Basic Bass Lines

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning

This study book contains 19 bass rhythm parts in a mixture of popular styles, including shuffles, reggae, rock, swing, standard walking bass, be-bop, "newgrass," syncopated Latin lines, the jazz waltz, and country western.
Performance notes are included with each tune explaining how to use position and fingering markings, when to shift position, how to count and play syncopated rhythm patterns, and more.
Bass parts are in notation and tablature with fingerings and positions, and guitar lead and chord parts are shown. In addition, there are sections dealing with slap/pop and hammer-on techniques. Includes a handy "base line" manual and a chord arpeggio chart. The unique "one-glance" fingerboard chart shows musical notation exactly where it appears on the frets.

Amazing Grace      
Bathsheba's Fantasy      
F And J Blues      
Fusion In Fourths      
Honky Tonk Blues      
Honky Tonk Blues Side Two      
Just A Closer Walk With Thee      
Latin Dancer      
Lonesome Road      
Midnight Walk      
Nine To Five Office Girls      
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms      
Shuffletown      
St. Thomas Strut      
The Entertainer      
Twelfth Street And Delmar      
Wade In The Water      
When The Saints Go Marchin' In      
Zapata's Return