SKU: AP.1-ADV15026

UPC: 805095150261. English.

This book and CD set features 16 challenging original tunes in funk/fusion style by renowned Australian guitarist Peter O'Mara. Patrick Scales adds his ideas on musical interpretation to give the aspiring bassist an insight into creative process from a professional's point of view. The tunes cover a variety of tempos and grooves and are presented using a real rhythm section: Patrick Scales, Christian Lettner and Peter O'Mara (from Klaus Doldinger's Passport). The audio play-along tracks are presented in an order of increasing complexity. CD 1 contains complete recordings of all instruments so that you can hear each instrument working together. CD 2 omits all bass tracks so that you can play along with the rhythm section and also create your own bass lines. MIDI files of all compositions are also included.

Also available are editions for guitar, by Peter, and drums, by Peter O'Mara and Christian Lettner. The books are fully compatible and can be used in a combo setting.

SKU: FJ.G1063

ISBN 9781619282377. UPC: 241444393970. English.

This is the book that you have been looking for, an easy to play, systematic way to help you learn about playing scales and arpeggios on the electric bass. Although scales and arpeggios may seem complex, learning to play them is really quite simple, based on patterns. You will find yourself playing scales and arpeggios in no time, and you will see how this new knowledge helps you to learn new songs quickly!

About Hal Leonard Guitar Method

The world-famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. The Hal Leonard Guitar Method provides a complete system to playing success which includes three levels of instruction and a myriad of play-along supplemental songbooks that let students play great songs while they're still learning to play.

SKU: BT.MUSME0296

English.

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.

SKU: BT.MUSBM11913

ISBN 9781846095023. English.

Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom.

The A New Tune A Day books have the samelogical,gentle pace, and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: The inclusion of an audio CD – with actual performances and backing tracks – will make practice even more fun and exciting, and theexplanatorydiagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone.

This book contains:

• Advice on equipment
• Instructions for an effective technique and acomfortableposture
• Explanatory section on reading music
• Easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages
• Audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks and audio examples.
• Partlycompatible with ANew Tune A Day Guitar and Drums
• Tests to check progress and comprehension
• Useful pull-out chart giving note positions and common scales.

About A New Tune A Day

Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD-with actual performances and backing tracks-will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages; tips for technique; improvising hints; audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks, and audio examples; great music, including duets and ensemble pieces; useful pull-out fingering chart

SKU: BT.MUSAM14028

ISBN 9780860019244. English.

SKU: BT.MUSME0200

English.

No more trouble with whole- and half-tone calculations, no more bother with scale transpositions and visualizations either! This coursebook provides fretboard charts (24 frets) for every existing scale.