Bass Bible: A world history of styles and techniques

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 Effects 49 Steps to Basic Theory Walking Bass lines Scales, 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 Fills Chord Sequences and Improvisation – Contemporary Pop – Latin – Ballad – Jazz BOOK TWO Basic Grooves – 8th Note Basic Grooves – 16th Note Basic Grooves – 12/8 Shuffle Basic Grooves Blues and R&B – 12/8 Blues and R&B(Shuffle Feel) – 4/4 Blues and R& B Soul JAMES JAMERSON and Motown – Bass Fills CHUCK RAINEY and Atlantic Records JAMES BROWN and Funk STANLEY CLARKE Rock – Straight 8th Note Feel – Syncopated 8th Note Feel – 16th Note Feel – Shuffle Feel BOOK THREE Latin Music Latin Styles Latin Riffs ouble Time Latin Riffs Latin Riffs – Salsa Spanish Flamenco Mexican Mariachi Cuban Mambo Cuban Rock Jamaican Reggae – Even Feel – Even Feel, No Downbeat – Shuffle Feel – Shuffle Feel, No Downbeat Colombia Brazilian Samba Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia BOOK FOUR African Music African Riffs North Africa & The Middle East Somalia Mali Guinea Cameroon Republic of Congo (Zaire) Zimbabwe South Africa & Soweto BOOK FIVE Boogie Lines LARRY GRAHAM & MARK KING – Slap Bass – Slap (Beginners) – Larry Graham – Slap (Boogie) – Mark King – Slap (Popping) JACO PASTORIUS – Fretless Bass – Riffs – Fretless Bass Solos Natural Harmonics – Chordal Harmonics – Arpeggio Chord Progressions with Harmonics Synthesizer Bass Modern Riffs – Jazz & Progressive Lines – Modern Riffs – Jazz & Progressive Lines