Complete Electric Bass Method (book/Online Audio/Video)

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning-Intermediate
Includes audio and video download files online

Includes handy arpeggio charts featuring major, minor, augmented, diminished, and dominant seventh chords, plus their upper harmonic extensions. Applicable to any style of music, this method has gained widespread acceptance as the foundational text for electric bass study!

THE RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC
     The Staff
     The Bass Clef
     Notes
     Rests
     The Time Signature
     Electric Bass Fingerboard Chart
STUDY ON OPEN STRINGS
     Whole Note Study
     Half Note Study
     Quarter Note Study
NOTES ON THE FOURTH STRING
     Jump Off
     Half Time
     Speeding It Up
     Dotted Half-Note
     Three-Four Time
     Mixin' It Up
     The New Comer
NOTES ON THE THIRD STRING
     A String Study
     Half Note Study
     Quarter Note Study
     Review on E and A String
     More on A String
     E and A String
     Quiet Like
     Review
     Notes on E and A String
NOTES ON THE SECOND STRING
     Review on all Three Strings
NOTES ON THE FIRST STRING
     Four String Review
THE C NOTE
     The Key of C
     The C Scale
     Diatonic Passages in C
     More diatonic Sequences
A STUDY IN THIRDS
     Key of C
     Lightly Row
     The Tie
     Careless Love
     Folk Song in C
     Western Folk Song
     Cielito Lindo
      Boogie in C
THE REPEAT SIGN
     On Top of Old Smokey
     Walking the Bass
     Saints Come Marching In
     Study of Fifths in C
INTRODUCING THE SHARPS (#) AND FLATS (b)
     E-String
     A-String
     D-String
     G-String
     Typical Bass Part, Using Sharps and Flats THE EIGHTH NOTE
     Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests
     Example-Using Eighth Notes
     The Dotted Quarter Note
     Twelve Bar Boogie in C
     More Boogie in C
THE KEY OF G
     The G Scale
     Thirds in G
     Eight to the Bar Boogie in G
     More Eight Bar Boogie
     Eight Bar Blues in G
     Standard Boogie Beat
     Daily Drilling
THE SCALE OF F MAJOR
     Arpeggio Study
     Scale Pattern
     Study in Thirds (Key of F)
     More Study of Thirds in F Major
     Italian Boat Song
     Study in Fifths
THE TRIPLET
     Two Circle of Sixths Patterns
     Example (Using F# and More Eighth Notes) THE SIXTEENTH NOTE
     More in C
     Still More in C
     Rock and Roll-Rhythm and Blues-Boogie Patterns
     Four Bar Blues Pattern in C
BASS PARTS
     C Major
     C Minor
     C Seventh
     C Ninth
     C Major 7
     C Minor 7
     C 6
     C Mi 6
     C Mi 9
     C Major 9
     C 9
     C 9 +
     C 11
     C 11 +
     C 13
     C 13-9
     C 9/6
THE MAJOR CHORD ARPEGGIOS
     The Major Seventh Arpeggio
     The Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggio
     The Major Sixth Arpeggio
     The Minor Chord Arpeggio
     The Minor Seventh Arpeggio
     The Minor Sixth Chord Arpeggio
     Minor Sixth Arpeggio
     The Diminished Chord Arpeggio
     The Augmented Chord Arpeggio
     The Seventh b5
     The Seventh +5 Chord
     The 9-5 Chord Arpeggio
     The Minus Ninth Chord Arpeggio
     The Major Ninth Chord Arpeggio
     The Augmented Ninth Chord Arpeggio
     The Eleventh Chord
     The 9/6 Chord Arpeggio
AN ORCHESTRATION STYLE
THE TYPES OF INTERVALS
     Major
     Perfect
     Minor
     Diminished
     Augmented
THE MAJOR INTERVALS
THE PERFECT INTERVALS
INTERVAL MEASUREMENT
     Unisons or Primes
     Major 2nd
     Major 3rd
     Perfect 4th
     Perfect 5th
     Major 6th
     Major 7th
     Perfect Octave
C TO D7-TO G7-C
16 BAR WALKING BASS PATTERN
     In Key of G Three Chord Cycle
TONIC-DOMINANT IDEA
     8 Bar Pattern - Key of C
     Key of G
     Key of D
     Key of A
TONIC DOMINANT IDEA
     Key of Bb
     Key of Eb
     Key of Ab
MAJOR CHORDS
     Triads
     The Major Chord
     Scale of D Major
     Study of Third's in D
     Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
     Study of Fifth's In D
     Walking Bass Pattern In D
     Another Walking Bass Pattern In D
     Diatonic Study in D
     12 Bar Blues Key of D
THE MINOR CHORDS
     The Notation of the Major and Minor Chords
     A Table of Major Key Signatures
     The Major and Relative Minor Keys
TABLE OF SCALES
     G Major
     Ab Major
     A Major
     Bb Major
     C Major
     Db Major
     D Major
     Eb Major
     E Major
     F Major
THE DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORD
     The Notation of the Dominant Seventh Chord
8 BAR-3 CHORD CYCLE IN C
8 BAR-3 CHORD CYCLE IN Db
     D Major
     Eb Major
     E Major
     F Major
     Key of G
     Key of Ab
     Key of A
     Key of Bb
THE AUGMENTED CHORD
     Root Major Third Augmented Fifth
     The Note-Spelling of the Augmented Chord
     The Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale KEEP MOVING NO. 1 WALKING PATTERN IN C KEEP MOVING NO. 2 WALKING PATTERN THE DIMINISHED SEVENTH CHORD
     The Diminished Chords on the Chromatic Scale Bb MAJOR SCALE
     Boogie in Bb
     Twelve to the Bar Triplet Study in Bb
     Walking Bass 3 Chord Pattern in Bb
     Typical Bass Accompaninet To The Following Chord Cycle in Bb
     Same Chord Pattern In Walking Bass Style
     Typical Bass Part to the Following Chord Cycle In D Major
     Triplet Study in D
     Walking Bass Style
V POSITION STUDY
BOOGIE BEAT IN C
3 CHORD BLUES PATTERN IN G
12 BAR RHYTHM AND BLUES STUDY-IN KEY OF C TYPICAL BASS PART TO THE FOLLOWING CHORD CYCLE IN C MAJOR
     C, A7, D7,G7,C
     Same Chord Pattern in Walking Bass Style SPOOKY STUFF
     A Minor Jazz Mode
     8 Bar 3 Chord Cycle-Walking Bass Pattern in A Minor
     Four Bar Vamp or Intro.
     More 4 Bar Intro.
     Relaxing (2nd and 4th position moveable)
     Easy Does It (2nd and 4th position moveable form)
     Key Largo Blues 3 Chord Pattern (2nd and 4th position moveable)
     A Study in Octaves
     Typical Bass Part in F with wide Range of Chords
     Study of Fifths in G
     Rhythm and Blues Pattern in G (This is a moveable pattern)
     More Walking Bass 3 Chord Pattern (Key of C)
     Diatonic Study in Eighth Notes
     Rhythm and Blues Pattern in C (This is a moveable pattern)
     Rhythm and Blues in E
     Walking Bass 3 Chord Pattern (Key of G, this is a moveable pattern)
     Diatonic Sequence in G
     Tenths Study (On 4th and 1st Strings)
     Octave Study (Using 1st and 3rd fingers on 4th and 2nd strings)
     Little Brown Jug (Practice in First Position) THE C MAJOR SCALE IN 2ND POSITION AND 7TH POSITION ARE FINGERED ALIKE
     Seventh Position Scale (Containing Bb)
     American Patrol (A study in syncopation, 7th position)