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Beginning Bass for Adults The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Bass by David Overthrow Bass Guitar - Sheet Music

By David Overthrow

This fun and friendly step-by-step introduction to bass is written with the adult learner in mind. It is both a great self-teaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. Beginning Bass for Adults covers how to play scales, bass lines, and songs with easy-to-read examples in standard music notation and TAB. Blues, rock, reggae, and funk styles are covered, plus exciting techniques like slap & pop. In addition, detailed photographs and diagrams help simplify the learning process. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book is included.

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Details

Instrument:
Bass Guitar
Composers:
David Overthrow
Publishers:
Alfred Music
UPC:
038081448985
ISBN:
9780739093078
Format:
CD Book and CD Collection / Songbook
Item types:
Physical
Instructionals:
Methods and More
Level:
Beginning
Artist:
David Overthrow
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
96
Shipping Weight:
1 pounds

Bass Guitar - Beginner

SKU: AP.40272

The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Bass. Composed by David Overthrow. Bass Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. For Adults. Book and CD. 96 pages. Alfred Music #00-40272. Published by Alfred Music (AP.40272).

ISBN 9780739093078. UPC: 038081448985. English.

This fun and friendly step-by-step introduction to bass is written with the adult learner in mind. It is both a great self-teaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. Beginning Bass for Adults covers how to play scales, bass lines, and songs with easy-to-read examples in standard music notation and TAB. Blues, rock, reggae, and funk styles are covered, plus exciting techniques like slap & pop. In addition, detailed photographs and diagrams help simplify the learning process. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book is included.

  • About the Author

  • Introduction

  • How To Use This Book

  • Chapter One

  • Buying Your Bass

  • Amplifiers

  • Parts of the Bass

  • Holding the Bass

  • The Left Hand

  • The Right Hand

  • Tuning Your Bass

  • CHAPTER TWO

  • Reading Music---Pitch

  • Reading Music---Time

  • CHAPTER THREE

  • Lesson 1: The Open Strings

  • Lesson 2: Notes on the 1st String

  • Dotted Half Note Time

  • Triple Treat

  • Mixing Matters

  • Lesson 3: Notes on the 2nd String

  • Notes on the 1st and 2nd String

  • Lesson 4: Notes on the 3rd String

  • Notes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Strings

  • Three-String Reggae

  • Lesson 5: Notes on the 4th String

  • Notes on All Four Strings

  • All Four One

  • High C

  • Lesson 6: The Major Scale

  • The Tie

  • Terrific Ties

  • Towering Ties

  • The Repeat Sign

  • 8 Bars in C

  • Tune for Twelve

  • Eighth Notes

  • Eight To The Bar

  • The Eighth Rest

  • Rasta Riff

  • Chapter Four

  • Accidentals

  • Key Signatures---The Key of G Major

  • 3 Chords in G

  • The Key of D Major

  • Rock 'n' Roll Bass Line in D

  • Rockin' with Eighths in G

  • The Key of F Major

  • Halves & Eighths in F

  • Dotted Quarter Note

  • Review of G and F Major

  • Boogie in G

  • Major Dots in F

  • Cut Time

  • Country Kid

  • Samba in D

  • CHAPTER FIVE

  • Sixteenth Notes

  • Rockin' the House in C

  • Ballad in G

  • Funky G

  • Octaves

  • Octa Funk

  • Dotted Eighth Note

  • Dotted Eighth Note 8-Bar Blues in C

  • The Eighth-Note Triplet

  • Eighth-Note Triplet Blues

  • CHAPTER SIX

  • Bass Tablature

  • Intervals of the Major Scale

  • Major Chords

  • Major Chords in G

  • Minor Chords

  • Major and Minor Chord Tune

  • Augmented and Diminished Chords

  • Chords of the Major Scale

  • I-IV-V Chord Progression

  • I-IV-V Reggae

  • I-vi-IV-V Chord Progression

  • I-vi-IV-V Bass Lines

  • I-vi-IV-V in A

  • I-vi-IV-V Eighth-Note Boogie

  • CHAPTER SEVEN

  • Introducing the Blues

  • The Blues Quick Four

  • Blues Turnarounds

  • Major Pentatonic Scale

  • Rockabilly Blues

  • 8th-Note Rockabilly

  • Dominant 7th Chords

  • Dominant 7th Rockabilly Groove

  • 8ths Are Dominant

  • Swing Eighth Notes

  • Swingin' with 8ths

  • Bluesy 8th Swing

  • Slow Blues

  • Take It Slow

  • 16-Bar Blues

  • 16-Bar Blues in G

  • Blues Scale

  • Blues Scale Riff Tune

  • CHAPTER EIGHT

  • Minor 7th Chord

  • Reggae in A Minor

  • The Dorian Mode

  • Dorian Dance

  • A Dorian Rock Riff

  • The Mixolydian Mode

  • Mixolydian Riffs

  • D Mixolydian Riff

  • More Mixo

  • Blues with Mixo

  • CHAPTER NINE

  • Funk

  • Syncopation

  • Funk in E

  • Funk for Two

  • Muted Notes

  • Muted Note Funk

  • Muted but Heard

  • Introduction to Slap & Pop

  • The Slap

  • Slap Bass Lines

  • The Pop

  • Slap & Pop Bass Lines

  • Slap & Pop with 10ths

  • Bass Fingerboard Chart

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    Ratings + Reviews

    4 Rating

    1 review

    Robbie

    Jul 18, 2017

    Learning BassBook

    This is a good book and gives a different perspective on learning