Mel bay publications bluegrass books, videos, dvds. Scales and other examples are written in standard notation only. Covers riffs, scales, lines with popular songs and examples. It uses real funk songs to teach you the basics of grooving and soloing funk bass in the style of flea, victor wooten, marcus miller, rocco prestia, and many others. Jazz method, learn to play jazz bass, upright bass, double. Bought this to teach my bass guitar students the basics of sheet music, and the content is well laid out.
Without mastering the funk slap technique, a bass guitarist cannot participate in modern music genres and play in a music group. Slap bass bassline publishing release new slap bass ipad books bassline publishing is proud to announce the release of three new interactive books for the ipad ultimate slap bass beginner level, ultimate slap bass intermediate level, and ultimate slap bass advanced level. But if youre really looking for a walking jazz bass line book, then in alphabetical order ed friedland, ed fuqua, jay hungerford, and bob magnusson all have good books, each with a little different approach. As big as it gets stan slap is doing nothing less than making the business case for a managers humanityfor every manager and the companies that depend on them. Jaco did a lot to advance the bass and how it is played. The funk bass method is your complete guide to learning funk bass. Slap bass is a popular technique often used in funk music, but in reality, its just a different way to hit the string. In this article, well give you a few pointers on getting started with slap bass technique, and finish with a more advanced exercise to demonstrate what it sounds like in a.
If you love the groovy bass lines in popular funk and rock songs, you might want to learn how to play slap bass. A modern howto book by one of rocks premier players. Slap bass pdf, big funk text book slap, ebook with mp3. The extraordinary and tragic life of jaco pastorius. Hal leonard bass method complete edition books 1, 2 and 3 bound together in one easytouse volume. Ray brown presents his foundation for playing in this book. Adding muted notes to slaps is an essential bass technique and is used extensively in funk. Adapted from the hugely successful print edition which. Since its release in 2005 ultimate slap bass has become one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. Learn to play double bass with the most widely requested bass method books. I have prepared the ebook 5 steps for a good start, a new introductory electric bass course available for free in my website and inspired to the method i use in my school basslab.
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This is a must for anyone beginning to learn sheet music specific to bass guitar. Hal leonard bass method book 1 hal leonard electric bass. The metal bars that go across the neck are called frets. It is also suitable for group learning, as it comes in a. Most any book can be beneficial if you think about it critically. The collection of material of this book is, in our opinion, the basics to playing bass guitar for some event. The technique for slap bass differs from that of standard bass. In slap bass, youll learn the fundamentals of slap, from traditional to modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. Jaco pastorius is often billed as the worlds greatest bass player. Upright bass is the anchor in many jazz combos and you can learn how to play with study and practice. Beginner to intermediate bass players who want to learn slap bass veteran bass teacher and berklee grad reveals a new super simple method for playing slap bass without expensive lessons, years of tedious practice, or even natural ability. Slap bass is the percussive funk bass style that first gained popularity with larry graham in. Scotts top 15 books for bass players scotts bass lessons. The bass tradition by todd coolman has some great transcriptions.
Stuart clayton has been a professional musician and writer for over ten years. After numerous inquiries from orchestra directors across the globe, fjh set out to create something new and exciting. I have a lot, and i have gone through most of the major classical bass method books. Pay attention, burn through this as fast as you can, and you.
This piece is the second of two slap bass studies written for the book advanced studies for bass guitar, which is available from bassline. With introductory text, bass notation, bass tablature, instructional photos and performance notes. As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. Funk studies for the electric bass mp3 audio download. Bass, bass xtreme, basic bass workout and giants of bass and toured the world with carl palmer. Learn to serve up funkalicious grooves and extract the vibrant percussive. In addition, you can find their piano accompaniments and playalong cds to help develop your bass playing skills. Legendary jazz bassist ray brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this indepth book. The complete series have been rewritten by ed friedland. It is a study on finger positions, scales, and chords. Most bass guitars will also have a pickup selector switch along with volume and tone knobs. Ultimate slap bass is a 206 page book with two cds that aims to be a definitive guide to the slap bass technique and also aims to be for all levels of player. Bass method or sulcular vibration brushing or 45 degree. Funk studies for the electric bass was the first book to be published on slap bass technique now more than 25 years later, slap it.
A guide to the techniques and philosophies of funk bass. It is intended for the bass guitar beginners, as well as for those who are well familiar with funk slap. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world. Bachmanbass logic product information bass logic by bil bachman was written for bass drummers, drum instructors, band directors, and anyone wishing to better understand the instrument. All exercises show clear and logic fingerings and are worked out meticulously. Supplemented by transcriptions and by application of these techniques to. Lemur stocks dozens of arco technique books, bowing studies, and fingering methods for upright bass. Rhythm, cross rhythms over standard progressions, reading elements. This book is very useful as a way of building technique and preparing for creative lines. The hal leonard bass method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. Comprehensive bass method book 2 67,50 628 pages this volume shows you hundreds of exercises dealing with specific challenges each time. Here are some tips to aid you in mastering these bass blues licks.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. In this bio you can read more about his life and his tragic death. The author stuart clayton had authored several bass books prior to the 2007 publication of ultimate slap bass and also regularly writes for the british. First published in 1981 and written by tony oppenheim, slap it. A strap can be attached to the strap buttons to play the bass standing up. It is intended for bass guitar teachers instructors. Heres an example in case youre not familiar with the studybass approach.
Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. Free bass book you jave just bought an electric bass but dont know where to start. Throughout the studybass lessons, i reference songs that are transcribed in these books. Here the table of content that gives a clear idea what to expect. This is book 2 of the hal leonard bass method series. He has worked as a staff writer for bass guitar magazine since its first issue, written seven bass instruction books for sanctuary publishing, including 100 tips for bass guitar you should have been told, crash course. Bass tabs the best bass tab books bassist frequently contact us asking about bass tabs, and so we reached out to the owner of, dave tuckman, to find out the best bass tab books requested most by bass players. Step by step, the book takes you from basic to advanced technique using a logical, easytoread approach. Since the emergence of funk in the 1970s, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists tool kit. Double bass arco and classical bass method books for beginner to advanced level players. Bluegrass bass instruction, bluegrass books, videos, dvds and slap bass the ungentle art. He already plays as a professional bassist, but was looking at learning sheet music, this was a very good choice. The issues covered are those which are unique to the art of bass drumming including tuning, stroke technique, quality of sound, rhythmtiming, splits for 25.
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