How to Play Bass Guitar
Everything You Need to Know to Play the Bass Guitar
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · July 5, 2002
Learning to play the bass guitar is easy with the help of Laurence Canty's step-by-step instructions and clear advice-even if you've never played an instrument before.
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- Who it’s for
- Step-by-step bass guitar instruction covers notation, hand position, tuning, rhythms, and fitting notes to chords.
- Themes
- Bass guitar instruction, Musical notation and technique, Rhythm and playing with a group
- Genres
- Guitar, String Instruments, Techniques & Skills
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Learning to play the bass guitar is easy with the help of Laurence Canty's step-by-step instructions and clear advice-even if you've never played an instrument before. You'll learn how to: --read musical notation --correctly position your hands --understand the fingerboard --tune with harmonics --master simple and complex rhythms --fit bass notes to the major, minor, and altered chords played by other instruments in a musical group and much more.
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How to Play Bass Guitar is like having your own private tutor. Filled with helpful exercises and advice, it contains everything you need to know to start playing with confidence and authority.
Bass Guitar Basics
Step-by-step bass guitar instruction covers notation, hand position, tuning, rhythms, and fitting notes to chords.
Come here for
- Reading notation and understanding the bass fingerboard
- Tuning with harmonics and positioning your hands
Expect
- Exercises and advice for learning bass guitar
- Guidance on major, minor, and altered chords
Where it sits
| Techniques & Skills | 64% |
|---|---|
| Guitar | 57% |
| String Instruments | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Music Study
- Guitar
- Authors
- Laurence Canty
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- July 5, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bass guitar instruction · Musical notation and technique · Rhythm and playing with a group
- Reading lane
- Music Study