Sittin’ In With Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power PDF. A funk institution and Tower of Power founding member, Rocco Prestia is one of the most important innovators of the electric bass. This Play-It-Like-It-Is Bass book/CD pack allows bassists to learn Rocco’s authentic bass parts. The songbook includes full transcriptions with tab for eight songs, a bio on Rocco, and his performance notes for each tune. The special accompanying CD features performances by Rocco along with Tower of Power members Larry Braggs (vocals), Dave Garibaldi (drums), Roger Smith (keyboards) and Jeff Tamelier (guitar) on four TOP classics plus four...

Ed Friedland Reggae Bass PDF. The complete guide to reggae and Jamaican bass styles, covering early ska, rock steady, roots reggae, dub, modern ska, dance hall, and more. The book includes performance tips and lessons, authentic grooves and riddims, standard notation & tab, and more. If you are just getting into Jamaican music or know somebody who is you need to have this book. It will teach you how to play ska, rocksteady, dub and reggae. It’s great for either novices or experts. It comes with a CD and you can jam along or create your own bass lines...

Dave Weigert Jazz Workshop for Bass and Drums PDF. This softbound book explains how to play jazz bass and jazz drums. The chapters are as follows: History of Jazz Bass and Drums, Notation Improving Reading Skills, Lead Sheet Interpretation, Effective Practice, How To Practice With recordings, Set-Ups and Fills, Time, Jazz Feel, Form, Improvisation, Latin Feel, Comping and Time Playing, Touch, Tone, and Dynamics, Funk Feel. Listening and Developing Ears, Rehearsal Preparations. This comprehensive book/CD set can help drummers and bassists gain valuable playing experience in jazz, funk, and Latin jazz styles. Textbook for bassists and drummers. Helps to...

Ultimate Bass Play-Along Pink Floyd PDF. This series gives you everything you need to jam with your favorite songs. This book includes authentic TAB transcriptions, music notation, lyrics, and chords to nine Pink Floyd classics. There are two versions of every song on the included CDs: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track so you can play along. When you use the CDs in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone N Tempo) Changer lets you easily loop sections for practice, change the key, slow tracks down or speed them up without...

Ed Fuqua Walking Bassics PDF. The fundamentals of jazz bass playing. This is a bass method book designed to help beginning bassists, or anyone wanting a solid foundation for creating walking bass lines. It covers all the basic principles of walking bass line construction, time feel tips, ear training, and transcriptions of every bass note the author plays on the accompanying audio file. The book showing how to build a solid foundation walking bass line through harmonic progressions. Fuqua STRONGLY emphasizes HEARING what is going on and learning so completely that you can get your mind out of the...

Josquin des Pres Bass Fitness An Exercising Handbook PDF. A series of technique book/audio packages created for the purposeful building and development of your chops. Each volume is written by an expert in that particular technique. The added use of photos makes the lessons complete! The purpose of this book is to provide the aspiring bass player with a wide variety of finger exercises for developing the techniques necessary to succeed in today’s music scene. It can also play an important role in a bass player’s daily practicing program. The 200 exercises are designed to help increase your speed,...

Jonas Hellborg Thumb Basics on Electric Bass PDF. This book is made for those of you who have played bass for some time and would like to learn “thumb-technique”. The book consists of two parts. First comes instruction in the different techniques you must be able to command. Included in this part are some simple exercises on each basic technique. Next comes a practical section which combines the different techniques through a series of exercises (notated). If you have trouble reading notes, the included record will be of some help. All of the exercises are recorded. This is an...

Terry Burrows How To Read Music PDF. It is a self-contained audio-visual tutor. In ten lessons, you will learn the basics of sight reading as well as the general principles of music theory. New ideas of increasing complexity are systematically introduced as you proceed through the course. These are reinforced by frequent reading and listening exercises. When you complete the course you’ll find that you have enough knowledge to understand even the most demanding pieces of music. This book is an ideal primer for musicians of every level, from the complete novice to the expert player who never learned...

Brian Emmel Blues Grooves PDF. Traditional Concepts for Playing 4 and 5 String Blues Bass. This book/CD pack has been designed to educate bass enthusiasts about the development of different styles and traditions throughout the history of the blues, from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Players will learn blues scales, rhythm variations, turnarounds, endings and grooves, and styles such as Chicago blues, jazz, Texas blues, rockabilly, RandB and more. The CD includes 36 helpful example tracks. Format: PDF + CD Audio tracks (Mp3). 56 pages   Download Brian Emmel – Blues Grooves free and other lessons from our...

David Overthrow Intermediate Electric Bass PDF. The complete electric bass method. This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of reading standard music notation and TAB, this book takes you further into using scales to build bass lines, techniques such as slap & pop, string muting, and walking bass lines. You’ll be introduced to ideas such as modes, tetrachords, passing tones and varying rhythmic activity. Author David Overthrow keeps things fun and interesting without sacrificing any important details. A must for any...