Alfred Publishing DiY (Do it Yourself) Electric Bass - Manus/Harnsberger - Book/Media Online

Learn to Play Anywhere & Anytime

Authors: Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger
Format: Book with Media Online
Instrumentation: Bass Guitar

With DiY Electric Bass there are no limitations to how, when, or where you learn. This clear and easy-to-follow approach is your blueprint to playing right away. No teacher is necessary since lessons are simple to follow---with corresponding video lessons and audio accompaniments. The included media is available to stream or download, so you can watch video lessons, hear examples, and play along anywhere you have a computer or mobile device.

Do it yourself---even if you have never touched a bass! No prior musical knowledge is needed. Make your dreams come true with this perfectly priced book and media package.

Contents:

• The Left Hand
• The Key of A Major
• The A Major Scale
• Incomplete Measures
• Licks in the Key of A
• The Key of E Major
• The E Major Scale
• The Key of C Major
• The F Major Scale
• Key Signatures
• The Key of B-flat Major
• The B-flat Major Scale
• Eighth Notes
• Rests
• Licks in the Keys of F & B-flat
• The Key of G Major
• The 2nd Position
• The G Major Scale
• Good King Wenceslas
• The 3rd Position
• The Right Hand
• Proper Hand Position
• Using Your Fingers
• Using a Pick
• Proper Hand Position
• Placing a Finger on a String
• Tuning Your Bass
• Using the Online Media
• Tuning the Bass to Itself
• Pitch Pipes and Electronic Tuners
• The Basics of Reading Music
• The Bass Clef
• Measures (Bars)
• Reading TAB
• Counting Time
• Time Signatures
• Notes on the 1st String G
• Notes on the 2nd String D
• The Key of D Major
• The Parts of the Bass
• The Two-Octave E Major Scale
• Licks in the Key of E
• Bass Fingerboard Chart
• Notes on the 3rd String A
• Up-Stems & Down-Stems
• The A Natural Minor Scale
• Notes on the 4th Fret
• Notes on the 4th String E
• Note Finding Review
• Flats
• The C Major Scale
• The Slide
• Accented Notes
• Ties & Syncopation
• The Staff
• The D Major Scale
• Joy to the World
• Rock Licks in the Keys of G, C, & D
• Sixteenth & Dotted Eighth-Note Rhythms
• Four Kinds of Notes
• Tuning to a Piano or Keyboard
• The Dotted Quarter Note
• Combining Dotted Quarter Notes, Accents, & Slides
• Rock Licks with Syncopation
• High C-sharp (or D-flat) & D
• Combining Notes on the G & D Strings
• High D-sharp (or E-flat) & E
• Sharps & Naturals
• The Key of F Major
• Syncopation in the Keys of C, G, F, & B-flat
• How to Hold Your Bass
• Shuffle Rhythm Bass Lines