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Essential bass books
- Thread starter Soverntear
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My top 5:
1) Standing In The Shadows
2) Building Walking Bass Lines
3) Vic's Groove Workshop DVD (yeah I know it's not a book...but there's some great info in that).
4) Ultimate Slap Bass by Stuart Clayton
5) Concepts for Bass Soloing (Marc Johnson)
1) Standing In The Shadows
2) Building Walking Bass Lines
3) Vic's Groove Workshop DVD (yeah I know it's not a book...but there's some great info in that).
4) Ultimate Slap Bass by Stuart Clayton
5) Concepts for Bass Soloing (Marc Johnson)
Other notable mentions....specifically bass.
The Jazz Bass Book - John Goldsby
Expanding Walking Bass Lines - Ed Friedland
The Best of Tower of Power for Bass/Fingerstyle Funk
The Latin Bass Book
There's Music In Everyone - Jerry Jemmott
Not specifically bass - but understanding exactly how to get better on a consistent basis:
The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
The Jazz Bass Book - John Goldsby
Expanding Walking Bass Lines - Ed Friedland
The Best of Tower of Power for Bass/Fingerstyle Funk
The Latin Bass Book
There's Music In Everyone - Jerry Jemmott
Not specifically bass - but understanding exactly how to get better on a consistent basis:
The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
mel bay has an excellent book of bach transcriptions. It has the ones you want (or I did), Prelude, Suite 1, Sonata 1 and bunch of other near-impossible stuff.
I keep meaning to start this latin book I got, haven't yet
but I do almost no the first part of bach's first cello suite 
I keep meaning to start this latin book I got, haven't yet
but I do almost no the first part of bach's first cello suite 
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How advanced does your reading ability need to be to get the most out of this book?
Your reading skills do not have to be too advanced to utilize "Building Walking Bass Lines" by Ed Friedland due in part to the attached CD.
Norm Stockton's "Groovin' For Heaven" DVD series is quite good and covers a lot of ground! [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
For lines in different Styles:
+1 to Paul Westwood's Bass Bible (have it, reccomend it)
Bass Grooves - The Ultimate Collection BK/CD (Bass Builders) by Jon Liebman (fellow TBr, want it)
For theory: Marc Sabatella's Jazz Improv Primer -[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] version, but printed is better. not bass specific.
For General useful knowledge, Gary Willis' 101 Bass tips is awsome.
+1 to Paul Westwood's Bass Bible (have it, reccomend it)
Bass Grooves - The Ultimate Collection BK/CD (Bass Builders) by Jon Liebman (fellow TBr, want it)
For theory: Marc Sabatella's Jazz Improv Primer -[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] version, but printed is better. not bass specific.
For General useful knowledge, Gary Willis' 101 Bass tips is awsome.
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What level of standard notation reading do you need for this, I learned how to read music way back when while taking piano lessons, but I rarely use it and I'm certain it would take quite a bit of readjusting to get used to it again.
Anything by Ed Friedland. I don't care if it's toilet paper; if it's got Ed's name on it just go out and buy it! Ed CAN teach and KNOWS what he is talking about.
