Learn the art of jazz bass. Whether you are new to playing jazz or wish to hone your skills, and whether you play acoustic or electric bass, this book will help you expand your basic technique to create interesting and grooving bass lines and melodically interesting solos. Included are 166 audio tracks of demonstrations and play-alongs, featuring a complete jazz combo playing bass lines and solos over standard jazz progressions.
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| List | $22.99 |
The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the bass should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The purchase price includes online access to audio for download or streaming.
Songs: Birdland • Bright Size Life • Come On, Come Over • Continuum • The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines • 4 A.M. • Harlequin • Teen Town.
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| List | $19.99 |
Study the trademark songs, licks, tones and techniques of the world's greatest jazz fusion bassist, Jaco Pastorius. This comprehensive book/audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Pastoruis' gear, techniques, styles, songs, riffs and more. Each book comes with a unique code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online. This pack looks at 15 of Jaco's most influential songs including: Birdland • The Chicken • Donna Lee • Portrait of Tracy • Teen Town • and more. Includes foreword by Robert Trujillo.
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| List | $24.99 |
This innovative resource is designed to help the intermediate to advanced player gain more control over the guitar. This completely new approach to the instrument combines concepts derived from two distinct improvisatory worlds: American jazz and Indian classical music. Through a variety of exercises and self-explorations that challenge on every level, this book/audio pack by acclaimed jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi focuses one's awareness on often-overlooked aspects of music performance and practice. The exercises are provided in audio tracks online for download or streaming and include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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| List | $22.99 |
You've just received your first studio call and already you can feel the tension mounting. Will you be able to read and interpret the music? Can you immediately get into the 'groove' without a lot of rehearsal time? How about coping with headphones and the ever-present click track? Here's an album that will give you 'studio' experience without the butterflies. No producer hovering over your shoulder, no engineer hassling you for 'better sound.' This series is invaluable to every developing musician and will repay you with the experience you need, and have a great time playing great music with this top-flight ensemble of working studio players!
Includes a compact disc featuring a complete version, and a “minus” version of each piece with removable click-track on one channel; and music book.
Accompaniment: Tom Collier, Keyboards, Drums & Percussion; Howard Roberts, Guitar; Dan Dean, Electric Bass
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| List | $14.99 |