Bass Guitar: Total Scales Techniques And Applications (Book & CD) - Softcover

Mark John Sternal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976291754 ISBN 13: 9780976291756

Publisher: MJS Music & Entertainment LLC, 2005

Synopsis

The #1 Bestselling Bass Guitar Scale Course (also available for Guitar & Spanish), BASS GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications. You Can Be Better! The Easiest and Fastest Way to MASTER YOUR BASS GUITAR. The 1st & Only Method To Expertly teach you every scale, every trick & technique, in every musical key, anywhere on the entire fretboard! We turn Beginners into pro's & make the pro's even better! ***BOOK & CD LAYOUT ***Pages 1-11 BASICS: All the basics a beginner needs to know to read and understand bass guitar music. Includes TAB explanation, basic notation, the musical alphabet and the guitar, tuning, finger & hand position, and picking technique, (Including supplements for 5 & 6 string throughout book). ***Pages 12-16 THE FRETBOARD: The entire fretboard, (bass guitar neck), presented in TAB and standard notation. 3 simple finger positions and 7 patterns are used to teach scales on the entire fretboard of the guitar. ***Pages 17-72 TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS: Every trick and technique that has ever been invented is introduced to the different positions. Starting with the most basic, progressing through intermediate and advanced, these pages introduce every tool of the trade for making music with scales. ***Pages 73-86 MODES & KEY CHANGES: Thoroughly explained, giving you a full understanding of scales, key changes, and modes. Every key of music is presented in TAB and standard notation for the entire fretboard of the guitar. ***Pages 87-160 EXOTIC SCALES FROM ALL CULTURES: Pentatonic, Balinese, Bob, Minor scales, jazz scales, gypsy scales, Spanish scales, ...they are all presented in TAB and traditional notation for the entire fretboard! ***CD SUPPLEMENT: The entire book is narrated and performed on the "BASS GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications" audio CD. ***FREE BOOK TECHNICAL SUPPORT: With the purchase of "BASS GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications" you also gain the author, Mark John Sternal, as a teacher. If you ever h

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From the Publisher:

* Traditional music notation and TAB, (tablature), throughout the entire book * Written for 4, 5, and 6 string bass * Improve playing ability and improvisation * Write great bass lines, melodies and fills * Understanding of key changes and modes simplified * Other books, videos, even ongoing series, don't compare * This method is highly praised by beginner through PRO players * Master your bass on the entire fretboard * Each lesson is built on what you have learned from previous pages in the book * Includes every scale known * A valued reference for as long as you play bass guitar * Professional and college level made easy * 160 JAM-PACKED PAGES !

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BASS GUITAR: TOTAL SCALES TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS BY MARK JOHN STERNAL TRANSPOSED FOR BASS GUITAR BY ANDRÉS DELIKAT & MARK STERNAL

About this edition

• Publisher: MJS Music & Entertainment LLC
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0976291754
• ISBN 13: 9780976291756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160