Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Gary Willis presents valuable how-to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying 64-track CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, theory, and much more.

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The DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Professor Anthony Vitti shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to freely express yourself on the bass in many musical styles. The easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations in this DVD can be applied to all levels and styles. Topics covered include: fingering exercises · interval and ear training · funk/R&B techniques · rhythm studies. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying 80-page booklet. 55 minutes.

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See Tony Smith knock the top off bass guitar! A true innovator, he has performed with Steve Morse, Average White Band, Grover Washington and Larry Carlton, to name but a few. In this incredible DVD, he takes viewers step-by-step through an array of his one-of-a-kind techniques. He demonstrates slap bass over a rock shuffle and shows hip-hop grooves using slap and pizzicato. He teaches his touch technique over a salsa groove and demonstrates a montuno with his left hand and the clavi with his right hand. The accompanying booklet includes notation and easy-to-follow diagrams that correspond exactly to the DVD. 30 minutes.

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In this video you will learn a fantastic selection of today's bass grooves,fills,and licks. You will learn sliding harmonics,two-hand chord extensions,and two-hand interval tapping. This video takes you step by step through thumping,choiking,snapping,and slapping.

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All 15 megahits from Aerosmith's multi-platinum best-of album, with every instrument and lyric part transcribed note-for-note! Includes: Amazing • Angel • Blind Man • Crazy • Cryin' • Deuces Are Wild • Dude (Looks like a Lady) • Eat the Rich • Janie's Got a Gun • Livin' on the Edge • Love in an Elevator • The Other Side • Rag Doll • Walk on Water • What It Takes. Contains guitar and bass tab.

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Learn to play arpeggios on the bass with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book, a supplement to the Hal Leonard Bass Method or any other bass method. The Bass Arpeggio Finder contains more than 1,300 arpeggio shapes, covering 28 different qualities for each key, with each quality presented in four different shapes. Great for bassists looking to hone their skills!

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Michael Manring kicks things off with a set of fascinating solo pieces on four different instruments in various tunings, including one piece where he plays all four basses at the same time! Andy Gonzalez leads a group of top Latin musicians in a scorching set of contemporary and traditional Afro Cuban music. Bobby Rodriguez, one of the most influential bassists in the history of Latin music, joins Andy, and is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Francis Rocco Prestia, accompanied by members of Tower of Power, including David Garibaldi, performs a burning set of their funk classics. He also talks about creating a groove, his early days with TOP and much more.

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Michael Manring kicks things off with a set of fascinating solo pieces on four different instruments in various tunings. Andy Gonzalez leads a group of top Latin musicians in a scorching set of contemporary and traditional Afro Cuban music. Bobby Rodriguez- one of the most influential bassists in the history of Latin music- joins Andy- and is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Francis Rocco Prestia- accompanied by members of Tower of Power- including David Garibaldi- performs a burning set of their funk classics. He also talks about creating a groove- his early days with TOP and much more. Victor Wooten performs with a trio and presents a set of amazing music that stretches from serious funk to beautiful ballads- with plenty of stops in between.

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By: Ed Friedland
This invaluable guide and accompanying CD give bass players both the musical background and training needed to get on with their grooving. With lessons guided by a metronome and presented in various musical styles and rhythmic applications, bassists increase their ability to internalize rhythm. The book also breaks down classic styles and grooves from rock, blues, R&B, jazz, Afro-Caribbean, and other traditions. Each example includes a notated version of the drum part and details how to program it into a drum machine.

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For beginning bassists,walking bass lines can be very confusing. This method is a quick way of learning to walk through changes. Endorsed by North Texas State band director Neil Slater.

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Bass Secrets brings together 48 columns highlighting specific topics - ranging from the technical to the philosophical - from masters such as Stu Hamm, Randy Coven, Tony Franklin and Billy Sheehan. They cover topics including tapping, walking bass lines, soloing, hand positions, harmonics and more. Clearly illustrated with musical examples.

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The latest release in our acclaimed Classic Jazz Masters series,this book features note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded. Includes: Blues Minor · Body and Soul · But Beautiful · Falling in Love with Love · Have You Met Miss Jones? · How Deep Is the Ocean · Moose the Mooche · My Romance · Old Devil Moon · So What · Take the A Train · Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) · and more. Includes a detailed discography,and a foreword from the editors.

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The low,throbbing beat of great bassists like James Jamerson,Anthony Jackson,Larry Graham,Bootsy Collins,Louis Johnson and Verdine White drove the world to the dance floor during the disco era. In this new Bass Builders book,renown bassist Josquin des Prés provides 101 authentic funk and disco bass patterns to help players practice getting their groove. Includes standard notation and tab

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The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab,listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound,and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing,or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users,the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: All I Wanna Do · Fly Away · Give It Away · Hard to Handle · Jeremy · Know Your Enemy · Spiderwebs · You Oughta Know.

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Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for more than two dozen mandatory tunes for bassists: american woman - beast of burden - crazy little thing called love - crazy train - day tripper - got to get you into my life - green-eyed lady - higher ground - i wish - juke box hero - layla - leave it - mississippi queen - paranoid - radar love - ridin' the storm out - rock and roll hoochie koo - sunshine of your love - surfin' u.s.a. - synchronicity ii - time - walk this way - welcome to the jungle - werewolves of london - wild thing

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25 songs every bassist should know,including: Another One Bites The Dust - Badge - Brown Eyed Girl - Calling Dr. Love - Come Together - Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) - Crossfire - Detroit Rock City - Free Ride - Funk #49 - Gimme Three Steps - Hey Joe - Iron Man - Jessica - Lay Down Sally - Low Rider - Money - My Generation - Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Paperback Writer - Peg - Roxanne - Start Me Up - Sweet Emotion - You're My Best Friend

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The 5-string bass is rapidly growing into the future and this is your handbook to meet it there. Besides discussing how to adapt to the differences in the 5-string versus the 4-string,this book explores the various ways of using the 5-string,practice tips,different techniques,and practical applications to various genres demonstrated through songs on the accompanying CD.

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This fun new bass method will help you improve your solos,grooves,and bass lines,no matter what style you play. Accompanying CD includes recorded examples.

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The complete guide for mastering the six-string bass! This book/CD pack covers scales,arpeggios,modes,chord forms,two-handed tapping,alternative techniques,chromatic exercises and theory concepts. The CD includes 99 full-demo tracks.

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Explore the technical brilliance and musical genius of the greatest electric bassist the world has ever known. This book features highly detailed analysis of 12 of Jaco's epic bass solos from the songs: Amerika · Bright Size Life · Chromatic Fantasy · Continuum · Days of Wine and Roses · Donna Lee · Havona · Port of Entry · Portrait of Tracy · Punk Jazz · Slang · (Used to Be A) Cha Cha.

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