 Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bass Guitar
ISBN: 978-0-470-04850-4
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304 pages
December 2006
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What the Bass Guitar Does.
Get Started.
Your Milestones.
Chapter 2. Parts of Your Bass Guitar.
Parts of the Bass Guitar.
The Head.
The Body.
The Neck.
Fretted and Fretless Basses.
The Bridge.
Bass Guitar Strings.
Four Strings or More?
Right-handed versus Left-handed Basses.
Passive and Active Pickups.
Control Your Bass Guitar.
Chapter 3. Holding Your Bass Guitar.
The Guitar Strap.
Sitting or Standing?
Your Fretting Hand.
Fingerstyle.
Playing with a Pick.
Using Your Thumb.
Chapter 4. Tuning Your Bass Guitar.
Open-String Notes.
Relative Tuning.
Electronic Tuning.
Chapter 5. Basic Fretboard Fingering.
Proper Finger Placement
Shift Up.
Shift Down.
Shift Across Strings.
Stay Close to the Fingerboard.
Chapter 6. Plucking and Picking.
Alternate Fingering .
Downpicking.
Alternate Picking.
Pluck with Your Thumb.
Mute Your Strings.
Chapter 7. Play Your First Scales.
Basic Music Notation.
Notes on the Fretboard.
Basic Tablature.
The C Major Scale.
The G Major Scale.
The F Major Scale.
Chapter 8. Playing with Chords.
What Makes a Chord?
Major Chords and Scales.
Minor Scales and Chords.
Seventh Chords.
Arpeggios.
Chapter 9. Common Chord Progressions.
Chord Symbols.
Charts.
I-IV-V Progressions.
I-VI-IV-V Progressions.
More Chord Progressions.
Cahpter 10. Basic Rhythms.
The Metronome.
Quarter Notes.
Eighth Notes.
Sixteenth Notes.
Apply Rhythms to Songs.
Walking Bass.
Blues Shuffle.
Rock.
R&B.
Reggae.
Country.
Chapter 11. Slapping and Popping.
Slapping Technique.
Popping Technique.
Some Basic Slap Patterns.
Chapter 12. Getting Your Tone.
How Should You Play?
Playing in a Band.
Dialing It In on Active and Passive Bass Guitars.
Chapter 13. Buying a Bass Guitar and Amplifier.
What to Look for in Your Bass Guitar.
What to Look for in Your Amplifier.
What Else You’ll Need.
Effects.
Chapter 14. Care for Your Gear.
Before You Play.
After You Play.
Change the Strings.
Intonation.
String Height.
Plug It In and Unplug It.
Chapter 15. Some Last Words.
Where Do You Go from Here?
Learn Songs by Ear.
Reading Music and Music Theory.
Appendix: Some Especially Noteworthy Bassists.
Index.
