"Etude" Books

[FoxClarke]

Howdy ladies and gents!

I am a professional saxophone player who plays bass guitar as his #2 instrument. I studied classical saxophone at Mount Allison university in Canada but am now aiming to get my bass guitar skills up to a higher standard. When I studied saxophone, I had all of these etude books and extended technique books for saxophone written by guys like Larry Teal and Eugene Rousseau.

I would say that I am a pretty good bassist. You put a score in front of me and I will play it without much trouble. My improv skills need a little more work however. I have the discipline to practice hard, believe me. I just need somebody to steer me to a book with some great daily exercises for technique so that I can really rip it up and start to master the instrument!

Thanks folks!

Evan Fox Clarke

[onlyclave]

How about The Charlie Parker Omnibook in bass clef? I've been playing out of it for years and still find new stuff in it.

I like the Berklee Press books too, Chord Studies for Electric Bass and Reading Contemporary Electric Bass.

[jholanda]

you'll find some good book from aebersold and hal leonard. here youll find some of these:

http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merch...ry_Code=BASBOO

If I werent such a wannabass, I'd try paul chamber's book from Stinnet or Mingus from Hal Leonard