Scale Studies for Bass

Description Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers, as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Cover tuning, hand positions, note reading, rhythms, picking, solo playing, and offers bass patterns, scale studies, and solos in the keys of C, G, F, D, E-flat, B-flat, D minor, A, A minor, G minor, E, E minor, A-flat, C minor, and F minor. In the Mel Bay teaching tradition, this book presents essential music theory concepts as required by the music at any given point in the book, building solid musicianship throughout. Standard notation. In SPANISH only. Also available in English as item #94097.

Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Cover tuning hand positions note reading rhythms picking solo playing and offers bass patterns scale studies and solos in the keys of C G F D E-flat B-flat D minor A A minor G minor E E minor A-flat C minor and F minor. In the Mel Bay teaching tradition this book presents essentialmusic theory concepts as required by the music at any given point in the book building solid musicianship throughout. Standard notation. In SPANISH only. Also available in English as item #94097.

This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions basic theory the first position how to read music fingering accelerated fingerboard studies a fingerboard note location chart to the 12th fret four-string studies rhythm studies syncopated rhythms and dotted notes. The book then introduces the second through seventeenthposition scale and arpeggio studies accelerated fingerings using two-octave scales and various arpeggios chord applications rhythm patterns extension fingerings and harmonic minor and harmonized major scales using diatonic7th chords. Part IV consists of theory for the bassists chord construction relating chord symbols and numbers and the harmonized major natural harmonic and ascending (jazz) melodic minor scales. Diagrams of 26 chords withthe transposition charts using 'G' and 'C' fingerings are included. Each progression covers many playing styles encountered by the modern bassist including: walking 2-beat syncopated rhythms(funk) Latin bebop changes pop-rock blues traditional blues deadened-string technique funk playing plus full chord progressions within tunes. Chords are suggested for the very diverse bass lines syncopated patterns scales and arpeggios. Written instandard notation with chord diagrams.

520 Exercises include 58 Musical Studies in Positions 1 through 7-Written by Janice Tucker Rhoda author of the popular ABCs of Strings method the Complete Technique For Double Bass series is designed for advanced beginners to upper level students wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills.Starting in first position and proceeding carefully through the higher positions these method books use short studies to demonstrate specific technical ideas.The book starts with solidifying the combination of note reading rhythm and bow distribution then quickly progresses to a variety of bowing techniques and use of positions 1 - 7 half and thumb position explaining the physicalityof the left and right hands arms elbows and shoulders. Using a mixture of more melodic studies with purely technical exercises this book quickly gives players information and confidence to improve their playing.Complete Technique For Double Bass - Book 1 covers and includes:Positions 1 through 7Half PositionBass tenor and treble clefsTwo octave C Major Scale to thumb positionAdvanced chromatic scaleBasic thumb positionWorksheets for note-readingScales arpeggios broken thirdsImprovisational melodiesDouble-Stops chords octavesHarmonicsArm Swing left-hand and bow-arm techniqueBow balancing exercisesBallet of Shifting exercisesQuick Finger exercisesFinger Substitution exercisesLeft-hand pizzicato exercisesTeaching points throughout

Exercises and studies in this book have been written for the specific purpose of supplementing any of the elementary methods available. The book is in no way intended to serve as a method or as a course of progressive instruction for the Bassoon. This book is divided into two general classifications: studies for rhythmic development; and scale, arpeggio, and interval exercises which are so indispensable in mastering any instrument.

The Electric Bass Method is the most widely-used introductory Bass method available. Both Volumes I and II present a standard notation approach to reading solo and arpeggio studies for four string Bass. Included in Volume I are the rudiments of playing plus handy charts of arpeggios featuring major minor augmented diminished and seventh chords plus upper harmonic extensions. Volume II continues with studies scales walking bass patterns and more. Applicable to any style of music this method has gained acceptance as the foundational text for Electric Bass study world-wide. The companion audio and video downloads for both volumes 1and 2 are available online.

For the development of technical skills and improved intonation this A Scale In Time - Double Bass edition features a full collection of scales chorales etudes and an expanded alternative styles section all in one book!A Scale In Time features:One and two octave scale patterns Major natural minor and melodic minor Improvisation loops studies and tunes for training in alternative styles Blues mixolydian and lydian scales Etudes Chorales Rhythm Studies

Significant Double Bassist teacher and composer Edouard Nanny (1872-1942) is best remembered as a long-standing professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatoire. Being such a prolific figure in the Double Bass field his Complete Study of the Double Bass is well-informed. Still played by Double Bass students Nanny's significant contribution to field of pedagogy remains prominent. The third volume from Complete Study of Double Bass titled 20 Virtuosic Studies addresses bow technique fingering positions scales arpeggios chromaticism trills double stops and harmonics among otheraspects. For all advanced Double Bass players Nanny's Complete Study of the Double Bass 20 Virtuosic Studies provides the student with helpful aid to ensure progressive achievement in technique.

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.