(Bass Instruction). Legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this in-depth book. Includes: solo exercises and arpeggios; music fundamentals; right- and left-hand positions; scales; chords; exercises in tenths; rhythm patterns with "drops"; diminished chords; runs and variations; blues patterns; extension scales; and much more.
When I listen to this piece written by Ray, I hear an energy and a sense of excitement that is infectious. ... As I mentioned in “Tune Up,” jazz musicians often refer to fast tunes as being “up” or “upstairs” and I imagine that the ...
A value priced package of Rufus Reid's classic text The Evolving Bassist with his new DVD of the same name. On the DVD, Rufus demonstrates all the key concepts from the book.
Whether you are new to playing jazz or wish to hone your skills, and whether you play acoustic or electric bass, this book will help you expand your basic technique to create interesting and grooving bass lines and melodically interesting ...
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This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines.
Features 50 classic jazz songs with precise fingerings to help you gain mastery of the fingerboard.
This book, with online audio access, uses standard chord progressions and songs to teach you about accompanying and improvising in the style of players like Ray Brown, Paul Cahmber, Scott LaFaro, and many others.
This book is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, Latin and country music.
Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar.