Bass Guitar for Dummies

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Imagine your favorite music without bass. It doesn't work, does it? The bass is the heartbeat of the music, the foundation of the groove, and the glue that holds together all the different instruments. You can feel the vibrations of the low notes – sometimes subtle and caressing, sometimes literally earthshaking – as they propel the song. The bass is the heart. So leave center stage to the other musicians – you have more important work to do. The limelight may be cool, but bassists rule!

You can find everything you need to dominate the bass in Bass Guitar For Dummies – whether you're a beginner picking up a bass for the first time or an experienced player looking for way to improve. And you won't drown in complicated music theory, either; this easy-to-understand reference gives you just enough music theory to get you on your way.

Bass Guitar For Dummies includes the following topics and more: Exploring the anatomy of a bass guitar Getting started: Holding your bass, positioning your hands, and striking notes Reading bass notation and understanding chords, scales, and octaves Creating a groove and playing solos and fills Examining different bass-playing styles, from rock and funk to blues and reggae Caring for your bass: Cleaning, changing strings, and so on Buying your own bass and accessories Top Ten lists on bassists you should know about

Bass Guitar For Dummies also comes with a CD that includes audio clips of all the examples in the book.

So put away the air bass guitar and get yourself the real thing. With the help of Bass Guitar For Dummies, you'll be groovin' in your own band in no time!

What Customers Say About Bass Guitar for Dummies:

There is just a lot to learn and this book really breaks down and simplifies the language of music. This book will not cover all of music theory but it gives you enough to guide you by allowing youbto understand how a. I would play the root with the drums but it would be very boring.

You will also learn various techniques for different music styles from rock to swing to blues and much more. Hoes is made so you can make up ur own bass lines for literally any chord. This book clears shows the distinction between each style.

I play in my churches praise band and the music sheets are just lyrics with chord progression written on top of key words. This book will teach you how to make ur own basslines with step by step instructions as a guide. Combined with Bass Bible and you can become a very strong and versatile bass player.

I would play Em just as an open E instead of giving the chord it's proper minor feel with a 3b which is a chord tone. By simplify I mean easy to understand.

This is not to start playing or a guide to learn bass whatsoever. It also has a lot of information in different musics styles. Get it to use it as a reference. This book is very good for a bass reference. That is, if you need to lookup for definitions, techniques and things like that, you can open this book and get it.

Of all the beginner bass books I got, this one is the best, by far.

The intro said nothing was assumed about the reader but a desire to learn the bass. Without moving what. I will think twice before I automatically grab the dummies book on a subject again. There are no pictures of how your fingers go onto the wires to, you know, make different notes. I like the dummies series because no matter the topic, you can pick one up and get the very basics broken down for you.

My guess is the author is an expert bass player and instructor, and i doubt he's taught anyone like me in a long time. I don't care what, Twinkle twinkle, -anything-. Cover these dots, and you can play any scale without moving. How about instructions for playing something. The rest of the book is filled with sheet music. Plus, the instructions for reading tabs do not match any of the tabs i get on the internet.The book jumps right into descriptions of half notes and triplets and minor scales. There are a few pages on holding the bass, and a short discussion on the many different ways to strike the strings, and then boom, it jumps right in to music theory. my fingers.

Not so with this book. my hand. This book is useless to me, and is getting returned. I have never picked up a bass, so I think i qualify. The few pages on tabs are like reading instructions for tieing shoelaces with no pictures.

It's helpful for beginners (like me) and a friend of mine with 25 years' playing experience found it worth his while too. This is a great book, it's easy to follow and full of useful tips.