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...

Stu Hamm Tap Bass download. Tap bass is a relatively new technique favored by many of the world’s top contemporary bass players. Tapping is a very expressive tool, which will significantly expand the colors, textures and sonic qualities you’ll have at your disposal for any melodic application. Stu covers right-hand, left-hand and best of all – simultaneous two-hand tapping. “Here at last is my entire curriculum for learning how to “tap” on the electric bass guitar! We’ll start at the very beginning with some basic exercises to get your fingers trained and strengthened up. Once you have a basic...

Tony Smith Advanced Bass Grooves download free. See Tony Smith knock the top off bass guitar! A true innovator, he has performed with Steve Morse, Average White Band, Grover Washington and Larry Carlton, to name but a few. In this incredible DVD, he takes viewers step-by-step through an array of his one-of-a-kind techniques. He demonstrates slap bass over a rock shuffle and shows hip-hop grooves using slap and pizzicato. He teaches his touch technique over a salsa groove and demonstrates a montuno with his left hand and the clavi with his right hand. Good instructional DVD on setting up...

David Santos 50 Bass Grooves You Must Know. Your groove witch doctor, David Santos guides your rite of passage expertly with 50 Bass Grooves You MUST Know. Electric bassist, touring and session musician, songwriter and producer, Santos has fired up the groove with some of the world’s most prominent superstars including Crosby Stills & Nash, Stephen Stills, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Elton John, Phoebe Snow, The Neville Brothers, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett. David has prepared an extraordinarily engaging learning experience for students of bass guitar. No tedious theory or boring exercises to struggle through here – you will...

Beaver Felton Bass Bassics download free. Taught by Beaver Felton whose playing and teaching abilities have received critical acclaim in the music trade magazine both national and abroad. This is the first in a series of videos designed to help the beginner bassist develop a variety of skills needed to become a well rounded player, covering: stringing, open- string tuning, parts of the bass & setting the action, technical exercises, practice routines & tips, neck familiarization, music terminology, ear training, rhythmic & harmonic theory, setting up your sound on the bass & amp, using proper technique, basic scales, actual...

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bass hero Flea is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest rock bass guitarists of all time, fusing an unstoppable funk technique with the power and weight of hard rock. From the sun-bleached soul of Californication to the slap-bass pyrotechnics of Give It Away, here’s your chance to get a step-by-step guide to five of the Chili Peppers’ hottest songs from across their varied career. Phil Williams demonstrates every riff and lick, leaving no stone unturned as he dissects the unmistakable Flea style.   Songs include: Californication By The Way Can’t Stop Higher Ground Give...

Easy Bass Guitar Theory download free. Play, Write and Understand Music Theory for Bass Guitar. After decades of dedicated music study… 17 years of teaching music… over a dozen best selling music books and DVDs, expert musician and educator Mark John Sternal has created a bass guitar theory method that simplifies the foundations and structure for playing and writing bass guitar music. Easy Bass Guitar Theory DVD contains all you need to know about music theory on the bass. It is presented in a progressive, easy to follow format that will be cherished by complete beginners to dedicated professionals....

Francis Rocco Prestia Fingerstyle Funk download. At last, bass players around the world are allowed a rare, in-depth look into the style and technique of one of the most influential electric bassists of our time. In a logical step-by-step approach, Tower of Power bassist Francis Rocco Prestia clearly explains his percussive “ghosting & muting” techniques and demonstrates the importance of a “balanced” bass line. Twelve Tower of Power tunes are used to illustrate his approach to funk & half-time shuffles, straight-8th, 16th-note and 12/8 funk, ballads and more.Each example is presented in it’s fundamental form, then he elaborates one...

Anthony Vitti Accelerate Your Bass Playing DVD download. This DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Professor Anthony Vitti shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to freely express yourself on the bass in many musical styles. Professor Vitti is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and has been teaching there since 1990. He is known for his contemporary style of playing, particularly for knowledge and instruction in slap bass, fingerstyle R&B, and sightreading. He has played all along the East Coast with a variety of artists including Sammy Davis, Jr.,...

MJS – Easy Bass Guitar Scales – Over 50 Common and Exotic Scales and Modes. This course has every bass guitar scale you’ve ever wanted to learn! Presented in a simple root to octave format, starting with basic scales such as major, minor, pentatonic and blues. Next learn the patterns spanning all musical styles and cultures with exotic scales like the Balinese, Hirojoshi and Kumoi. There are over 50 scales for you to use to spice up your bass playing! Each scale is presented with a video demonstration at a slow and fast tempo. The bottom half of the...