Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470647221 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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 guitarFrom classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises and chords presentedShows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and hand positionsEach lesson concludes with a music piece for you to tryThe audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany the exercises and drills presented in each sectionHelps you build your strength, endurance, and dexterity when playing bassWhether you're a b
. Patrick Pfeiffer has recorded with George Clinton, Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Norman (Coasters), Paul Griffin (Steely Dan), Bernard Purdie (Steely Dan), Carlos Alomar (David Bowie), and Mike Kissel's KMA All-Stars, to name a few
Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. From the Back CoverThe fun and easy way® to tune up your technique and improve your playingLearn to:Master scales, chords, and arpeggios through 300 bass guitar exercisesGrasp finger and hand positionRefine tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamicsThe bass guitar is used in almost every single genre of music — from rock to classical, jazz to funk. Whether you're 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
Decent book; poor Kindle version Amazon Customer The content of the book is pretty good. It's actually more about improvising theory than "exercises" as such, although they can be used as exercises. More of a quibble, that doesn't detract from the value of the content. These will probably improve your playing if you work at them. The part about modes and scales is actually quite good.The problem is that the. "Musical examples printed unusually small." according to Paul Nordquist. In the paper edition of this book, the musical exercises are smaller than in other Dummies music titles that I've used. This is not a fatal flaw, considering that these are practice exercises that you'll be playing many times through. If you don't mind taking time to lean close to the book to read and memorize an exercise before you start playing it the first. Good book for bass players to have Lucas Pinkstock Good book for bass players to have. I'm not professional in any way. Only been playing for a few years with any chance I can get between my 12 hr and 16 hr shifts at work, but it has helped a lot in the way I play especially since I'm teaching my self. The exercises actually help, to a certain extent. Good price too.