Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies
The fun and easy way to tune up your technique and improve your playingThe bass guitar is used in almost every single genre of music — from rock to classical, jazz to funk. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability. Whether you're a beginner player or looking to stretch your playing skills, this is the book for you!Know your scales — play scales straight up and down and combine them with chord arpeggios and even with groovesThe right rhythm for the right style — accumulate a good basic repertoire of genre-specific grooves so that you sound like an expertHear how it's done — listen to tracks of the author playing many of the exercisesDevelop muscle memory — play arpeggios, rhythms, grooves, and melodies, and establish the wherewithal to apply them to different stylesReal-life applications — see how the exercises are applied in real and famous songsOpen the book and find:Tips for correct hand and body postureInstruction on fingering options and hand positionsExercises for tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamicsHints for developing a complete practice sessionWays the exercises can be applied to great musicMethods for getting comfortable with scalesWorkouts for stronger playingLearn to:Master scales, chords, and arpeggios through 300 bass guitar exercisesGrasp finger and hand positionRefine tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamicsPlay along with the accompanying CDAudio CD IncludesOver 90 musical tracks of many of the book's exercises for you to listen and play along