Tony Saunders Beginning Bass free download. Tony Saunders is much in demand within the industry, and given his track record it’s not hard to see why. After receiving his first piano lessons from none other than Herbie Hancock himself. Saunders shared the stage, alongside his father, recording artist Merl Saunders, with Jerry Garcia. He has gone on to play and record with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Bo Diddley, among countless other renowned musicians. Here, he shares his expertise with students of the four- and five-string bass, providing all the fundamentals necessary to follow in his footsteps. On-screen tablature,...

Andrew Ford Bass Groove Survival Guide. What is groove? Ask a hundred players and you’ll get 100 different answers. You’ll hear that groove ‘makes the music breathe’ and that groove is the way ‘an experienced musician plays a rhythm compared with the way it’s written,’ and that groove is ‘what makes people who can’t dance wanna feel like dancing.’ Groove is all that and more but the one thing everybody seems to agree is that when you hear and feel it, there’s a bass player smack dab in the middle of it. And if you look up ‘groove’ in...

Guitar World How to Play Heavy Metal Bass download free. Containing more than 70 minutes of lessons, How to Play Heavy Metal Bass DVD gives you everything you need to know about playing bass in a hard rock band! You’ll learn fret-hand techniques, tunings, riffs, fingerpicking, Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, Trills and much more. Tab files on the disc also include backing tracks for you to play along with. Fretboard Patterns: Minor Third, Major Third, Fifth, Tritone, Octave, Summary of Two-Note Patterns, Minor Triad, Major Triad, Sus9 Triad, Minor Pentatonic Box Pattern, Blues Box Pattern, One-String Scales. The Guitar World: How...

Bunny Brunel Fretless Bass download free. If you’re looking to improve your fretless skills, bassist Bunny Brunel has a new instructional DVD. No frets, no frills. That’s the approach Bunny Brunel takes on this effective introduction to playing the fretless species. Simply addressing the camera with bass in hand for 60 minutes and 16 chapters, Bunny covers and demonstrates key elements for the intermediate player making the leap from fretted bass. These include his recommendation of fret lines, how and where to place your left hand fingers, intonation, vibrato, sliding, right hand plucking and placement, pickup settings, note duration,...

Victor Wooten Groove Workshop. Master Bassist Victor Wooten lays out his philosophy of teaching and learning music in Groove Workshop, a brilliant master class captured on DVD. While traditional music education focuses on technique and ‘playing the right notes’, Victor delves deeper and emphasizes many subtle and rarely taught aspects of music making, giving the viewer an incredible insight into his musical concepts. Working with a master class of six Bassists, each with Bass in hand, Victor – along with expert Bassist and instructor Anthony Wellington – explores the following intriguing concepts: Notes: is it possible for wrong notes...

Dave LaRue Essential Bass Concepts download PDF DVD. Dave LaRue is one of today’s leading bassists, recording and touring with the Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs for nearly 20 years. His incredible technique and finesse of the bass make him the first-call for well-known artists, and he has also established himself as a regular columnist for Bass Player magazine, touring clinician, and adjunct professor at Florida’s Stetson University. In this DVD, Dave gets viewers started with warm-ups, stretching, and arpeggio fingering exercises. He lets loose with some of his hip funk lines using hammer-ons, slapped, popped, and ghost notes,...

Pascal Mulot Slap Bass Techniques. This DVD will help to learn to play slap technique. Includes 4 technology as the complexity. The first chapter explains the main methods of playing slap. Second – fingering, third “flamenco style” and the fourth “the mechanism of four movements” (author’s personal technique). Through showing close-up (right and left hand), will be much easier to master the technique of the author. The set includes a booklet with notes and tablature. Excellent school for beginners as well proffessionals. Everyone will be able to draw something new. Pascal Mulot Techniques du Slap a la Basse télécharger....

The Michael Manring Performance Study download free. On Michael’s CD Thonk, he played four solo pieces that use some unorthodox techniques. In this video, he describes each of the techniques involved and demonstrates his approach to performing this music. Topics include: using altered tunings; the capabilities of the Hyperbass; applying the slap technique to a fretless bass; use of the Ebow and playing with two Ebows simultaneously; changing tunings while playing; composing with multiple tunings; and playing with several instruments simultaneously. Tracklist: Solar, Miles Davis Bright size life, Pat Metheny Spirits in the material world, The Police Giant steps,...

Bass Legends Paul McCartney. Learn five Beatles tracks note for note with Phil Williams. This excellent DVD will teach you some of the hugely influential licks of one of the most famous bass players ever… plus complete tutorials for five tracks. Paul McCartney is probably one of the greatest legends of music of all time. He was (obviously) the bass player, pianist, and occasional singer for the Beatles and the leading man of the Wings. He was referred to as “the cute Beatle” because of his amazingly good looks. Songs include: Lady Madonna Something Paperback Writer Drive My Car...

Victor Wooten Super Bass Solo Technique. Victor Wooten is recognized as one of the world’s greatest electric bassists. Considered by many to be the most influential bassist since Jaco Pastorius, Victor is best known for his work with the Grammy-winning supergroup Bela Fleck & The Flecktones. Along with his acclaimed solo recordings, Victor has performed with artists like Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Bruce Hornsby, Bootsy Collins, Chick Corea, Dave Matthews, Prince, Will Lee, T.M. Stevens, Gov’t Mule, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Bailey, Oteil Burbridge, Scott Henderson and Steve Smith. In this DVD, Victor breaks down each of the techniques he...