Bass Bible (book/2 CD) English Edition

Publisher: Ama Verlag
With Tabulature
English Original Edition

The "Bass Bible" is the ultimate literature for every bass player! Packed inside is a fascinating journey around the world of techniques, styles, groves and their evolution throughout history.

Paul Westwood's book is highly practical and comprehensive with over 1000 exercises, studies and arpeggios to practice, play and perfect. This compendium is like four-books-in-one with everything from Basic Grooves through Latin, African and World music styles to more advanced techniques such as Slap and Pop.

Also included are two terrific CDs, with examples of all the exercises and excepts from the book for people with little or no experience of reading music or just to hear exactly how they should sound.

Contents:
BOOK ONE
- Techniques
- Finger Style
- Soft/Hard Playing
- Tone
- Spanish Style
- Plectrums & Picks
- Nail Playing
- Slap Bass
- The Squeeze
- Right Hand Tapping
- Damping
- Walking 4 and Damping
- Patting
- Harmonics
- Pedals and Effects
49 Steps to Basic Theory
Walking Bass lines
Scales, Arpeggios and Scale Exercises
- Major Scales
- Minor Scales
- Diatonic Modes
- Arpeggios (Major)
- Arpeggios (Minor)
- Scale Exercises
- Swing 4 Basic Changes
- Swing 4 with Chord Extensions
- Swing 4 with Passing Notes
- Triplet Fills
Chord Sequences and Improvisation
- Contemporary Pop
- Latin
- Ballad
- Jazz

BOOK TWO
Basic Grooves
- 8th Note Basic Grooves
- 16th Note Basic Grooves
- 12/8 Shuffle Basic Grooves
Blues and R&B
- 12/8 Blues and R&B(Shuffle Feel)
- 4/4 Blues and R& B
Soul
JAMES JAMERSON and Motown
- Bass Fills
CHUCK RAINEY and Atlantic Records
JAMES BROWN and Funk
STANLEY CLARKE
Rock
- Straight 8th Note Feel
- Syncopated 8th Note Feel
- 16th Note Feel
- Shuffle Feel
 
BOOK THREE
Latin Music
Latin Styles
Latin Riffs
Double Time Latin Riffs
Latin Riffs - Salsa
Spanish Flamenco
Mexican Mariachi
Cuban Mambo
Cuban Rock
Jamaican Reggae
- Even Feel
- Even Feel, No Downbeat
- Shuffle Feel
- Shuffle Feel, No Downbeat
Colombia
Brazilian Samba
Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia

BOOK FOUR
African Music
African Riffs
North Africa & The Middle East
Somalia
Mali
Guinea
Cameroon
Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Zimbabwe
South Africa & Soweto

BOOK FIVE
Boogie Lines
LARRY GRAHAM & MARK KING - Slap Bass
- Slap (Beginners)
- Larry Graham - Slap (Boogie)
- Mark King - Slap (Popping)
JACO PASTORIUS - Fretless Bass
- Riffs
- Fretless Bass Solos
Natural Harmonics
- Chordal Harmonics
- Arpeggio Chord Progressions with Harmonics
Synthesizer Bass
Modern Riffs - Jazz & Progressive Lines
- Modern Riffs
- Jazz & Progressive Lines