Rock Studies for Bass: The Bottom Line (eBook + Online Audio)
An easy-to-understand presentation of the essentials of contemporary rock bass performance. Includes the concepts and applications of basic harmony, pedal point, three-note patterns, arpeggios, circle of 5ths, ostinatos, pentatonic scales, blues riffs, walking bass lines, position playing, and left- and right-hand technique. Written in notation and tablature. Online audio available.
Product Number:
94534MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
32
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-8189-4
ISBN13:
978-15134-8189-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
11/20/2024
An easy-to-understand presentation of the essentials of contemporary rock bass performance. Includes the concepts and applications of basic harmony, pedal point, three-note patterns, arpeggios, circle of 5ths, ostinatos, pentatonic scales, blues riffs, walking bass lines, position playing, and left- and right-hand technique. Written in notation and tablature. Online audio available.
Mechanics 
Example 1a: Eighth Notes 
Example 1b : Eighth Notes 
Example 2: Clave 
Example 3a: Pedal Point 
Example 3b: Pedal Point 
Example 3c: Pedal Point 
Example 4: Root and Fifth 
Example 5: Chord Connection 
Example 6: Hey Joe 
Example 7a: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth) 
Example 7b: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth) 
Example 7c: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth) 
Examples 7d-7e: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh) 
Examples 7f-7g: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh) 
Example 7h: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh) 
Arpeggio Diagrams 
Example 8a: Dominant Seventh Arpeggios/Circle-of-Fifths Exercise 
Example 8b: Major Arpeggio 
Example 8c: Major Arpeggio 
Example 8d: Dominant Seventh Arpeggio 
Example 8e: Minor Arpeggio 
Example 9a: Ostinato 
Example 9b: Ostinato 
Example 9c: Ostinato 
Example 10a: Minor and Major Pentatonic Riffs 
Five Pentatonic Patterns (Emin/Gmaj) 
Open-Position Pentatonic Scales 
Example 10b: Blues Riff 
Example 10c: Blues Riff 
Example 10d: Blues Riff 
Major Scales: Five Positions 
Example 11: Walking Bass Line 
Playing the Part 
Example 12a: Shuffle 
Example 12b: Straight Eighth 
Example 12c: Clave' 
Example 12d: William Tell 
Example 12e: Funk 
Left-Hand and Right-Hand Techniques 
 
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