SynopsisLearn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide and bonus interactive CD The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to name a few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassists an opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Features a wide variety of over 300 exercises and technique-building practice opportunities tailored to bass guitar From classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises and chords presented Shows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and hand positions Each lesson concludes with a music piece for you to try The audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany the exercises and drills presented in each section Helps you build your strength, endurance, and dexterity when playing bass Whether you're a beginner bass player or you're looking to stretch your playing skills, Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies is the book for you CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase., The fun and easy way® to tune up your technique and improve your playing Learn to: Master scales, chords, and arpeggios through 300 bass guitar exercises Grasp finger and hand position Refine tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamics The bass guitar is used in almost every single genre of music from rock to classical, jazz to funk. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Whether youre a beginner player or looking to stretch your playing skills, this is the book for you! Know your scales play scales straight up and down and combine them with chord arpeggios and even with grooves The right rhythm for the right style accumulate a good basic repertoire of genre-specific grooves so that you sound like an expert Hear how its done listen to tracks of the author playing many of the exercises Develop muscle memory play arpeggios, rhythms, grooves, and melodies, and establish the wherewithal to apply them to different styles Real-life applications see how the exercises are applied in real and famous songs Open the book and find: Tips for correct hand and body posture Instruction on fingering options and hand positions Exercises for tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamics Hints for developing a complete practice session Ways the exercises can be applied to great music Methods for getting comfortable with scales Workouts for stronger playing, Learn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide andbonus interactive CD! The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre ofmusic-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to namea few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassistsan opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardlessof your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides thetips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Features a wide variety of over 300 exercises andtechnique-building practice opportunities tailored to bassguitar From classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae basspatterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises andchords presented Shows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and handpositions Each lesson concludes with a music piece for you to try The audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany theexercises and drills presented in each section Helps you build your strength, endurance, and dexterity whenplaying bass Whether you're a beginner bass player or you're looking tostretch your playing skills, Bass Guitar Exercises ForDummies is the book for you! CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not includedas part of the e-book file, but are available for download afterpurchase., Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies features more than 300 exercises to help readers refine their techniques and improve control and timing, developing style and command that can only come with daily repetition and drilling. This book is a perfect companion to Bass Guitar For Dummies, 2nd Edition .
LC Classification NumberMT599.B4