Jay Farmer: First Lessons Bass Book

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Introduction
Parts of the Bass
Tuning the Bass
The Left Hand Position
Using the Hand Position
The Right Hand
Positioning the Bass
Fundamentals of Music
The Open Strings
Open String Exercises
The 4th String
The 3rd String
Connecting the 3rd and 4th Strings
More Music Fundamentals
The 2nd String
The 1st String
Connecting 1st and 2nd Strings
Connecting All Four Strings
Ode to Joy
The Irish Washerwoman
Simple Gifts
BMR 2000
Motion
Journeyesque
The First Five Frets — Shifting
Connecting All Four Strings — Shifting
Billy Boy
Steps of the Giant
F. T. B.
Advancing Up the Fingerboard
The 5th, 6th, and 7th Frets
Bass Line Essentials
Sample Chord Progression
Rhythm
The Blues Progression
The Root-Fifth Relationship
The Dotted Quarter Note
The Final

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First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the "3-finger" left hand position commonly found in double bass technique. The emphasis on left hand technique allows the student to develop a consistent fingering approach to the fingerboard, reduces unnecessary strain on the left hand, and makes the bass more accessible to younger students or students with small hands. After the left hand technique has been established, the book introduces the student toimportant elements of bass line construction including blues patterns, the root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns. Includes access to online audio and video.- Introduction for beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass.- Book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction.- Makes use of the "3-finger" left hand position commonly found in double bass technique.- Offers student important elements of bass line construction: blues patterns, root-fifth relationship, and common rhythmic patterns.- Includes access to online audio and video.

ISBN: 9780786693184 (0786693185)

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