Building Rock Bass Lines

Essential Bass Lines Techniques Theory and Grooves-There's more to rock bass playing than just following the guitarist's left hand! This book with audio demo exercises and full-length tunes available online for download or streaming gives you all the tools you need to construct your own bass lines creatively and effectively in a rock context. Learn to play the perfect line for any musical situation ? on the spot! Topics covered include: tips on playing position and posture ? warm-up exercises ? essential scales and rhythms ? building with octaves appraoch notes and fifths ? box shapes pentatonic scales and blues ? and rhythmic variations.

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.

The Method For The New Generation Rock House-The Rock House Method makes learning music fun easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make learning music second nature.Millions of muisicians in more than 150 countries have already used the Rock House Method to fulfill their dream and play music. You are next!Building on the techniques learned in Book 1 Book 2 starts with natural minorand major scales single note patterns and how they connect across the neck. Learn bass techniques such as the finger drag hammer-ons pull-offs and how to apply them in bass lines. Learn the major scale formula to play them inany key root notes octaves and the notes in the 5th position. Walking bass lines sixteenth notes syncopated bass lines intervals and drop D tuning are just a few of the things covered that will help you play song progressionsand bass lines. From theory to complete songs this program will get you to the next level! Includes demonstration and play-along tracks plus a digital e-book on the enclosed MP3 CD.

Fred Sokolow takes you from tuning up and your first chords to rockin' the Blues in one 70-minute tutorial! Sokolow teaches the Blues in several keys including Boogie Woogie basslines Blues turnarounds and simple fingerpickingpatterns. You will discove the elements of Blues soloing and lick-building in the styles of Lightnin' Hopkins Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi John Hurt. The lesson is complete with some classic Blues standards for you to developyour new techniques and knowledge including Key To The Highway and Hesitation Blues.