I am wondering if anyone is familiar with the book EADG 4 by John Falstrom, which bills itself as a "theory textbook for the bass guitar."

Any comments about the book, recommendations?

Thanks.

There are reviews on BASSBOOKS.com
http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=203&bc=no

The author supplies these comments:
The approach I took in writing this book is unique in the fact that I did not include any musical notation, tablature, or diagrams. I use finger patterns, charts, and definitions on how to play the bass.

EADG 4 contains the major scales, the natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales, chord arpeggios, the modal system, harmonics, double stops, chordal studies, the standard 12 bar blues form, and much, much more.

I wrote EADG 4 with every type of bassist in mind-from the beginner to the advanced pro, from the 'street' player to the 'school' player. This book works for everyone.


The reviews are good (as they too often are).
That first pgh puts me off a bit, I'd like to see this one before I buy it.

I bought this book based off of the reviews.

I think it reads like and looks like a collection of notes that a bass teacher put together over a number of years of teaching.

It lacks a common thread. If you were taking lessons from this guy, the explanation that he provides with each lesson would probably make this collection of notes more sensible. Unfortunately, such explanations are missing from this book.

That said, there is a lot to learn here. If you are into "picking and choosing" then there is plenty of things to work on. Just don't be expecting a guiding voice to bass theory (btw, if anyone knows of such a book. Please let me know.)

I hope this helps.

-EW