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NOTABLES - WALKING BASS LINES Flavor Jazz with the free swing of happily strolling along: that's the infectious feel of Walking Bass Lines. Click for details, sample pages and prices. THE ART OF WALKING BASS A comprehensive resource for building melodic walking lines in a variety of styles. EXPANDING WALKING BASS LINES Takes some more advanced techniques and incorporates them into a jazz context. WALKIN Also check out the -COMPANION DVD- A broad examination of walking bass technique, including over 60 examples of chord progressions. WALKING BASSLINES -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- Aimed at the beginning to intermediate jazz player looking to build lines and solos. WALKING BASS This collection of patterns helps the player develop the foundation for good walking bass playing. WALKING JAZZ LINES FOR BASS A comprehensive guide to understanding bass line patterns, and creating walking lines for a range of styles.

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SLAP IT! Also check out the -ONLINE COURSE- The standard text for learning to play and read slap-bass styles. Accompanying online course also available.	PAUL SIMON BASS TRANSCRIPTIONS -EBOOK/PDF- This is a special collection of bass lines for 12 favorite songs, as played by an amazing array of bassists.
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SIGHT READING PRACTICE MATERIAL FOR BASS -EBOOK/PDF- Loads of material in a range of styles, to prepare the player to cold-read anything.	FRANK SINATRA BASS TRANSCRIPTIONS -EBOOK/PDF- A fabulous collection of favorites from one of the great entertainers of his time.

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SECRET 53: KNOW WHY YOU'RE PRACTICING Keeping Sight of the Big Picture The strategies in this book explain why simply playing through songs over and over will never make your bass playing effective. Instead, you focus on the small, musical details that actually need your attention. Each of these details—such as Tough Stuff, transitions, tone production, and technique—needs to be dealt with efficiently. To be efficient you decide what can realistically get done today. Then, you dive in and start working on just those few, chosen items. There’s just one problem with all this focus: You can lose sight of why you’re really playing the bass! The real reason for all your hard work is to achieve your musical dreams. These long-term musical goals served as the inspiration for playing bass in the first place. (Read more) See all ESSENTIAL SECRETS published to date on our BLOG.

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PENTATONIC NOTE SEQUENCE GRIMOIRIUM -EBOOK/PDF- Amazingly comprehensive: over 700 note sequences based on the major pentatoic scale and associated modes.	SIGHT READING FOR THE BASS One of THE standard texts in the sight reading canon. Build your skills no matter your experience level.
THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF JACO -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- A compendium of the genius of Jaco Pastorius: 18 of his greatest songs, note for note.	EXPOSED: SOLO MUSIC FOR UNACCOMPANIED ELECTRIC BASS -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- A study in going it alone! Comprehensive analysis of four solo pieces and the techniques behind them.
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS FOR ELECTRIC BASS You need to know about all the basic scales and their corresponding arpeggios. Here it is. Includes DVD.	WALKING BASSLINES: A GUIDE TO CREATING AND IMPROVISING JAZZ BASSLINES -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- A vital guide for the jazz bassist; simple to complex, with examples and exercises, and scales and modes identified.

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ERIC BEAULÉ www.PlayBassLines.com

This transcription is compliments of Eric Beaulé, at www.PlayBassLines.com, author of several titles we carry. Bass Transcription of Tennessee Whiskey from Chris Stapleton This is the bass line as played by J.T. Cure on the Chris Stapleton hit, off his 2015 album, Traveller. See more great country hits in Eric Beaulé's ebook: NEW COUNTRY FAVORITES FOR BASS.

MIKE OVERLY www.basstruth.com

1:4 Rhythm Ratio, Part 3 In this lesson Mike Overly, GRAMMY® nominated music educator and author of Bass EncycloMedia, gets a little deeper into the 1:4 rhythm ratio by looking closely at dotted eighth notes.

JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ www.jaimedavidvazquez.com

BASS TIPS: What Is a Bass Riff? Jaime explains and demonstrates the many definitions for this commonly used term.

JOHN FALSTROM www.EADG4.com

EADG 4: Part 79 Setting Up Your Bass Guitar John Falstrom, author of EADG 4, presents the tools and techniques to adjust your bass so it plays and sounds its best.