In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this method doesn?t stophere! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress. In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this methoddoesn?t stop here! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress.

A comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking Bass lines in all styles for Acoustic or Electric Bass. The accompanying CD includes 31 full-band tracks and features Peter Erskine and Mike Wofford. The aim of thisbook is to help you understand the various techniques used to construct a good walking bass line which are inherent to traditional jazz playing and other forms of music such as blues rock country gospel.

In bewährter Tradition teilt sich diese Play Along-Ausgabe die Titelliste mit ?Drum Along Classic Rock Reloaded? (BOE5200) um somit den Spielerinnen und Spielern sowohl individuelles als auch gemeinsames Spiel derselben Lieder zu ermöglichen. Die klassischen Rock-Songs dieses Bandes stammen von erfolgreichen und wegweisenden Actswie Sting Simply Red Skunk Anansie Queen oder den Red Hot Chili Peppers. Die Serie ist aufgrund der einfachen schnell erfassbaren Notation und der hohen Qualität der Play Along-Tracks sehr populär und findet in mehrfacher Auflage starken Absatz. Die Songs sind jeweils als Leadsheet mit den verschiedenen Songteilen und den entsprechenden Basslinien in Tabulatur notiert. Dadurch lässt sich der Ablauf wesentlich schneller erfassen und man kann sich ganz auf die Bassparts und aufs Spielen des jeweiligen Instruments konzentrieren. Die Backing-Tracks haben eine ausgezeichnete Soundqualität. Auf der entsprechenden CD ist jeder Song als Vollversion mit Gesang und als Play Along-Version enthalten. Inhalt: Stars (Simply Red) - Don\'t Get Me Wrong (Pretenders) - Fields Of Gold (Sting) - I Wanna Know What Love Is (Foreigner) - Whenever I Stop (Mike And The Mechanics) - Hedonism (Skunk Anansie) - Another One Bites The Dusk (Quenn) - Mr. Jones (Counting

The Collective: Ethnic Style Series-This instructional book with CD covers the rich music derived from a fusion of cultures. West Africa Europe and the indigenous Indian cultures of the Caribbean region all took part in creating this music style. Learn to playthis distinctive music style on bass guitar. The book has all the essential playing techniques and explores the special relationship of the bass to the many rhythm grooves of these drumming traditions. You'll also get historicalreferences and background useful information and explanations about the music styles notated musical examples of each approach detailed points about ?feel ? important performance tips extensive discographies andbibliographies biographies of each author and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on the accompaniment CD.