Basic Bass Workout (pocket book)

Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing

This pocket-sized guide to the Bass, provides you with everything you need to develop a comprehensive knowledge of your instrument and the music you play on it.

Starting with the basics of tning up and finding your way around the fretboard, the book then presents a series of tutorials covering:

• Notation and Tablature
• How to form an effective practice schedule
• The basics of major/minor diatonic harmony
• Left hand accuracy and exercises
• Phrasing techniques including slurs, trills, bending and vibrato
• Playing fingerstyle, muting and the travelling thumb
• Slap Bass - how it works and when to use it
• Playing with a pick
• How to arrange and transcribe