Bass Bible

BOOK ONE- Techniques- Finger Style- Soft/Hard Playing- Tone- Spanish Style- Plectrums & Picks- Nail Playing- Slap Bass- The Squeeze- Right Hand Tapping- Damping- Walking 4 and Damping- Patting- Harmonics- Pedals and Effects49 Steps to Basic TheoryWalking Bass linesScales, Arpeggios and Scale Exercises- Major Scales- Minor Scales- Diatonic Modes- Arpeggios (Major)- Arpeggios (Minor)- Scale Exercises- Swing 4 Basic Changes- Swing 4 with Chord Extensions- Swing 4 with Passing Notes- Triplet FillsChord Sequences and Improvisation- Contemporary Pop- Latin- Ballad- JazzBOOK TWOBasic Grooves- 8th Note Basic Grooves- 16th Note Basic Grooves- 12/8 Shuffle Basic GroovesBlues and R&B- 12/8 Blues and R&B(Shuffle Feel)- 4/4 Blues and R& BSoulJAMES JAMERSON and Motown- Bass FillsCHUCK RAINEY and Atlantic RecordsJAMES BROWN and FunkSTANLEY CLARKERock- Straight 8th Note Feel- Syncopated 8th Note Feel- 16th Note Feel- Shuffle FeelBOOK THREELatin MusicLatin StylesLatin RiffsDouble Time Latin RiffsLatin Riffs - SalsaSpanish FlamencoMexican MariachiCuban MamboCuban RockJamaican Reggae- Even Feel- Even Feel, No Downbeat- Shuffle Feel- Shuffle Feel, No DownbeatColombiaBrazilian SambaPeru, Ecuador, Chile, BoliviaBOOK FOURAfrican MusicAfrican RiffsNorth Africa & The Middle EastSomaliaMaliGuineaCameroonRepublic of Congo (Zaire)ZimbabweSouth Africa & SowetoBOOK FIVEBoogie LinesLARRY GRAHAM & MARK KING - Slap Bass- Slap (Beginners)- Larry Graham - Slap (Boogie)- Mark King - Slap (Popping)JACO PASTORIUS - Fretless Bass- Riffs- Fretless Bass SolosNatural Harmonics- Chordal Harmonics- Arpeggio Chord Progressions with HarmonicsSynthesizer BassModern Riffs - Jazz & Progressive Lines- Modern Riffs- Jazz & Progressive Lines