101 Blues Patterns for Bass Guitar
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Bass guitar - Intermediate

SKU: MB.95330BCD

Composed by Larry McCabe. Saddle-stitched, Licks and Phrases. McCabe's 101 Series. Blues, Instructional and Play Along. Instructional book and examples/accompaniment CD. With introductory text, instructional text, standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, chord names and black & white photos. 39 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.95330BCD).

ISBN 9780786625598. UPC: 796279039994. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This collection showcases a variety of bass patterns that can be applied to blues recordings and performances, even by the novice. Included among the 101 patterns are ten standard blues turn-arounds and ten standard blues endings that can be used in literally thousands of songs. In addition, the book provides several pages of valuable music theory and other information on blues progressions. In notation and tablature. The companion CD is in split-track play-along format with each bass played four times.

  • Introduction
  • How To Use This Book
  • The twelve-bar blues progression
  • Using the bass patterns to play entire songs
  • Variations on the twelve-bar blues progression
  • The eight-bar blues progression
  • Chord tones
  • The Roman numeral chord system
  • 4/4 time and 12/8 time
  • Creative projects for the music student
  • Four-Beat Patterns in 12/8 Time
  • Patterns for the C7 chord
  • Patterns that fit both C7 and Cm7
  • Four-Beat Patterns in 4/4 Time
  • Eight-Beat Patterns in 12/8 Time
  • Eight-Beat Patterns in 4/4 Time
  • Turnarounds in the Key of C
  • Endings in the Key of C
  • Blues Progressions for Practice
  • Sources for Blues Recordings