Mike Hiland: You Can Teach Yourself Electric Bass

Contents

• How To Use The Book
• The Parts Of The Electric Bass
• Tuning The Bass
• Playing Technique
• Left Hand Techniques
• Right Hand Techniques
• Finger Exercises
• The Basics Of Reading Music
• Reading Music
• Electric Bass Fingerboard Chart
• Notes on the E-String
• Notes on the A-String
• Notes on the D-String
• Notes on the G-String
• Sharps, Flats, and Naturals
• Key Signatures
• Eighth-Note Studies
• Dotted Notes
• Sixteenth-Note Studies
• Triplets
• A Few Popular Bass Lines
• Scales
• More Scale Stuff
• Bass Lines And Fills
• Walking Bass Lines
• Slap-and-Pop Technique
• Left-Hand Technique
• Slap Exercises
• Pop Exercises
• Technique Exercises
• Simple Rhythm Patterns
• More Rhythm Patterns
• Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
• Right-Hand Hammering Technique
• Right-Hand Technique
• Left-Hand Techniques
• Right-Hand Techniques
• Scales and Scale Patterns
• Using More Than One Right-Hand Finger