How To Play Rock Electric Bass

For beginner rock bass players. Teaches how to play all over the fretboard and create lines from any type of scale or arpeggio. Also features an introduction to slapping and popping.

Here is a truly practical book for anyone who want to learn to play Rock 'n' Roll on the electric bass! With this book the beginner can learn to play all of the most popular bass patterns used in Rock 'n' Roll rhythm and blues choruses, including the popular "walking bass."

Discover fully-formed musical grooves, riffs and licks you can incorporate into your playing right now - each one carefully crafted to develop dexterity, timing and feel.

Complete Fingerstyle Bass Technique will teach you step-by-step, how to fret and pluck your way to bass mastery. It's packed full of musical exercises and expert advice that will help you develop flawless fingerstyle technique.

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If you are a guitarist and your band needs you to play bass, or you just want to become a more diverse, in-demand musician, then this book is for you. Applying what you know about the guitar to the bass, you'll quickly master fundamentals including outlining chords, important progressions, and the bassist's safety net: the root and 5th. By the time you're done with this book, you'll understand the role of the bass player in the band and how to lock in with the drummer, be able to slap & pop, and read music in bass clef and TAB. Examples from the book are performed on the CD for listening and playing along. 48 pages.