Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Bass

Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!
Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, fingering and picking styles, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, country, and jazz. Near the end of the book you will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist you in coloring your and others’ musical creations with your own unique, rockin’ style. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * TAB licks and bass lines * Bass fingerboard chart * Complete chord chart * Photos showing hand positions and more The accompanying video features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The online media also includes TNT 2 software that lets you customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys.Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way.

Additional Information

SKU#: 00-44503
UPC: 038081502489
ISBN-10: 1470626012
ISBN-13: 9781470626013
Series: Teach Yourself Series
Secondary Category: Bass Guitar Method or Supplement
Format: Book & Online Video/Audio/Software
Page Count: 80
Contributors: By Morton Manus and Ron Manus
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