John Reid: Modern Electric Bass Method Grade 1

Contents

• How to Hold the Bass
• Tuning the Bass
• The Rudiments of Music
• Notes
• Types of Notes
• Rests
• The Time Signature
• Electric Bass Fingerboard Chart
• Notes on the G String
• Open G string exercise
• Whole Notes on the G String
• Half Notes on the G String
• Quarter Notes on the G String
• G String Exercise
• Playing the Notes
• Working the Fingers
• 1st-String Etude
• Etude No 2
• The Mixmaster
• Eighth Note Studies
• Notes on the D String
• Open D String Exercise
• Whole Notes on the D String
• Half Notes on the D String
• Quarter Notes on the D String
• D String Exercise
• Notes on D & G
• Study #1
• Study #2
• Steps
• E-B
• Inch Worm
• Indian Drum
• Three-Four Time and Dotted Half
• Notes Explanation
• 3/4 Song
• 3/4 Study
• Waltz
• The Merry Men
• March
• Frolic
• Notes on the A String
• Open A String Exercise
• Whole Notes on the A String
• Half Notes on the A String
• Quarter Notes on the A String
• Open G & D & A String Exercise
• Ascending
• Descending
• French Song
• Smoky Ridge
• Sweet Betsy from Pike
• Voyage
• Elsie's Waltz
• Buffalo Gals
• Waterfall
• Notes on the E String
• Open E String Exercise
• Whole Notes on the E String
• Half Notes on the E String
• Quarter Notes on the E String
• Open G D A & E String Exercise
• Native Drum
• Native Flute
• Bear Dance
• Dotted Quarter Notes
• Homeward Bound
• Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
• Scale Studies #1
• Scale Studies #2
• Scale Studies #3
• Scale Studies #4
• Scale Studies #5
• Scale Studies #6
• Scale Studies #7
• Scale Studies #8
• The Tie Explanation
• Kum-Ba-Ya
• Psalm 100
• Pick-Up Notes
• One Note Pick-up
• Two Note Pick-up
• Red River Valley
• When the Saints Go Marchin In
• Aura Lee
• Sunset
• Sparkling Stella
• Prelude
• Driving Bass
• Low Gear
• Running the Notes
• Westward Ho!
• Wilderness Trail
• German Waltz
• Chord Waltz
• Hymn
• Cockles and Mussels
• Prairie Song
• Mountain Flower
• Quest
• Village Waltz
• Daydreams
• Ozark Stream
• Melancholy
• Amazing Grace
• Chester
• Tenting Tonight
• Mountain Trail
• Tudor Dance
• Mohican Lament
• Dance of the Royal Court
• Waltz Across Time
• Everyday Country
• Low Down Blues
• C Boogie
• Blues to the Sixth
• Minor Blues
• Pop Bass
• Country Pop
• Latin Tinged
• Angry Eighths
• Twistin
• Zig Zag Exercise
• C Major Scale #1
• C Major Scale #2
• C Major Scale #3
• C Major Scale #4
• C Major Broken Thirds
• G Major Scale #1
• G Major Scale #2
• G Major Scale #3
• Open G & D String Exercise