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First Lessons Bass (Book + Online Audio/Video)

by Jay Farmer

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Description

Contents

Samples

Series

Product Number:

99933M

Format:

Book + Online Audio/Video

Skill Level:

Beginning

Pages:

Binding:

Saddle Stitched

Size:

8.75 x 11.75

ISBN:

0-7866-9318-5

ISBN13:

978-07866-9318-4

Series:

First Lessons

Publisher:

Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published:

12/30/2015

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the "3-finger" left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. The emphasis on left hand technique allows the student to develop a consistent fingering approach to the fingerboard, reduces unnecessary strain on the left hand, and makes the bass more accessible to younger students or students with small hands. After the left hand technique has been established, the book introduces the student to important elements of bass line construction including blues patterns, the root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns. Includes access to online audio and video.

• Introduction for beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass.
• Book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction.
• Makes use of the "3-finger" left hand position commonly found in double bass technique.
• Offers student important elements of bass line construction: blues patterns, root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns.
• Includes access to online audio and video.

Introduction
Parts of the Bass
Tuning the Bass
The Left Hand Position
Using the Hand Position
The Right Hand
Positioning the Bass
Fundamentals of Music
The Open Strings
Open String Exercises
The 4th String
The 3rd String
Connecting the 3rd and 4th Strings
More Music Fundamentals
The 2nd String
The 1st String
Connecting 1st and 2nd Strings
Connecting All Four Strings
Ode to Joy
The Irish Washerwoman
Simple Gifts
BMR 2000
Motion
Journeyesque
The First Five Frets — Shifting
Connecting All Four Strings — Shifting
Billy Boy
Steps of the Giant
F. T. B.
Advancing Up the Fingerboard
The 5th, 6th, and 7th Frets
Bass Line Essentials
Sample Chord Progression
Rhythm
The Blues Progression
The Root-Fifth Relationship
The Dotted Quarter Note
The Final

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Series: First Lessons

First Lessons Accordion

First Lessons Alto Saxophone

First Lessons Banjo

First Lessons Bass

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Chords/Playing Songs

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Notes/Playing Solos

First Lessons Blues Harmonica

First Lessons Bongo

First Lessons Cajon

First Lessons Cello

First Lessons Clarinet

First Lessons Classical Guitar

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo

First Lessons Conga

First Lessons Djembe

First Lessons Drumset

First Lessons Dulcimer

First Lessons Fingerstyle Guitar

First Lessons Fingerstyle Ukulele

First Lessons Flamenco Guitar

First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar

First Lessons Flute

First Lessons Folk Banjo

First Lessons Folk Guitar

First Lessons Folk Harp

First Lessons Gospel Harp

First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer

First Lessons Harmonica

First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar

First Lessons Mandolin

First Lessons Music Theory

First Lessons Native American Flute: How to Sit on a Rock

First Lessons Ocarina

First Lessons Pedal Steel

First Lessons Piano

First Lessons Rock Guitar

First Lessons Snare Drum

First Lessons Tenor Banjo

First Lessons Tin Whistle

First Lessons Trumpet

First Lessons Ukulele

First Lessons Upright Bass

First Lessons Viola

First Lessons Violin

First Lessons Violin Duets

First Lessons Voice

Premieres Lecons Batterie

Premieres lecons de violon edition francaise

Premières Leçons Harmonica diatonique

Primeras Lecciones Violin

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