Bass instruction for beginners

[Konan888]

Hi,

Can you recommend a book or site that offers good bass instruction for beginners. I need exercises, how to read music and general understanding of my bass.

Cheers!!

[ArticulatedFeel]

www.studybass.com

Is usually what I see recommended. I suggest it too.

[MalcolmAmos]

Ditto - www.studybass.com and ask questions here.

Bass guitar for Dummies does a good job of explaining what we do and how to do it.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...ss+for+dummies

This post goes into detail about ways to find notes on your fretboard, kinda important you get that behind you.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archiv.../t-614965.html
Here is a fretboard chart in case you do not already have one.


Good luck.

[AMp'D.2play]

StudyBass is good ... and free. It's how I started out.

However, I found I progressed much faster once I switched my primary study over to the Hal Leonard Bass Method, Complete Edition, by Ed Friedland. It goes for less than 20 bucks (US) and includes 3 play-along CDs.

Here's a recent thread on the book: Massive big-up to Ed Friedland's bass method

Have you looked into lessons?

[fearceol]

+1 for "Study Bass" and "Bass Guitar for Dummies" !

I also highly recommend Carol Kaye's teaching material. There is lots of valuable information on her site also : www.carolkaye.com