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100 FRETLESS BASS WORKOUTS
100 FRETLESS BASS WORKOUTS
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. 64 pages. Book is part of the 5'x8' Mel Bay QWICKGUIDE series.
Product Code: MB056
Format: Book & CD Package
Artist/Author: Chris Mateos
Publisher/Distributor: Mel Bay Publications
US$7.95

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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. Book is part of the 5x8 QWICKGUIDE series.

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CLASSIC FUNK AND R&B GROOVES FOR BASS
101 examples of Funk and R&B lines. There are no 'exercises,' only actual bass grooves. Classic Funk and R&B Grooves does cover techniques and concepts, including the use of muted (ghost) notes, string raking, vibrato, syncopation, and the use of non-scalar intervals such as octaves and dominant sevenths. Instead of putting these to work in drills, though, the player goes straight into grooving. Call it instruction by osmosis, if you will, but bear in mind that the great funk bassists learned to play this way. If you study enough vocabulary, and use it in a real setting, you learn the language. Every bass groove you find here was played and recorded first in real-time jams with living, breathing drummers, then transcribed later. By contrast, most instruction books are written first, and the musical examples are played to a drum machine. It’s critical to the spirit of this book/CD package that live drums are used throughout, and you’ll feel the difference from the first track. Written in standard notation and TAB. 36 pages. Our Price: US$18.95
Retail Price : US$19.95

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HAL LEONARD BASS PLAY-ALONG VOL. 2: R&B
In total, the Hal Leonard Bass Play-Along Series is 7 titles. Each title covers a different style (Rock, R&B, Pop/Rock, ‘90s Rock, Funk, Classic Rock, Hard Rock).

The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. Vocal line is written in standard notation, Bass lines are written in standard notation and Tab. Includes audio CD. 48 pages.

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BASSES LOADED VOL. 4: GROOVE WORKSHOP
'GROOVE WORKSHOP 1: R&B & Motown Styles' 16th Note Rhythmic Variations (and feels); Basic Pick-style, Finger-style, and (an introduction to) Slap-style applied to R&B styles. Essential R&B and Funk Ostinato Patterns; Essential Chord-to-Chord Patterns. Common Scales, Arpeggios, and Tone Sets. Five 'LINE APPROACHES' for building, and improvising better R&B, Funk, and Motown bass lines. Playing styles of James Jamerson, Rocco Prestia, Tommy Cogbill, 'Duck' Dunn, Bernard Odum, David Hood, Bob Babbitt George Porter Jr., Carol Kaye, Jerry Jemmott, Bootsy Collins, and MANY MORE. 71 pages. Written in standard notation and TAB. Includes audio CD. Our Price: US$16.95

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FUNK/R&B BASS LICK SAMPLES - DVD
Jerry Barnes, bassist for Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and others, shows you 27 of the ultimate funk/R&B bass patterns in this lesson filmed in 1999. He covers classic patterns from the 1960s to '80s, plus exciting performances with bass, drums and a full band. Includes a lesson booklet with complete transcriptions with tab.
Running Time: 53 minutes.		 Our Price: US$19.95

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50 TWO-HAND TAPPING WORKOUTS FOR ELECTRIC BASS
This 5 1/2" by 8" QWIKGUIDE book presents 50 brief exercises to practice the tapping technique, with each example demonstrated on the accompanying CD. 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 CD. Try applying the techniques in this book to your favorite styles of music. Written in standard notation and TAB. Includes audio CD. 56 pages. Our Price: US$9.99

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FRETLESS BASS
Grammy nominee and fretless bass pioneer Bunny Brunel teams up with best-selling author and session bass player Josquin des Prés to offer the first book/CD tutorial dedicated solely to the development of skills on the fretless bass. Our Price: US$17.95

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BASS ENCYCLOMEDIA
The Bass EncycloMedia is based on the premise that music is a language and that if you knew the music alphabet of letters and tones on your guitar, you could spell and therefore play any chord, scale, arpeggio or song. Spiral bound. 318 pages. Our Price: US$44.95

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30 DAY BASS WORKOUT
An Exercise Plan for Bassists
This enjoyable and challenging exercise routine will prepare you for the rigors of contemporary bass playing and sharpen your technique. The strategy focuses on warm-ups and stretching, exercises for strength, agility and stamina, and specific techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs. Written in standard notation and Tab.
This is the same title as AP038, but does NOT include the DVD. This is the book only version.		 Our Price: US$7.50

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BASS PLAYER: THE FRETLESS BASS
Who would have thought the electric bass guitar with its frets removed would transcend the rhythm section to become one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in all of music? From the jazz genius of Jaco Pastorius and the funk/punk abandon of Les Claypool, to the landmark rock of Jack Bruce and Sting, the instrument has a lyrical legacy all its own. This book collects the very best interviews, lessons, and gear and maintenance guides into one smooth-reading compilation. With insight from over 25 masters, including Tony Levin, Marcus Miller, Gary Willis, Jimmy Haslip, and Percy Jones, The Fretless Bass will give you a keen appreciation for the important innovators, as well as plenty of tools to find your own voice on the instrument. 118 Pages. Our Price: US$19.95

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CLASSIC FUNK AND R&B GROOVES FOR BASS
101 examples of Funk and R&B lines. There are no 'exercises,' only actual bass grooves. Classic Funk and R&B Grooves does cover techniques and concepts, including the use of muted (ghost) notes, string raking, vibrato, syncopation, and the use of non-scalar intervals such as octaves and dominant sevenths. Instead of putting these to work in drills, though, the player goes straight into grooving. Call it instruction by osmosis, if you will, but bear in mind that the great funk bassists learned to play this way. If you study enough vocabulary, and use it in a real setting, you learn the language. Every bass groove you find here was played and recorded first in real-time jams with living, breathing drummers, then transcribed later. By contrast, most instruction books are written first, and the musical examples are played to a drum machine. It’s critical to the spirit of this book/CD package that live drums are used throughout, and you’ll feel the difference from the first track. Written in standard notation and TAB. 36 pages. Our Price: US$18.95
Retail Price : US$19.95

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HAL LEONARD BASS PLAY-ALONG VOL. 2: R&B
In total, the Hal Leonard Bass Play-Along Series is 7 titles. Each title covers a different style (Rock, R&B, Pop/Rock, ‘90s Rock, Funk, Classic Rock, Hard Rock).

The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. Vocal line is written in standard notation, Bass lines are written in standard notation and Tab. Includes audio CD. 48 pages.

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BASSES LOADED VOL. 4: GROOVE WORKSHOP
'GROOVE WORKSHOP 1: R&B & Motown Styles' 16th Note Rhythmic Variations (and feels); Basic Pick-style, Finger-style, and (an introduction to) Slap-style applied to R&B styles. Essential R&B and Funk Ostinato Patterns; Essential Chord-to-Chord Patterns. Common Scales, Arpeggios, and Tone Sets. Five 'LINE APPROACHES' for building, and improvising better R&B, Funk, and Motown bass lines. Playing styles of James Jamerson, Rocco Prestia, Tommy Cogbill, 'Duck' Dunn, Bernard Odum, David Hood, Bob Babbitt George Porter Jr., Carol Kaye, Jerry Jemmott, Bootsy Collins, and MANY MORE. 71 pages. Written in standard notation and TAB. Includes audio CD. Our Price: US$16.95

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FUNK/R&B BASS LICK SAMPLES - DVD
Jerry Barnes, bassist for Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and others, shows you 27 of the ultimate funk/R&B bass patterns in this lesson filmed in 1999. He covers classic patterns from the 1960s to '80s, plus exciting performances with bass, drums and a full band. Includes a lesson booklet with complete transcriptions with tab.
Running Time: 53 minutes.		 Our Price: US$19.95

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