'll get:A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanationsPractical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up playing and maintenanceAudio tracks on the accompanying download card show you how things should soundFull-length accompaniment tracks to play along with!This complete OmnibusEdition of Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar contains possibly all the information and practical guidance you'll need to learn the very basics of the Bass right up to playing your first tunes. Writtenby established bassist and teacher Phil Mulford you will be introduced to the parts of the Bass Guitar tuning and how to hold it before rapidly learning your first notes grooves bass lines and by the end of book 2 riffs slapping funk and a full song!If you are looking for an 'owner's manual' approach to learning to play the Bass Guitar that makes it easier than ever before look no further than this collated edition of AbsoluteBeginners now featuring a practical download card.

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 Alfred???s Basic family of methods featuring clear well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock blues country and jazz. Lots of photos and diagrams make learning easy and the DVD includes iPod-compatible video that is perfect 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 guitar students. Book 1features all the necessities including how to hold your bass tuning your bass right-hand and left-hand technique basics of reading music notes on all four strings scales licks and songs how to read TAB playing slides and accents and photos and diagrams. The DVD included features iPod-compatible video that is perfect for the visual learner.

Frank Nelson s Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes contains arrangements for the Bass Guitar that are genuine pieces of music in their own right. This method gives you direct control from beginning to end. With Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistesyoull master techniques such as slap Bass learn to play alongside other musicians discuss the art of composition and develop your creativity. Most importantly youll have fun playing complete songs where the Bass is fully in the spotlight. Theincluded DVD will allow you to listen to the arrangements to hear how they should be played allowing you to work through any technical difficulties. The CD will allow you to play each part studied over the rest of the arrangement giving you theopportunity to complete it by taking on the role of bassist.Frank Nelson's Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes contains arrangements for the Bass Guitar that are genuine pieces of music in their own right.This method gives you direct control from beginning to end. With Petits Arrangements Entre Bassistes you'll master techniques such as slap Bass learn to play alongside other musicians discuss the art of composition and develop your creativity. Most importantly you'll have fun playing complete songs where the Bass is fully in the spotlight.The included DVD will allow you to listen to the arrangements to hear how they should be played allowing you to work through anytechnical difficulties. The CD will allow you to play each part studied over the rest of the arrangement giving you the opportunity to complete it by taking on the role of bassist.

21 Skills Every Serious Player Should Master-Chris Kringel's Essential Bass Guitar Techniques uses carefully crafted exercises alongside inspiring musical examples to teach the 21 skills that every Bass player should know.If you're tired of faking your way through your favorite songs because you've always neglected to learn that one special technique you need this book. Stop skipping over the intricate details and start sounding like a seasoned professional.Would Jaco Pastorius have been so innovative without great finger style technique and the use of harmonics? Can you imagine a Red Hot Chili Peppers song without Flea's slap bass? Or how about Primus without LesClaypool's quirky slap and tap technique? With the help of the 86 included audio tracks which can be accessed online Essential Bass Guitar Techniques will teach you all of these skills and more.

Fast Track DVD is an exciting new way to quickly learn how to play that Bass Guitar you just bought.Each of the Fast Track DVDs are filmed in hi-definition and features on-screen music with tons of full-band examples. It's like having a private lesson that you can pause fast-forward or rewind any time you want. What's better is that across the series (Drums Guitar Bass Keyboard) the last three full-band songs are the same so you can play along with your fellow new instrumentalists as a band!

This is a series of inter-related instrumental workbooks for keyboard guitar bass guitar and percussion. Planned so that concepts are carefully introduced consolidated and extended the workbook comprises three progressive volumes each containing twenty-five units. They support and complement the teacher's resource through an innovative approach that encourages a creative attitude towards learning an instrument. Many sections contain work on improvisation and sight-reading and alternate units provide an ensemble piece arranged for all the instruments covered by this project. Each book covers the same curriculum requirements regardless of instrument however thisbook acts both as a classroom resource and as an introduction to the art of bass guitar technique.

Bass Recorded Versions-Red Hot Chili Pepper's eighth studio album Californication saw the return of the passionate guitar wizardry of John Frusciante to reunite the band's strongest line-up and at its best. It was some task to make analbum that lived up to the epic Blood Sugar Sex Magic or the acclaimed One Hot Minute but the Chili Peppers seemed to manage it with this raw uncompromising album that saw a significant move towards melody ratherthan suggestive rhythm. This folio contains authentic bass guitar transcriptions (transcribed from the original recordings) in both standard notation and tablature of all of Flea's bass line including Scar Tissue Around The World Californication and Purple Stain.

With Online Audio-Essential Blues Bass Grooves within the School of the Blues Lesson Series presents 46 Bass patterns essential to the gigging Blues Bass player. Material is presented in standard music notation and TAB. Thisbook is accompanied by an audio recording of all examples (played by author Frank De Rose) along with the background music. This method is for all skill level players. This series is designed for students ofother instruments to play together. If you have friends that play Harmonica Guitar Keyboard or Drums tell them about this series so that you can play together. Access to audio available online.

You are beginning to play the bass and would like to make progress while having fun and without delay? Then you are holding the right method in your hands! On the menu no less than 50 simple bass lines accessible to beginners and inspired by the greatest artists past and present: The Beatles AC/DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones... In order to help you each bass line is preceded by an explanatory text detailing its technical rhythmical and theoretical aspects. Difficulty increases progressively throughout the pages. The Video DVD allows you to hear andmoreover to watch these 50 bass lines as they should be played giving you the opportunity to see the correct moves to pick the right fingers and to be rhythmically accurate! The mp3 CD contains as many tracks as bass lines that is 50 play-along tracks featuring two different tempos: the objective tempo (normal) and the practice tempo (slow). On the normal tempo track the bass plays over the first cycle and is mute hereafter to let you take the place! Lastly these tracks have a deliberately long duration (3 to 4 minutes each more than 7 hours of music then!) to give you time to practise in the best possible conditions. You are beginning to play the bass and would like to make progress while having fun and without delay? Then you are holding the right method in your hands! On the menu no less than 50 simple bass lines accessible to beginners and inspired by the greatest artists past and present: The Beatles AC/DC Bob Marley Deep Purple Eric Clapton Elvis Presley Police ZZ Top James Brown Jimi Hendrix Otis Redding U2 Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones... In order to help you each bass line is preceded by an explanatory text detailing its technical rhythmical and theoretical aspects. Difficulty increases progressively throughout the pages.The Video DVD allows you to hear andmoreover to watch these 50 bass lines as they should be played giving you the opportunity to see the correct moves to pick the right fingers and to be rhythmically accurate! The mp3 CD contains as many tracks as bass lines that is 50 play-along tracks featuring two different tempos: the objective tempo (normal) and the practice tempo (slow).On the normal tempo track the bass plays over the first cycle and is mute hereafter to let you take the place! Lastly these tracks have a deliberately long duration (3 to 4 minutes each more than 7 hours of music then!) to give you time to practise in the best possible conditions.

Tapping is a technique that involves playing notes with both hands directly on the neck of the Bass Guitar. It was popularised by virtuosos such as Adam Nitti Stuart Hamm Victor Wooten and Billy Sheehan but has become more and more popular with amateur players for the unique and futuristic sounds it can produce. With Tapping A La Basse you can learn everything necessary to master this cool technique. In four chapters this method will help you learn how to make strange and wonderful sounds with two-handed tapping. The first chapter details linear tapping the second will teach you how to create great riffs and licks with tappedarpeggios the third lets you combine tapping and chords while the fourth and final chapter will reveal polyphonic tapping. While some technical exercises are revealed this method is primarily based on practising ensuring that you master all the techniques through playing them.  The accompanying DVD is a great help in letting you hear and visualise how the tapping should sound and be played. Two different speeds enable you to see how it's done at normal speed then slowed down so you can play along and gradually get to grips with the style. With technical and musical examples within this method you will gain all the details needed to grasp Bass Guitar tapping!