Jaco Pastorius -- Modern Electric Bass (DVD with Overpack) Review

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(More customer reviews)This instructional book gives many exercises from Jaco himself. It has a cd that comes with it that helps out. It covers harmonics (has a chart) and ways to improve your left hand speed, precision, and clarity. The book itself is clear enough that you can use it to teach yourself. Though the book goes with the video (of the same name) so it's good to get both. Also, on the cd is a jam session with jaco and an interview. All in all it's a great value and no jaco collection is complete without it.

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The late master demonstrates the techniques that made him the most influential electric bassist of all time. Jaco explains his right- and left-hand technique, harmonics, finger exercises and more. Includes several solos as well as performances. DVD special features include Jaco's biography, additional artist video clips, and additional video tips.

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Bass for Beginners Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a great book to teach true bass playing.Comes with a Cd. I teach bass and use it with all my students.

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Well-paced with lots of photos, diagrams and music in TAB, this book makes it easy to go from buying your first bass to mastering fundamental techniques. 48 pages.

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Easy Pop Bass Lines: Supplemental Songbook to Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method Review

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(More customer reviews)The book does a nice job of presenting classic song bass lines in a progressive manner.As a teacher I also appreciate the lack of tab which forces students to read the notes and not just the numbers.

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Play your favorite hits from The Beatles, Nirvana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Garth Brooks, Eric Clapton and more with this songbook that correlates with Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method! The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with simple one- and two-string bass lines and ending with songs that contain many notes, including all four strings. Gives beginning bass students great pop and rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: All the Small Things * Come as You Are * Crossfire * Friends in Low Places * Great Balls of Fire * Imagine * Lady Madonna * My Girl * Peggy Sue * Smoke on the Water * Surfin' U.S.A. * Takin' Care of Business * Walk of Life * Wild Thing * Wonderful Tonight * and more!

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Even More Easy Pop Bass Lines: Supplemental Songbook to Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method Review

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(More customer reviews)This book provides a nice bass sound that seems to go well with the songs involved. I am sure you can dress it up a lot, but as written I think others will be a little impressed if you are just starting out.

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This songbook correlates with Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method, giving beginning students great pop and rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: ABC * Another One Bites the Dust * Badge * Brick House * Cheap Sunglasses * Come Together * Higher Ground * Into the Great Wide Open * Iron Man * The Joker * Radar Love * Sweet Emotion * Under Pressure * more. The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with sixteenth-note rhythms and ending with slap and pop technique.

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Hal Leonard Bass Method Book 2: Book/CD Pack (Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method) Review

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(More customer reviews)There are two versions of this book. ISBN 079356378 comes with the CD. ISBN 079356378X does not come with the CD. Don't make the same mistake I did. I wanted the CD and had to return this book and reorder the correct version. Minus one star for Amazon packaging this in a special with Book 3 which comes with a CD while this one doesn't. Very misleading.

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The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world. Book 2 teaches: the box shape; moveable boxes; notes in fifth position; major and minor scales; the classic blues line; the shuffle rhythm; tablature; and more! The CD in the book/CD pack includes 51 full-band tracks for demonstration or play along.

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Playing the Changes: Bass: A Linear Approach to Improvising (Berklee Labs) Review

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(More customer reviews)The book contains a lot of information that a bass player needs.. There are progressions (Blue Bossa, Tune up, Valse Hot..) he tries to show us how can we approach as a bass improvisor.. This is a modal approach.. Besides this, we can learn different styles (bossa nova, swing, waltz..)

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Create more expressive solos with this book/CD pack, which presents a unique improvisation strategy based on ear training and a linear interpretation of note relationships. Comprehensive, step-by-step instruction will guide you as you: develop an expectation of sound; master the movement of notes over modes and harmonies; become comfortable improvising over jazz standards; create your own chord pads to use as you practice recognizing the tendencies of pitches within chord progressions.

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Electric Bass Guitar (Guitar Player Basic Library) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is very helpful and it covers many different styles ofplayingand different techiniques such as the "in and out" techniquewhich makes playing sixteen notes eaiser.It covers slapping, and justbasic right hand technique.It also hasa whole chapter on soloing andexplains basslines and turnaround and chords.The only problem is thatthere is no tablature,so you have to learn to read music, which there is achapter on. I really recommend this book.

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The original 1984 edition of this title presented a definitive approach to the theory, practice and performance of electric bass guitar.As such, it gained wide recognition and acceptance as the best single-volume work in its field.Now, in response to all the new developments in bass technique and application, GPI has put together a revised and updated edition of this invaluable book.Included in this comprehensive new volume are the most up-to-date instructional columns, private lessons, and hard-to-find features from GPI Special Edition: Bass Player magazine.Also featured are important tips and lessons from the foremost artists in the field - Jeff Berlin, Carol Kaye, Nathan East, Stanley Clarke, Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Haslip, Bunny Brunel, and others - who take the reader all the way from choosing an instrument to reading, music theory, practicing, improving technique, and soloing.Plus a new section on bass repair, maintenance, and modification.

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Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Instrumentalist: Bass Clef Edition (Instructional) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has a ton of fun etudes and exercises to play through.They book is great sight reading practice because there are so many etudes that you can play a few every day and not repeat any for a long time.

The only thing that I slightly dislike is that there is very little information about the style that each etude should be played in.I think that's the point of the book; to teach you to figure out how to play melodically without relying on what is indicated on the page.But sometimes you just don't know.It says "Medium slow ballad," but is it straight or swung?The tempo is indicated as half-note = 100, and some of the rhythms look latin, so should I play it with a latin feel?This is only a minor problem though because usually it is pretty clear and I guess I am learning to make style decisions myself, which is good.The book might be better if some etudes are played with the guidance of a teacher though; I just play by myself so I can't judge that.

Overall, very good jazz book for trombone.

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Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Instrumentalist is a collection of original pieces by master trombonist/composer J.J. Johnson. Designed as study material and playable by any instrument, these pieces (the harmonies of which are based on well-known standards) run the gamut of the jazz experience, featuring common and uncommon time signatures and keys, and styles from ballads to funk. They are progressively graded so that both beginners and professionals will be challenged by the demands of this wonderful music. Published in both treble and bass clef editions, this book also includes text to guide the player, as well as a biography of Johnson.

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Serious Electric Bass (Contemporary Bass Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is packed with endless info on the subject - scales and chords. By practicing the excercises in it, one can begin developing a good ear and understand why basslines of some songs are played the way they are.
In fact, this book is teaching me that there are many contemporary songs that are done in modes of common scales. I didn't even know such a thing existed!
Another thing is that you get a great appreciation for the neck and the note values along it by using this book in practice.
You would have to be able to sight-read for this book though, since tab is not used.
The first few sections - particularly the part on setting up and adjusting your bass - are invaluable, as they offer clear instructions that demystify the fear of 'DIY' on your bass.
The only problem I had was that one of the pages (I think it was p.55) was double-printed, so the page before it was not there. Otherwise, this book is an important investment for players who want to understand the relationships between chords and to develop their ear.
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Bass basics, major scales and modes, harmonic and melodic minor scales and modes, arpeggio patterns and symmetric scales (whole tone and diminished). Serious Electric Bass is a definitive, comprehensive, user-friendly guide for electric bassists of all levels. 279 pages.

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