Bass Tablatures

Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples.

The critically acclaimed Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method - Second Edition in a handy composite edition! Contains 3 books and 3 CDs for Levels 1, 2 and 3.

A must-have for any bass player! This outstanding 200-song collection features note-for-note bass transcriptions with tab, straight from the original recordings. All styles of music are represented in this m...

Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples.

The purpose of this book is to provide the aspiring bass player with a wide variety of finger exercises for developing the techniques necessary to succeed in today's music scene. It can also play an imp...

Covers 180 bass scales, in all 12 keys, with fingering suggestions and five different scale positions. Includes a handy fretboard diagram that illustrates each scale pattern.

This book of note-for-note Steve Harris bass transcriptions is a must-have for any rock bassist. 20 classics, including: Aces High · Can I Play with Madness · Evil That Men Do · Fear of the Dark · Iron Maide...

Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Gary Willis presents valuable how-to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and acco...

The Bass Deck is simply the easiest book of scale and arpeggio patterns. This unique guide has been designed for every beginning bass player to be able to start playing immediately the most popular scales an...

The Hal Leonard Blues Bass Method is your complete guide to learning blues bass. This book and CD package uses classic blues songs and standards to teach you how to lay down your own solid blues bass lines. ...

STUFF!... A new instructional book/CD series featuring tips from renowned instructors. Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary with this all-encompassing book/CD pack for bassists. Provides valuable...

Includes 96 songs and examples in rock, blues, R&B, funk and other styles; riffs, slap and pop; fifth position, scales and keys; and more!

The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas fr...

How to play bass guitar from the very beginning, with fills, walking bass lines, chords and scales. This narrow format book fits neatly into your guitar case so you can take it everywhere.

This book/CD pack will get you playing bass lines anywhere on the fretboard, in any key. You'll learn to build bass lines under chord progressions; major, minor, and pentatonic scale patterns; and much ...

Teach yourself to play the easy way! This method gets beginners playing the bass at their own pace through easy-to-understand instruction and a great CD featuring instruction and 99 demo tracks complete with...

The complete guide to reggae and Jamaican bass styles, covering early ska, rock steady, roots reggae, dub, modern ska, dance hall, and more. The book includes performance tips and lessons, authentic grooves ...

The FastTrack songbooks were designed to supplement the FastTrack method books, but also can be used independently. They feature 8 copyrighted songs by artists including The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Van Morris...

This comprehensive supplement to any bass method will help students learn over 200 great bass licks, lines and grooves in many rhythmic styles. Bass Licks illustrates how simple melodic patterns can become t...

Critically acclaimed as the best single source for the techniques used to play funk and slap-style bass! Includes a foreword by John Patitucci and is endorsed by Rich Appleman of the Berklee College Of Musi...

Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backup track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up...

Special spiral bound edition containing Books 1, 2, & 3 of the Second Edition Hal Leonard Bass Method.

Get the low-end lowdown for 19 top tunes by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Includes bass transcriptions with tab for: Could You Be Loved · Exodus · Get Up Stand Up · I Shot the Sheriff · Iron Lion Zion · Is Thi...

Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples.

This book in our outstanding Bible series features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 35 rock bass classics: Another One Bites the Dust · Badge · Barracuda · Come Together · Fat Bottomed Girls · I Can...

All you need to know about the bass fretboard, including: scales, intervals, triads, modal patterns, and fundamentals; keys, fingerings, position playing; arpeggios, turnarounds, walking bass lines; horizont...

The best single source for learning to play the blues for bass! Styles covered include: Delta blues, Texas blues, New Orleans blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, boogie woogie blues, jazz blues, and more...

An innovative collection of J.S. Bach pieces arranged for electric bass, complete with historical analysis, instruction and playing suggestions. Includes: Two-Part Invention #4 in D Minor · Two-Part Inventio...

The Hal Leonard Funk Bass Method is your complete guide to learning funk bass. It uses real funk songs to teach you the basics of grooving and soloing funk bass in the style of Flea, Victor Wooten, Marcus Mi...

A concise thesaurus of essential and practical study form for practice and study. Included are valuable tips on using scales to build speed, endurance and fretboard fluency.

Build your bass vocabulary in a variety of styles with this comprehensive collection! Styles covered include blues, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, country, Latin, hip-hop, gospel and more. The CD includes all 15...

32 funk classics transcribed note-for-note with tablature for bass, including: Brick House · Car Wash · Fire · Higher Ground · Le Freak · Love Rollercoaster · Pick up the Pieces · Super Freak · and more.

This new book/CD pack in the Legendary Licks series features note-for-note bass transcriptions and detailed performance notes for 18 metal masterpieces from Metallica. Bassists will learn dozens of classic l...

This comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking bass lines in all styles pulls together lessons from MI elective courses. The CD includes 31 full-band tracks and demonstrates the exercises in...

The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas fr...

Learn step by step how to create interesting bass lines and grooves using notes that outline the chords, in multiple positions on the neck. With this comprehensive book/CD pack, bass blueprints will be revea...

This cool, comprehensive guide provides the history and essential bass lines for 34 different musical styles, including all varieties of pop and rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, coun...

Learn the art of creating a solid slap bass groove. Whether you're an aspiring or seasoned bassist, this workshop will teach you many of the slap bass lines and styles found in your favorite rock, funk ...

Learn to play over 20 high-voltage AC/DC bass lines with these transcriptions in tab and standard notation with complete lyrics and chord symbols. Also includes band history and discography.

Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your ...

The low, throbbing beat of great bassists like James Jamerson, Anthony Jackson, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Louis Johnson and Verdine White drove the world to the dance floor during the disco era. In this ...

With the third book, progressing students will learn more great songs, riffs and examples; sixteenth notes; playing off chord symbols; slap and pop techniques; hammer ons and pull offs; playing different sty...

R&B Masters is a close examination of the legendary R&B bassists that shaped modern music. Explore the styles of Duck Dunn, Chuck Rainey, George Porter, James Jamerson, Jerry Jemmot, David Hood and m...

32 great R&B songs transcribed note-for-note with tablature for bass. Includes: I Heard It Through the Grapevine · I Was Made to Love Her · Respect · Soul Man · Uptight (Everything's Alright) · and ...

Discover the basics of playing bass as you learn hands-on how to play more than 35 Metallica songs. Features instruction by Joe Charupakorn and a CD with complete demonstrations of every lesson. Songs includ...

This book/CD pack is designed to help players master the art of improvisation. The CD includes over 50 tracks for demonstration and play-along. The book works with electric or acoustic bass and covers: modes...

Learn the fundamentals of bluegrass by exploring its various styles and the masters who defined the genre: Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Norman Blake. The book includes background information, instruction ...

An ideal supplement to any bass method, this book/CD pack uses 18 actual songs in various styles to teach key elements of the electric fretless bass, such as intonation; harmonics; keys, scales and intervals...

Paul McCartney is one of the best pop bass players in the world, and this book presents a musical analysis of his consistently inventive and influential bass playing during his tenure in the Beatles. This in...

Learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your favorite...