Alfred Teach Yourself to Play Bass Book & DVD

Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, will learn about buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, finger placement and picking styles, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, country, and jazz. Near the end of the book will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist in coloring and others' musical creations with own unique, rockin' style. Upon completion of this book, will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band. The book features the following resources for reference during and after lessons:* TAB licks and bass lines* Bass fingerboard chart* Complete chord chart* Photos showing hand positions and more The accompanying DVD features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The DVD also includes TNT 2 software that lets customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. may also stream the video and download the TNT 2 software from a browser.Be own teacher, and let Alfred Music be resource every step of the way.