You Can Teach Yourself Electric Bass Book

Product Number: 94358 
ISBN: 0871667762 
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc. 
Difficulty Level: Beginning 
Format: Book

This method is loaded with information. In the author's words, "The electric bass is in a very exciting developmental period. No longer does it just provide 'low-end support.' Now entire songs are built around the bass line." This method is both easy to understand and thorough! It provides the theory and technique needed to play contemporary bass, and it covers such modern effects as slap & pop and right-hand hammering techniques. While note reading is taught, tablature is also presented. 

CONTENTS

How To Use The Book
The Parts Of The Electric Bass
Tuning The Bass
Playing Technique
     Left Hand Techniques
     Right Hand Techniques
Finger Exercises
The Basics Of Reading Music
     Reading Music
     Electric Bass Fingerboard Chart
     Notes on the E-String
     Notes on the A-String
     Notes on the D-String
     Notes on the G-String
     Sharps, Flats, and Naturals
     Key Signatures
     Eighth-Note Studies
     Dotted Notes
     Sixteenth-Note Studies
     Triplets
A Few Popular Bass Lines
     Scales
     More Scale Stuff
Bass Lines And Fills
     Walking Bass Lines
Slap-and-Pop Technique
     Left-Hand Technique
     Slap Exercises
     Pop Exercises
     Technique Exercises
     Simple Rhythm Patterns
     More Rhythm Patterns
     Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Right-Hand Hammering Technique
     Right-Hand Technique
     Left-Hand Techniques
     Right-Hand Techniques
     Scales and Scale Patterns
     Using More Than One Right-Hand Finger