Beginning Bass for Adults
The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Bass
by David Overthrow
Bass Guitar - Sheet Music

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The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Bass. Composed by David Overthrow. Bass Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. For Adults. Book and CD. 96 pages. Alfred Music #00-40272. Published by Alfred Music (AP.40272).

ISBN 9780739093078. UPC: 038081448985. English.

This fun and friendly step-by-step introduction to bass is written with the adult learner in mind. It is both a great self-teaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. Beginning Bass for Adults covers how to play scales, bass lines, and songs with easy-to-read examples in standard music notation and TAB. Blues, rock, reggae, and funk styles are covered, plus exciting techniques like slap & pop. In addition, detailed photographs and diagrams help simplify the learning process. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book is included.

  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • How To Use This Book
  • Chapter One
  • Buying Your Bass
  • Amplifiers
  • Parts of the Bass
  • Holding the Bass
  • The Left Hand
  • The Right Hand
  • Tuning Your Bass
  • CHAPTER TWO
  • Reading Music---Pitch
  • Reading Music---Time
  • CHAPTER THREE
  • Lesson 1: The Open Strings
  • Lesson 2: Notes on the 1st String
  • Dotted Half Note Time
  • Triple Treat
  • Mixing Matters
  • Lesson 3: Notes on the 2nd String
  • Notes on the 1st and 2nd String
  • Lesson 4: Notes on the 3rd String
  • Notes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Strings
  • Three-String Reggae
  • Lesson 5: Notes on the 4th String
  • Notes on All Four Strings
  • All Four One
  • High C
  • Lesson 6: The Major Scale
  • The Tie
  • Terrific Ties
  • Towering Ties
  • The Repeat Sign
  • 8 Bars in C
  • Tune for Twelve
  • Eighth Notes
  • Eight To The Bar
  • The Eighth Rest
  • Rasta Riff
  • Chapter Four
  • Accidentals
  • Key Signatures---The Key of G Major
  • 3 Chords in G
  • The Key of D Major
  • Rock 'n' Roll Bass Line in D
  • Rockin' with Eighths in G
  • The Key of F Major
  • Halves & Eighths in F
  • Dotted Quarter Note
  • Review of G and F Major
  • Boogie in G
  • Major Dots in F
  • Cut Time
  • Country Kid
  • Samba in D
  • CHAPTER FIVE
  • Sixteenth Notes
  • Rockin' the House in C
  • Ballad in G
  • Funky G
  • Octaves
  • Octa Funk
  • Dotted Eighth Note
  • Dotted Eighth Note 8-Bar Blues in C
  • The Eighth-Note Triplet
  • Eighth-Note Triplet Blues
  • CHAPTER SIX
  • Bass Tablature
  • Intervals of the Major Scale
  • Major Chords
  • Major Chords in G
  • Minor Chords
  • Major and Minor Chord Tune
  • Augmented and Diminished Chords
  • Chords of the Major Scale
  • I-IV-V Chord Progression
  • I-IV-V Reggae
  • I-vi-IV-V Chord Progression
  • I-vi-IV-V Bass Lines
  • I-vi-IV-V in A
  • I-vi-IV-V Eighth-Note Boogie
  • CHAPTER SEVEN
  • Introducing the Blues
  • The Blues Quick Four
  • Blues Turnarounds
  • Major Pentatonic Scale
  • Rockabilly Blues
  • 8th-Note Rockabilly
  • Dominant 7th Chords
  • Dominant 7th Rockabilly Groove
  • 8ths Are Dominant
  • Swing Eighth Notes
  • Swingin' with 8ths
  • Bluesy 8th Swing
  • Slow Blues
  • Take It Slow
  • 16-Bar Blues
  • 16-Bar Blues in G
  • Blues Scale
  • Blues Scale Riff Tune
  • CHAPTER EIGHT
  • Minor 7th Chord
  • Reggae in A Minor
  • The Dorian Mode
  • Dorian Dance
  • A Dorian Rock Riff
  • The Mixolydian Mode
  • Mixolydian Riffs
  • D Mixolydian Riff
  • More Mixo
  • Blues with Mixo
  • CHAPTER NINE
  • Funk
  • Syncopation
  • Funk in E
  • Funk for Two
  • Muted Notes
  • Muted Note Funk
  • Muted but Heard
  • Introduction to Slap & Pop
  • The Slap
  • Slap Bass Lines
  • The Pop
  • Slap & Pop Bass Lines
  • Slap & Pop with 10ths
  • Bass Fingerboard Chart