help me find a beginner bass theory book

[b_ryceeeee]

hey guys i just find myself wanting to dive into a theory book and learn. ive been looking at the theory books at bass books.com and honestly i dont know where to start. right now i just have the ed friedland complete edition book which i will be done with soon.

[lexxmexx]

That should be good enough for you but if you want to learn more about music theory, you can consider the Idiots or Dummies music theory book. Music theory applies to all musical instruments regardless of what you play. Hope that helps.

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by lexxmexx

Dummies music theory book.

+1 on this book - "Bass Guitar for Dummies". I found (and still do ) it very good. It comes with a cd.

In the mean time, a good site to check out is :


www.studybass.com



BTW, no book or site can take the place of a good teacher.

[b_ryceeeee]

Originally Posted by fearceol

BTW, no book or site can take the place of a good teacher.

yeah i know but im having such a hard time finding a teacher

[psychotiger]

Originally Posted by b_ryceeeee

yeah i know but im having such a hard time finding a teacher

So what city / area are you in? Maybe somebody here on TB could suggest something for you.

[Bassist4Life]

Musictheory.net

[steve66]

Mark Levine Jazz Theory

Deluxe Jazz & Rock Bass Method - Vincent Bredice

Here are some free on line resources

http://wheatsbassbook.org/

Jamey Aebersold - Jazz Handbook

[MarkTAW]

Originally Posted by steve66

Mark Levine Jazz Theory

I keep hearing about this book on TB - it's in my Amazon shopping cart waiting for me to pull the trigger, along with a handful of other books. I'm amassing quite the collection of theory books.

I'm sure this book requires at least a "bass guitar for dummies" type book before you can dive into it - you should at least know where the notes are on the bass, for example, and a little bit about reading music before picking this up.

[Ron Plichta]

Try "A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals" by William Duckworth. I use for my theory training.

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Appro.../dp/0534526322

[DudeistMonk]

Try "A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals" by William Duckworth. I use for my theory training.

This was the book I had for my music theory course in college, I found it to be quite good, some other people didn't like it, but they can *insert expletive here*

Its really expensive though... also the training CD is great except for the intervals part, which are wrong on some of them...confused the heck out of me before my final.

[lexxmexx]

I personally find that the "Bass Guitar for Dummies" book does not dwell much into music theory and reading music. I don't know how much you want to go into learning theory, if it's just about reading standard music notation, I find that the Hal Leonard Bass Method series provide a comfortable pace in learning how to read music. I was a pretty good treble clef reader but had no prior experience in reading the bass clef, this book really helped me a lot in this aspect.

Other theory books suggested here, especially those on jazz theory, will require you to be able to read standard music notation or you will be really lost.

[b_ryceeeee]

Originally Posted by psychotiger

So what city / area are you in? Maybe somebody here on TB could suggest something for you.

i live in Honolulu,Hawaii

[b_ryceeeee]

would "the evolving bassist" or "serious electric bass" be good theory books to check out after i finish the ed friedland ones?

[jmac]

'Harmony & Theory: A Comprehensive Source for All Musicians' was recommended to me by Anthony Wellington; who, by the way, is an awesome instructor. It's an awesome book. Also, check out www.Bassology.net.

The ISBN is 0-7935-7991-0.

Good luck with the audition.

[Joe Lindley]

Take a look at BAss Fretboard Basics, by Paul Farnen.

[ryano]

Originally Posted by b_ryceeeee

hey guys i just find myself wanting to dive into a theory book and learn. ive been looking at the theory books at bass books.com and honestly i dont know where to start. right now i just have the ed friedland complete edition book which i will be done with soon.

A good intro book to music theory that is pretty straight forward and easy to understand is "Edly's Music Theory for Practical People" (ISBN 0966161602). It's a very well written book covering general music theory.

I've also read the Idiot's Guide to Music Theory (ISBN 592574378 ). Good read as well but not as good as Edley's, IMO.

hth.
--ryano

[adammazza]

Originally Posted by MarkTAW

I keep hearing about this book on TB - it's in my Amazon shopping cart waiting for me to pull the trigger, along with a handful of other books. I'm amassing quite the collection of theory books.

I'm sure this book requires at least a "bass guitar for dummies" type book before you can dive into it - you should at least know where the notes are on the bass, for example, and a little bit about reading music before picking this up.

I have this book. It's a good book, but got over my head pretty quickly (around page 80 or so when they move on to the melodic minor scales and harmony).

I do study with a teacher so it's become a good book to work through, but I found it tough to do on your own.

What's really nice is a lot of the theory is presented in context always referencing songs. For example the melodic minor stuff refers to Stella By Starlight which I'm going through now.


Adam

[b_ryceeeee]

does anyone know if the evolving bassist book comes with a cd or anything.

[ryano]

Originally Posted by b_ryceeeee

does anyone know if the evolving bassist book comes with a cd or anything.

I don't believe a CD is included with the book itself but there is an evolving bassist DVD. Two different items though.

hth.
--ryano

[b_ryceeeee]

so i was on bassbooks.com and im kind of debating to get either the 'Harmony & Theory: A Comprehensive Source for All Musicians' or "the evolving bassist" kind of stuck between the two any help on which one to get would be nice....thanks