Earl Gately: Learn To Play Bluegrass Bass

Contents

• SECTION I
• TUNING THE STRING BASS
• TUNING THE ELECTRIC BASS
• LEFT-HAND POSITIONS
• RIGHT-HAND POSITIONS
• BASIC THEORY
• FIRST POSITION (with studies for all notes)
• SECOND POSITION (with studies for all notes)
• ROOTS AND 5THS (in all keys)
• MAJOR, MINOR, AND 7TH CHORDS (in all keys)
• CHART (transposing chord progressions from one key to another)
• EIGHTH AND SIXTEENTH NOTES TRIPLETS TIES (how to play them)
• HAMMER ON TECHNIQUE
• SECTION II
• THIRD POSITION (notes and application to chord progressions)
• FOURTH POSITION (notes and application to chord progressions)
• FIFTH POSITION (with studies for all notes)
• SIXTH POSITION (with studies for all notes)
• BASS LINES FOR ALL CHORDS (1 and 2 bar patterns)
• SLAP BASS TECHNIQUE
• BLUEGRASS RUNS
• SEVENTH POSITION (notes and application to chord progressions)
• EIGHTH POSITION (notes and application to chord progressions)
• NINTH POSITION
• TENTH POSITION