Bass Methods

Entwistle demonstrates his unique fingering, licks, chords, hammer-ons, pull-offs, picking techniques, harmonics, soloing concepts, bass lines, phrasing and more

A chords manual for 4 and 5 string Bass, with more than 950 positions. Written by Tony Corizia, an elite, highly acclaimed Italian Bass artist, this book is easy to read and understand. Corizia has pa...

The introductory method for the bass: The bass is one of the essential instruments in music. Playing the bass can be a lot of fun. Maybe you don't only want to play some songs in a band but start a ca...

Schule mit Anleitung zur Improvisation nach dem Akkordsymbol Dies ist die erste Schule, die für den Elektro-Bass veröffentlicht wurde. Hier wird vor allem auch das improvisierende Spiel nach dem Akkor...

This comprehensive supplement to any bass method will help students learn over 200 great bass licks, lines and grooves in many rhythmic styles. Bass Licks illustrates how simple melodic patterns can b...

Learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the bass and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn rhythm, timing, basic bass lines and how...

The Rock House Method makes learning music fun, easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing, outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make le...

The Rock House Method makes learning music fun, easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing, outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make le...

This book is based on the scale types that are necessary to master and understand the chord/scale relationships found in many styles of music. By keeping things simple and uncluttered, each page consi...

Here are 10 hit songs tabbed for beginning guitarists to play while they are working through the Hal Leonard Bass Tab Method, or any other guitar method. The songs are all on facing pages for no page...

Foreword by Billy Sheehan Learn the essential rock grooves and bass lines in the styles of Paul McCartney, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Sting, Billy Sheehan, Flea, and many more! This c...

Expand your Bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series. Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, 100 Blues Lessons includes detailed instruction with playing example...

Expand your Bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series. Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each of these 100 Jazz Lessons includes detailed instruction with pl...

Expand your Bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series.Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this Funk/R&B volume includes detailed instruction wit...

Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so, this book is for you! Instead of standard music notation, this method use...

Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so, this book/audio pack is for you! Instead of standard music notation, this...

500 expertly written bass lines, riffs and fills in a wide variety of musical genres are included in this comprehensive collection to help players expand their bass vocabulary. The examples cover many...

Bass players: customise your warm-up routine with this fantastic collection of stretches, coordination exercises, pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, and arpeggios that are sure to limber up yo...

The Hal Leonard Jazz Bass Method is your complete guide to learning jazz bass. Author Matthew Rybicki guides you through the essential knowledge you need to create your own walking bass lines and impr...

The function of the bass player in rock music is multi-dimensional. In How to Create Rock bass Lines, you'll explore common rock drum beats, popular rock chord progressions, and the scales and techniq...

Scales are no stranger to the bass player. We practice them up and down, in different sequences, and in different keys to improve our chops. But how many people really know how to apply them in a musi...

The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the 5-string-bass. Divided into 4 main sections: 1) Scale Terminology 2) Scales 3) Fingerboard chart and diatonic triads 4) Scale...

This slap bass method book, designed for advanced beginning to intermediate bassists, is based on the understanding and application of modes. The focus is on the concept of groove sculpting from modes...

This book for beginning to advanced 4- & 5-string bassists offers a practical approach for playing scales over any chord progression to strengthen bass lines, groove patterns and solo ideas. Players w...