Description

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the “3-finger” left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. The emphasis on left hand technique allows the student to develop a consistent fingering approach to the fingerboard, reduces unnecessary strain on the left hand, and makes the bass more accessible to younger students or students with small hands. After the left hand technique has been established, the book introduces the student toimportant elements of bass line construction including blues patterns, the root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns. Includes access to online audio and video.- Introduction for beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass.- Book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction.- Makes use of the “3-finger” left hand position commonly found in double bass technique.- Offers student important elements of bass line construction: blues patterns, root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns.- Includes access to online audio and video.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Parts of the Bass
3. Tuning the Bass
4. The Left Hand Position
5. Using the Hand Position
6. The Right Hand
7. Positioning the Bass
8. Fundamentals of Music
9. The Open Strings
10. Open String Exercises
11. The 4th String
12. The 3rd String
13. Connecting the 3rd and 4th Strings
14. More Music Fundamentals
15. The 2nd String
16. The 1st String
17. Connecting 1st and 2nd Strings
18. Connecting All Four Strings
19. Ode to Joy
20. The Irish Washerwoman
21. Simple Gifts
22. BMR 2000
23. Motion
24. Journeyesque
25. The First Five Frets — Shifting
26. Connecting All Four Strings — Shifting
27. Billy Boy
28. Steps of the Giant
29. F. T. B.
30. Advancing Up the Fingerboard
31. The 5th, 6th, and 7th Frets
32. Bass Line Essentials
33. Sample Chord Progression
34. Rhythm
35. The Blues Progression
36. The Root-Fifth Relationship
37. The Dotted Quarter Note
38. The Final