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03-19-2013, 05:57 AM
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Any recommendations for a basics book for learning Bass please dont recommend the dummies book had a look and it was rubbish imho so let me know or is there a cheap online tool that is good but basic please dont batter me ......
I have used Rocksmith but it doesnt really teach very well and I can get high score on some stuff but im really crap on the more technical stuff i need the BASICS,
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03-19-2013, 05:59 AM
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03-19-2013, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by etoncrow  | That's a great link, but none of those books, or must-read-book-recommendations, involve learning to play the bass, but rather, are geared more towards topics like band management, tour survival, etc. I think I've seen a similar thread with book recommendations along the lines of what the OP is looking for though. I'll see if I can find it when I get to a computer.
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03-19-2013, 06:45 AM
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03-19-2013, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by kalgore please dont recommend the dummies book had a look and it was rubbish imho | Quote: |
im really crap on the more technical stuff i need the BASICS,
| I am curious as to what you found to be rubbish about the Dummies book. Judging by the above quote, I would have thought it ideal. 
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03-19-2013, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by etoncrow | While all the books in that thread are no doubt very good, a lot of them are not geared towards the beginner bassist.
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03-19-2013, 08:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | The Ed Freidland books from Alfred Publishing are very good.
The Chuck Rainey series - I'm not sure who published them - are very good.
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown is good for players of any level.
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03-19-2013, 08:23 AM
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03-19-2013, 08:24 AM
|  | Hello Mangs | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Munchkin Land | | | Hi Kalgore. Check out Hal Leonard's Bass Method Complete Edition. It's relatively cheap. I like it because it does not use tabs so you have to learn to sight read. If you don't want to learn to sight read then...I'm not sure what's a good book to start with.
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03-19-2013, 10:47 AM
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All I would say on this though is please ignore the "learn in 8 weeks" promise.
I challenged Stuart on this and it seems the publishers insisted on this and that he had to include tabs.
But if you can read it and accept you need to study at YOUR speed, then it's really good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...ss%2Caps%2C185
Also, use www.studybass.com - unreservedly it's good |
03-19-2013, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Herrick Hi Kalgore. Check out Hal Leonard's Bass Method Complete Edition. It's relatively cheap. I like it because it does not use tabs so you have to learn to sight read. If you don't want to learn to sight read then...I'm not sure what's a good book to start with. | You can always learn to read with this one:
The Bass Guitarist's Guide to Reading Music http://www.basslinepublishing.com/th...ner-level.html
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03-19-2013, 10:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton canada | | this works http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Method-D...3711792&sr=1-1
Otherwise search around the net for scale fingerings and theory then see how it applies to songs. An example of this would be learning the pink Floyd song "money". Then see how the main riff is a B minor 7 chord arppegiated; with a couple other chords- E minor and F# minor if I remember right. Find the chromatic note in the main part and see how he works the chromatics in the solo sections as well. |
03-19-2013, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Herrick Check out Hal Leonard's Bass Method Complete Edition. | My apologies: this is the Ed Freidland series I erroneously stated as being published by Alfred. Oops.
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