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Ed friedland is an excellent instructor and this is another excellent title to his credit. It teaches enough that you come away knowing how little you know about the subject. Build your chops, and become a better player by listening to others and list... Read More
The book starts with examples written out and is followed by a chord chart. You are expected to come up with something similar to what was written in a different key or the progression is different. While the books is jazzed focus the principles apply... Read More
This is a concise book that beginners and intermediate players will use and enjoy. Execellent for beginner and even those with minimal reading skills. This book has exercises & scales and examples for real life every day bass playing.
The trick is to use a metronome and be patient. This fits the bill. Timely delivery, too.
The accompanying cd is good, simple, and clear. Ed friedland's written material and music notation are for my betters.
Cons
My journey to being a good bass player is extremely frustrating. The book is a little misleading.
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Quality
Very good format starts with the basics includes play a long tracks that you can slow down while youre learning them step by step
For me it has made learning how to play the bass personal and with the help of these books it has made it doable
This book is a good accompanying source with the authors video course
I enjoy playing along with the cd that comes with it
Competitiveness
I have found it to be an excellent book for a novice bass player
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- This product had a total of 400 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 24 2022.
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In this day and age you can find the same information on the web
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To bad it is falsely advertised that it comes with a cd with no notification that the product has changed
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This looks like a tiny book but i feel like i could learn from it for a year
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The book is entirely developed around the fundamentals of a walking bass line and the cd included has a jazz style backing track for every lesson
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Let me say that this book is not for beginners
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This is a jazz centered approach using walking bass linesall quarter notes
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First you learn to outline chords using roots 5ths and octaves staying away from the color tones they are dangerousno thirds etc
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The book starts with examples written out and is followed by a chord chart in which you are expected to come up with something similar to what was written in a different key or the progression is different
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