Bass Secrets (Bottom Line)

Where Today's Bass Stylists Get to the Bottom Line
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music

Bass Secrets brings together 48 columns highlighting specific topics – ranging from the technical to the philosophical – from masters such as Stu Hamm, Randy Coven, Tony Franklin and Billy Sheehan. They cover topics including tapping, walking bass lines, soloing, hand positions, harmonics and more. Clearly illustrated with musical examples.

Billy Sheehan:

• Patterns on the -Neck
• Right-Hand Sliding 
• Hand Positions
• Classical Riffs
• Stretching Exercise
• Broken Chords
• Chords

Randy Coven:

• Fingerpicking
• Diminished Scales
• Different Rhythms for Creating Bass Lines
• Pentatonic Scales
• SpeedercisesNatural Tensions
• Altered Tensions
• Up and Down the Neck
• Tapping into the Modes

Stu Hamm:

• Using Open Strings
• Artificial Harmonics
• Two-Hand Tapping

Tony Franklin:

• Warming Up
• Harmonics
• Stamina