Rock Bass At a Glance DVD free download. DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. Rock Bass features these lessons: Essential Rock Bass Scales & Shapes, Essential Rock Bass Techniques, Locking in with the Kick Drum, Must-Know Bass Grooves. The book is loaded with valuable tips and information, plus bass line examples from...

Richard Scheufler Slap and Funky download free. This course focuses on learning to play the bass guitar. Richard Scheufler introduces slap techniques, will tell you about the various nuances, methods and secrets. Very interesting and informative material. Beginners and advanced players will catch something new and helpful. Richard Scheufler – a multi-instrumentalist, solo singer, composer, music arranger, teacher and producer. He is one of the most significant personalities of the contemporary Czech, but also European music scene. Richard’s music represents a mixture of various music styles including funk, Pop, Rock, modern jazz, hardcore and its fusion with the classical...

Dewayne Pate The Art of Tapping download free. If you think that two-handed tapping is just a “circus trick” for techno-flash bassists, then you’re in for a real surprise! Tapping virtuoso Dewayne Pate has taken these techniques to higher musical ground, and presents each building block in a very practical, groove oriented fashion. His careful, systematic approach covers fundamental through advanced techniques including: single-string soloing, cross-string and double-stop tapping, slapping and tapping combinations, simultaneous bass line/comping/melody arranged for two hands and much more. Together with drumming legend David Garibaldi, Dewayne shows you how to create sensational tapping grooves in...

Gary Willis Progressive Bassics download. Get a close up look at the playing of one of today’s finest jazz fusion bass players. In Progressive Bassics, Willis shows you his unique right hand concept. Learn right hand dampening in the open and closed positions and how to use the correct muscles to boost stamina and develop fast, flowing technique. Through the strong and weak beat concept, Willis demonstrates how to visualize the harmony underneath your fingers. He also discusses fretless bass technique. The video is highlighted by performances including Self Defense which has been transcribed in the accompanying booklet. Gary...

Norm Stockton Grooving for Heaven Volume 2 DVD download. From the technical, to musical, to conceptual, to spiritual… Grooving for Heaven (Vol. 2) is an engaging, one-on-one clinic that explores the next level of progression for the contemporary worship bassist desiring to build upon their solid understanding of the fundamentals. The committed bass player will emerge with a fresh perspective on what to play, what not to play, and how effectiveness is frequently dictated by the subtleties. Topics Include: Fingerboard Familiarity, Part II: Modes & Intervals Bassic Communication (How to Say What You Mean) Bass Idioms Analyzed: “What Makes...

Afro-Cuban Grooves For Bass and Drums. Funkifying the Clave download. This DVD is a companion to the popular Book/CD of the same name dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. It features bassist, author, composer, and music educator Lincoln Goines, well known for his work in the New York City Latin, jazz-funk, and studio scene. And drummer Robby Ameen, who has made a life-long study of Afro-Cuban rhythms. Also appearing on the DVD is Wayne Krantz on guitar and Bill O’Connell on keyboard. This book is a goldmine of information and ideas pertaining...

Lee Rocker Rockabilly Slap Bass download. Since the 1950s the upright Bass has performed a distinctive role in the Rockabilly sound, a Lee Rocker’s unique DVD gives you a close-up guide to the exciting slap technique. By combining plucked bass notes with the slap of the palm hitting the strings against the fingerboard, spectacular multi-rhythmic patterns can be created that will stop any show! Rocker’s tutorial includes a wealth of information concerning amplification, Bass set-up and getting the best possible sound, as well as providing a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the slap technique. Furthermore, you will be...

Felipe Andreoli Angra Bass download free. Heavy metal bass player of Brazilian band. Angra (now playing at Alman) shows his skill with comments. Excellent school. If anyone has or is going to play metal, very nice movie to watch. In contrast to the example of the school of Dave Ellefson is not designed for beginners. The guy just shows the technique applicable to metal. He specifically did not explain in details. Felipe Andreoli (born March 7th, 1980 in Sao Paulo, Brazil) is a heavy-metal bassist known for playing in the band Angra and Karma. In 2006, along with Angra’s...

Dave Ellefson Metal Bass 1 & 2 DVD download free. Legendary heavy metal bassist David Ellefson (ex. Megadeth) reveals the fundamental skills that are required to play metal bass. The one-on-one lessons start with basics like holding the bass, hand positioning, and reading tablature. The program then rips through key metal elements like playing with a pick and your fingers, how to mute, scale basics, exercises, and alternate tunings. Learn rhythms and timing, octaves and fifths, how to create a great bass sound, and more. David shows you how to play complete bass lines with drum and guitar backing...

Beginning Bass Volume 2 continues the lessons found in Starter Series: Beginning Bass, Vol. 1, delving deeper into the concepts needed to make the leap from beginner to intermediate bass player. Some of the topics discussed include pentatonic scales, funk grooves, chords, and harmonics. This series is great. Good coverage on the basics, really gets you started on what you need to know to begin playing. This dvd goes more in depth from the first one, giving you more to work with and what you need to take the next step. Learning to play an instrument has never been...