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Slap Bass Made Easy

By: Chris Matheos

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Covered here are many slap bass techniques including octaves, hammer-ons, pull-offs, flamenco thumb technique, double hammer-ons, tenths, etc. while also applying these to many grooves; 78 examples written in bass clef and tablature with companion audio CD. All range in difficulty from basic to advanced.

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Reggae Grooves for Electric Bass

By: Chris Matheos

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Reggae Grooves for Electric Bass

By: Chris Matheos

This book provides guidance for the bassist as well as the percussionist and rhythm guitarist on creating individual reggae grooves. The numerous challenging 2 and 4-measure rhythm patterns make a great rhythm reading workout, and the advice the author provides on equipment selection and rhythmic styles will be appreciated by the whole band. The audio recording available online features a full rhythm section both with and without the bass part, so you can jam as part of the group. Written in both standard notation and tablature

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50 Two-Hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass

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50 Two-Hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass

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By: Chris Matheos

In two-hand tapping on electric bass, your right and left hands both play notes.This is a fairly new concept on bass. New techniques and ideas are being created regularly. Tapping is being applied to all sorts of musical styles including blues, alternative, jazz, funk, and even classical. This book presents 50 brief exercises to practice the tapping technique, with each example demonstrated on the accompanying online audio. Try applying the techniques in this book to your favorite styles of music. Includes access to online audio

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Famous Jazz Bass Chord Progressions

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Famous Jazz Bass Chord Progressions

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This Qwikguide shows bassists how to play along with popular jazzchord progressions. The examples demonstrate how to use triads, arpeggios,scales, and passing tones in swing, be-bop, bossa nova, and ballad styles. The sample bass lines are all written in tablature for the 4-string bass, making it easy to learn fingerings and positions. Comes with access to online audio that presents each example twice, once as bass solo with accompaniment (piano and drums) and then as accompaniment only

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Getting Into Slap Bass

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Getting Into Slap Bass

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Everything is covered here – starting with all the basics like octaves, hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops, flamenco thumb technique, and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap, as well as modal harmony studies. the grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion, walking lines, fingerstyle conversion, pop/dance, funk/soul, bluegrass, Dixieland, etc. These lessons have something for almost any student; written in bass clef and tablature with CD.

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Slap Bass Made Easy

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Bass Fingerstyle Funk Grooves Made Easy

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Bass Fingerstyle Funk Grooves Made Easy

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Electric Bass. Fingerstyle funk bass playing can be found in many styles of modern music. Some of those styles include: funk, soul, fusion, contemporary jazz, hip-hop, pop, and dance. This book focuses on advanced rhythmic studies. It is loaded with grooves and funky progressions. the companion free downloadable audio files feature all of the examples recorded with a full band. There are play-along tracks for many of the full band examples available for download as well. This can help students focus on groove and time. All examples are written in bass clef and tablature. Free audio files available.

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100 Fretless Bass Workouts

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100 Fretless Bass Workouts

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Fretless bass is a unique instrument. the approach to playing fretless bass is much more like playing upright bass than to fretted bass. This book will cover many of the important techniques required to become a good fretless bassist. Some of these include slides, intonation development, and sustain. the 100 examples are written in bass clef and TAB (to suggest positions). All examples included on companion CD.

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50 Modal Slap Bass Workouts

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50 Modal Slap Bass Workouts

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This book was created for the bassist who has mastered the basics of slap bass and wants to expand his or her skills. Many of this book's examples were written to fine tune individual string control - the ability to thumb or pop on any string at any time. Individual string control is one of the most common weaknesses with slap bass students. Some of this book's examples are common fingerstyle workouts that are arranged for slapping. Developing the ability to slap finger style bass lines gives the bassist an amazing skill. This book covers some very advanced slap techniques, including triple pops and the flamenco thumb technique. Written in tablature only for the four-string bass.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.

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Bass Styles Made Easy

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Bass Styles Made Easy

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Here is something for everyone, introducing students to many different styles of bass playing: rock 'n roll, blues, swing, funk, reggae, classical, alternative, country, be-bop, ska, bossa nova, heavy metal, gospel, two-hand tapping, etc. Examples focus on basic patterns, chord progressions, and playing with a band. the companion CD features all examples recorded with a professional band. Audio includes band examples with and without bass; students can hear it and play along. 25 examples included, written in bass clef and tab.

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Reggae Grooves for Electric Bass

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Percussive Slap Bass

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Percussive Slap Bass

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This method book explains how percussive slap bass works with the drums, and how playing percussively will make you lock tighter with the drummer. Included are sections on building a percussive groove, pop control, moving patterns, individual string control, slap without pops, slapping with tensions, double pops, slapping with dyads, triplets, Flamenco thumb technique, odd meters, applied grooves, and a special section for a rhythm section workout. Notation and tablature are clearly explained with instructions on left hand muting and many slapping tips. This method will make your grooves sound fuller, making your playing mode more valuable to your rhythm section.

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100 R & B Soul Grooves for Bass

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100 R & B Soul Grooves for Bass

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Featured here are classic R&B/Soul bass grooves from the 1940's -1970's; Rhythm and Blues bass lines mixing Motown, Memphis (soul/gospel) and New Orleans (funk) feels. 30 examples written in standard bass clef notation and TAB and all are contained on the companion CD with a full rhythm section. the examples will vary from basic to very complex.

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Slap Bass for Five & Six-String Bass

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Slap Bass for Five & Six-String Bass

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Focuses on the two most popular topics in the bass world today: slap bass and multiple-stringed basses. Covers a wide variety of slap techniques including triple pops, double pops, and individual string control. Also focuses on the music theory behind slap bass such as intervals, chords, scales, and their application. Written in standard bass clef and tablature; all examples included on the companion audio CD.

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The Ultimate Heavy Metal Bass Book

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The Ultimate Heavy Metal Bass Book

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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 rhythm section 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 is also 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.

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Blues Bass Made Easy

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Blues Bass Made Easy

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Here is something for every blues bassist, studying blues patterns and chord progressions. Examples focus on basic patterns, chord progressions, and playing with a band. Covered here are Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, swing, gospel, zydeco, Texas, and other different styles of blues bass playing. the companion CD features all examples recorded with a professional band. Audio includes band examples with and without bass so students can hear it and play along. 25 examples included, written in bass clef and tab.

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