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Bass Guitar Books
By Skip Anna
Bass Guitar Method Volumes 1 - 8
Bass Volume 1
An introduction to the “music stuff” you want learn to play, and the weird-looking secret code for it – “notes”. The parts of the bass, how to hold and tune it, and other basic stuff (like which fingers are which). Then you learn second position notes on all four strings (one string at a time). You also learn basic chord arpeggios. 4 & 5-String versions available
Bass Volume 2
You “get moving” with eighth note rhythms and learn about sharps and flats (the notes we skipped over in vol.1), and first position fingerings. Tempo, dynamics and articulations (how fast, how loud, and how long) are covered. Finally, “get funky” with eighth note syncopations. 4 & 5-String versions available
Bass Volume 3
Along the first part of “Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist”, you learn about intervals and scale construction, and apply that to learn about key signatures (1-sharp & 1-flat). Then move on up to playing in third position. Learn Sixth Chord arpeggios and get flashy with sizzling sixteenth notes. Finally, learn about 2, 3, 5 and 7-beat rhythms. 4 & 5-String versions available
Bass Volume 4
Start off with 2-sharp and 2-flat key signatures, and then play triplet eighth-note rhythms. Learn eighth-sixteenth note rhythms, and syncopated accents and muted notes. Finally, combine “regular” and triplet eighth-note rhythms. 4 & 5-String versions available
Bass Volume 5
Play the notes in 5th & 4th position. Learn about Arpeggio Chord Voicings and Fingering Patterns and Diagrams. Get “swingin’” with shuffle rhythms and triplet quarter notes. Get hip to Triad & 7th Chord Types. Learn intricate syncopated sixteenth-note rhythms, and finally, start “cuttin’ up” with cut time and related rhythms
Bass Volume 6
Starts with an introduction to slurs (hammer-ons & pull-offs), and then covers 3-sharp & 3-flat key signatures. Then it’s compound time rhythms, and finishes with Add9, Sus4 & Dominant 9th Chord Arpeggios. 4 & 5-String versions available
Bass Volume 7
Move up into third position notes and chords. Learn slides and finish with 4-sharp & 4-flat key signatures
Bass Volume 8
Grace Notes, Sextuplets & Triplet 16th note rhythms, 9th and 8th positions (notes and arpeggios), and Chords for the bass (not arpeggios, but actual chords - 2 and 3 notes at the same time!)
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Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volumes 1 – 5
By Skip Anna
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volumes 1 - 5
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volume 1
Constructing major scales. Melodic and harmonic intervals. Interval inversion and compound intervals. Introduction to triads. The intervals of major triads, major triads on the fingerboard, and fingerings. Major I-IV-V progressions. 67 pages.
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volume 2
The intervals of minor triads. Minor triads on the fingerboard and fingerings. Minor I-IV-V progressions. Introduction to seventh chords, including interval and fingering patterns for seven chord types. 74 pages.
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volume 3
Introduction to scale modes and minor pentatonic scales. Minor pentatonic scales on the fingerboard with exercises and usage. Introduction to minor blues scales, placement on the fingerboard, fingerings, exercises, and usage. 113 pages.
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volume 4
Minor modes including Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian fingering patterns (fretboard diagrams) and scale exercises. Aeolian/Dorian/Phrygian I-IV-V exercises, minor mode usage, and minor mode note pattern sequences. 112 pages.
Music Theory for the Bass Guitarist Volume 5
Major pentatonic scales and major modes. Includes Ionian, Mixolydian, and Lydian scale fingerings and exercises, mode usage, secondary dominance (I-IV-IIV and I-VI-II-V), major mode I-IV-V progressions, and modally related fingering patterns with phrasing and note patterns. 170 pages.