It's time to take center stage to deliver all the pyrotechnics usually associated with six-string guitar shredders! Shredding Bass Guitar takes you there through in-depth lessons on building technique, dexterity, and speed. It shows you how to shred using chords, arpeggios, and scales, and covers heavy metal and funk techniques like tapping, string skipping, and slap and pop. Lessons and examples are in the styles of bass masters Billy Sheehan, Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, and others. Shredding Bass Guitar provides a fresh perspective on the four-string electric bass and is a must-have for any bassist looking to take their playing to a new level. The accompanying CD features all the examples from the book. Features * In-depth lessons for developing technique, dexterity, and speed * For pick-style and fingerstyle players * Covers techniques like string skipping, tapping, two-handed tapping, wide-interval skipping, slap and pop, double thumbing, double popping, and more About the Author David Overthrow is an author, educator, and virtuoso bassist. After attending Berklee College of Music, he began performing with a wide variety of artists throughout the U.S. and Europe, playing rock, funk, jazz, and R and B. David is Director of Music at the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. He has written for Bass Guitar magazine, authored numerous electric bass methods, and taught three instructional videos for Alfred Music. David has performed with such luminaries as Pat Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Mike Stern, Trey Anastasio, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, and Sonny Landreth. / Guitare Basse

Bass Play Along Volume 23. Par PINK FLOYD. The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite 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. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!/ Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them over long play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations. This method features 50 funk grooves for all Bass players willing to have fun while practicing their instrument for hours. To make the approach of these 50 funk grooves easier a preliminary chapter is entirely dedicated to the playing techniques (plucking of course but also slap palm mute ghost notes shakes double stops pull-offs hammer-ons slides...) as well as to the style rhythmic specificities (straight and swung sixteenth notes sixteenth rests staccatos...). The DVD demonstrates all these grooves played «in situation» at the actual tempo then slowly. The MP3 Audio CD allows you to play them overlong play-along tracks (from 3 to 4 minutes each meaning more than 6 hours of music in total!) at actual tempo as well as at slow tempo (two tracks per groove) so you will be able to practice at your own pace and in the best conditions. 50 Funk Grooves For The Bass is an ideal method for those who want to play actual complete grooves in the style of the greatests: James Brown The Meters Bootsy Collins Parliament The Commodores Earth Wind and Fire Tower of Power Maceo Parker and The Temptations.

A Guide to the Essential Styles and Techniques-A complete guide to mastering the techniques and stylistic details of the Blues Bass Guitar using classic blues songs and standards to get you playing in the right way straight away.Learn to lay down solid basslines for straight blues shuffles and other important variations. You will discover a host of songs by the kings of the blues including Muddy Waters Freddie King Otish Rush and The Allman Brothers by getting to grips with the actual riffs used on the original recordings.Song include Born Under A Bad Sign Hoochie Coochie Man Pride And Joy and Sweet Home Chicago.

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Unlock the secrets of the bass with Carl Fischer's addition to the Grimoire series The Bass Grimoire DVD by Adam Kadmon. This DVD representation of the best-selling publication The Bass Grimoire reveals the mystery of the bass in twelve lessons ranging from The Major Scale to Scale Tone Degrees. The Bass Grimoire DVD video lays out the mechanics of bass playing right before your eyes by presenting intricate on-screen fingering patterns as well as lesson summaries. These tools allow the viewer to follow along visually while practicing and then receive a full break down of the lesson that was just taught.Carl Fischer's TheBass Grimoire DVD is for any bass player looking to improve upon their skills. The DVD is packed with invaluable lessons also serves as a practice tool. Reach your highest musical potential as taught by Adam Kadmon a master of the bass with The Bass Grimoire DVD.

Bass Play Along Volume 23-The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite 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. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: Any Colour You Like · Brain Damage · Breathe · Eclipse · Money · Time · Us and Them.

Everything is covered here starting with all the basics like octaves hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops flamenco thumb technique and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap as well as modal harmony studies. The grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion walking lines fingerstyle conversion pop/dance funk/soul bluegrass Dixieland etc. These lessons have something for almost any student; written in bass clef and tablature with CD.

Instead of progressive harmony and fancy licks blues bass playing is all about creating a great feel and locking it in. This book/CD pack teaches classic blues bass lines as well as how to create your own. Once you know the bass lines the author shows you how to apply them to different blues styles covering topics such as: the 12-bar blues the 1-3-5 theme shuffle vs. walking bass box patterns tone turnarounds and more. You'll find everything you need to be jamming blues bass in no time.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Rock Series : Getting Into Number of pages : 96 Everything is covered here - starting with all the basics like octaves, hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops, flamenco thumb technique, and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap, as well as modal harmony studies. The grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion, walking lines, fingerstyle conversion, pop/dance, funk/soul, bluegrass, Dixieland, etc. These lessons have something for almost any student; written in bass clef and tablature with CD.

Play Bass Today! Songbook. This companion songbook to the Play Bass Today! method books features 10 great bass songs: Brick House (Commodores) ? I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles) ? I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley/Eric Clapton) ? MyGirl (The Temptations) ? Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and His Comets) ? Stand by Me (Ben E. King) ? Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) ? Walk Don't Run (The Ventures) ? Wild Thing (The Troggs) ?Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton). Includes tab. The CD includes full band demonstration tracks so you can hear how each song should sound and then play along when you're ready.

This book is all about Heavy Metal bass playing. It can be very fast and complicated. A variety of grooves (open string octave hammer-on) that range from old school to contemporary are presented. Rhythmic studies and rhythmsection awareness are also a focal point. Working with space and complicated kicks is a major part of this style. Audio tracks are available that feature original instrumental songs with a full band and play-along mixes. There isalso a section that focuses on music theory and interesting scale options. All examples are written in bass clef 4 and tablature. Free audio downloads are available for use with this title.