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1 ABLE OF CONENS ABOU HE AUHOR...4 INRODUCION... CHAPER Getting Started 6 he Fretboard...6 Reading Standard Music Notation... Reading Bass ablature...9 Chord Symbols...9 Accidentals... 0 he Chromatic Scale... uning the Bass... 2 Right-Hand echnique... Left-Hand echnique... CHAPER 2 he Major Scale 4 Introducing the Scale...4 Intervals... 4 Major etrachords... Combining Major etrachords...6 Keys and Key Signatures... he Circle of ths... Rhythm Practice... 8 Finger Warm-Ups... 9 Major-Scale Bass Lines...2 CHAPER riads 2 Major riads Major riad Bass Lines...2 Reggae Groove Rhythm Update Eighth Notes...0 Minor riads... Minor riad Bass Lines...2 Rhythm Update he ie... Major and Minor riad Bass Lines...4 Diminished riads... Augmented riads... CHAPER 4 chords 6 Major Chords... Dominant Chords...9 Rhythm Update Dotted Notes...4 Minor Chords Island Bass, Mon...4 CHAPER Diatonic Harmony: riads 4 he riads of the Major Scale...4 he I-IV-V Chord Progression...48 I-IV-V Bass Lines... I-vi-IV-V Progression and Bass Lines...4 Stung by the Bass... Back to the Roots...8 Galaxy R... 9 CHAPER 6 Diatonic Harmony: chords 60 he Chords of the Major Scale...60 Chord Bass Lines... 6 CHAPER Locking-in with the Drums 66 Rock Grooves... 6 Funk Grooves Reggae Grooves CHAPER 8 he Blues he welve-bar Blues... welve-bar Blues in A... urnarounds and Variations...2 he Major 6 Chord... Major 6 Blues... 6th Blues in Eighths...4 Blues Progressions with Dominant Chords... Dominant Blues... 6ths, ths and Eighths...6 Swing 8ths... Swing 8th Bass Lines...8 Swing 8th Blues... 8 Blues in E... 9 Slow Blues...80 Blues Bass Lines...8 Slow Blues in A... 8 Slow Blues in C he Eight-Bar Blues...8 he Sixteen-Bar Blues...84 Sixteen Bars in G...84 CHAPER 9 Funk 8 Syncopation We Got the Funk!...88 Rhythm Update Sixteenth Notes...89 Sixteenth-Note Funk Grooves...90 Dead Notes Muting...92 WHA S NEX... 9 DISCOGRAPHY able of Contents

2 MAJOR RIAD BASS LINES he most fundamental note of any chord is the root. Some bass players practically make their living a bass line is to play the root motion of the chord progression simply become familiar with, and play, the roots of each chord. In these two examples, the bass line uses only the root of each of the major triads. rack = 92? 4 4 œ œ G œ œ œ œ C œ œ œ œ œ œ D G D? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. 0 0 PHOO CHUCK PULIN/COURESY OF SAR FILE, INC. Chris Squire he 92 release of the Yes album, Fragile, put the band, and Chris Squire, on the map. Squire s melodic bass style is an important part of the Yes sound. Chapter riads 2

3 ABLE OF CONENS INRODUCION CHAPER he Major Pentatonic Scale 0 Fingerings for the Major Pentatonic Scale...0 he Modes of the Major Pentatonic Scale Five Positions of the Scale...02 Major Pentatonic Bass Lines...04 Dave s une Adding the...08 Major Pentatonic and the welve-bar Blues...09 Major Blues CHAPER 4 he Modes of the Major Scale 2 Relative hinking... 2 Parallel hinking he Four Modal etrachords... 2 Combining etrachords to Create Modes wo-octave Ionian Mode Fingerings... Dorian... 2 Mixolydian... CHAPER 2 he Minor Pentatonic Scale 0 Fingerings for the Minor Pentatonic Scale... 0 he Modes of the Minor Pentatonic Scale Five Positions of the Scale... 0 Minor Pentatonic Rock Bass Lines... 2 More Minor Pentatonic Rock Bass Lines... Minor Pentatonic Funk Grooves... CHAPER he Blues Scale 8 Blues Scale Fingerings... 8 Chords... 9 Gimme... 9 Play It Straight Blues Scale Swing-8th Grooves... 2 Swing It!... 2 Good hings Come in hrees Grooves Using the Major/Minor rd... 2 Major Minor Boogie... 2 Color Me Blues CHAPER Slap & Pop 4 Slap & Pop Notation... 4 Slap & Pop echniques... he Slap... 6 Slap Exercises... Slap Bass Lines on the rd and 4th Strings... 9 he Pop he Hammer-on... 4 Bass Lines Using the Hammer-on Dead Notes Muting... 4 he Pull-off Slap & Pop Bass Lines Intermediate Electric Bass

CHAPER 6 Walking Bass Lines Intro to Jazz 0 Jazz-Blues Progressions... Roots and ths... 4 Diggin the Roots and ths... 4 Blues for Charlie... rds and ths... 6 welve Bars of rds and ths.

.. 6 Get Your Activity ogether... 6 Walk hat Way... 64 Approach Notes... 6 Approaching Greatness... 66 he Cool Approach to Walking... 6 Conclusion.

.. 00 rack Online audio is included with this book to make learning easier and more enjoyable. he symbol shown at bottom left appears next to every example in the book that features an MP track.

4 CHAPER 6 Walking Bass Lines Intro to Jazz 0 Jazz-Blues Progressions... Roots and ths... 4 Diggin the Roots and ths... 4 Blues for Charlie... rds and ths... 6 welve Bars of rds and ths... 6 Mo Better rds and ths... Passing ones... 8 Just Passing hrough... 9 Passing Play Chromatic Passing ones... 6 Short Steps... 6 he Walking Man Rhythmic Activity... 6 Get Your Activity ogether... 6 Walk hat Way Approach Notes... 6 Approaching Greatness he Cool Approach to Walking... 6 Conclusion CHAPER Minor Scales 69 Relative Minor Natural Minor Harmonic Minor... Melodic Minor... 2 WHA S NEX 4 DISCOGRAPHY Blues... Funk... Additional Players to Check Out rack Online audio is included with this book to make learning easier and more enjoyable. he symbol shown at bottom left appears next to every example in the book that features an MP track. Use the MPs to ensure you re capturing the feel of the examples and interpreting the rhythms correctly. he track number below the symbol corresponds directly to the example you want to hear (example numbers are above the icon). All the track numbers are unique to each book within this volume, meaning every book has its own rack, rack 2, and so on. (For example, Beginning Electric Bass starts with rack, as does Intermediate Electric Bass and Mastering Electric Bass.) rack for each book will help you tune to the recording. Refer to page for instructions on how to access the audio able of Contents 99

HE MODES OF HE MAJOR PENAONIC SCALE FIVE POSIIONS OF HE SCALE scale starting from the second degree, you can think of it as the second mode of that scale, and so on.

5 HE MODES OF HE MAJOR PENAONIC SCALE FIVE POSIIONS OF HE SCALE scale starting from the second degree, you can think of it as the second mode of that scale, and so on. positions, of the major pentatonic scale. Let s play up to the octave of each starting shown on page 0. o use the scale to create bass lines, you will need to know which scale degree you are playing the root, 2,, or 6. he scale degrees are indicated above each mode in the music, and the roots are marked in gray in the neck diagrams on the right side of the page. Stanley Clarke is one of the pioneers of contemporary virtuoso bass. He started out as a member of Chick Corea s band, Return to Forever, in the 90s, and later produced very successful solo records such as School Days. PHOO JANA/COURESY OF SAR FILE, INC. 02 Intermediate Electric Bass

6 S AND 2ND ENDINGS Often, when we repeat a section, we play the last part of it differently. In the written music, this is shown with st and 2nd endings.. 2. st ending). he second time, skip the st ending and play the music under the bracket marked 2 (the 2nd ending). his tune has a bass line that is derived from the major pentatonic scale. A melody line for another instrument is included so that you can play it with friends. Of course, you can play along with the tune using the recording that is included with this book. = 2 rack 2 & 4 G œ DAVE S UNE œ œ œ? 4 œ œ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) &. F œ. J œ œ œ j J œ w Ó Œ œ œ.? n œ œ œ œ œ n œ n n œ. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) & 2. F œ. J œ J œ œ j œ Œ œ œ œ. J œ J œ œ j œ Œ œ œ? n n œ n n œ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 06 Intermediate Electric Bass

7 ABLE OF CONENS INRODUCION CHAPER Review 8 Circle of ths... 8 Major Pentatonic Scale... 8 Minor Pentatonic Scale... 8 Blues Scale... 8 Modes of the Major Scale Slap & Pop Notation Slap & Pop echniques Diatonic Passing ones and Chord Scales... 9 Chromatic Passing ones... 9 Approach Notes Minor Scales... 9 CHAPER 2 Rhythm Changes 98 Bass Lines for Quick Changes Rhythm Changes Bridge Bass Lines on Rhythm Changes Rhythm Changes Line Rhythm Changes Line ritone Substitution CHAPER Minor Blues 20 Minor Diatonic Harmony Walking Bass Minor Blues... 2 CHAPER 4 Latin Grooves 24 he Clave he umbao... 2 Bossa Nova... 2 Bossa Nova Groove... 2 Bossa Nova Groove he Mambo, the Guajira and the Cha-Cha... 2 Latin Funk Latin Rock One for Bo CHAPER Reggae 224 Rasta Ron CHAPER 6 Ska 22 Ska for Ma Mastering Electric Bass

8 CHAPER Advanced Funk Bass Lines 28 Pizzicato Funk Grooves Slap & Pop Funk Grooves Double Pops and Double-Stops CHAPER 0 Playing Chords and Harmonics 262 Chords Bass Comp Chord une Harmonics CHAPER 8 Rock Bass Lines in Odd ime Signatures Grooves Grooves Grooves... 2 Compound Meters CHAPER Practicing 269 Planning Your Practice ime Listening Practicing in ime CHAPER 9 Improvisation 2 Arpeggios and Chord Extensions Common Chord Extensions and Alterations... 2 Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale... 2 Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale Scale Syllabus Arpeggio Solo Modal unes Dorian Solo WHA S NEX? 2 00 rack Online audio is included with this book to make learning easier and more enjoyable. he symbol shown at bottom left appears next to every example in the book that features an MP track. Use the MPs to ensure you re capturing the feel of the examples and interpreting the rhythms correctly. he track number below the symbol corresponds directly to the example you want to hear (example numbers are above the icon). All the track numbers are unique to each book within this volume, meaning every book has its own rack, rack 2, and so on. (For example, Beginning Electric Bass starts with rack, as does Intermediate Electric Bass and Mastering Electric Bass.) rack for each book will help you tune to the recording. Refer to page for instructions on how to access the audio able of Contents 9

MAJOR PENAONIC SCALE FINGERINGS 2 2 4 4 4 wo-octave Fingering he major pentatonic scale is commonly found in rock, country-rock and country, as well as other styles of music.

9 MAJOR PENAONIC SCALE FINGERINGS wo-octave Fingering he major pentatonic scale is commonly found in rock, country-rock and country, as well as other styles of music. It has a happy, light-hearted sound. Geddy Lee has been a major creative force behind Rush, a Canadian rock group that 94. He has contributed vocals and synthesizers to Rush s sound, and his bass lines are some of the most innovative and creative in rock. PHOO JOSEPH SIA/COURESY OF SAR FILE, INC. 82 Mastering Electric Bass

10 CHROMAIC PASSING ONES Chromatic passing tones are non-diatonic tones that connect scale tones, and as the name implies, they move chromatically (in half steps). hese tones are usually found in music such as jazz where chromaticism is common, but are also used in other styles to spice up the bass line. Walking bass lines with chromatic passing tones sound very hip. Here is an example of a bass line using chromatic passing tones which are circled in the music. 2 = 44 A? 4 œ œ œ œ F min œ œ œ œ Bmin œ œ nœ œ rack E? œ œ n œ œ A œ œ œ nœ F min œ œ œ œ Bmin E? œ nœ œ Chapter Review 9

TABLE OF CONTENTS. Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS. Contents ABLE OF CONENS ABOU HE AUHO... INODUCION... CHAPE GEING SAED... 6 Half Steps, Whole Steps, and the Importance of Gravity...6 he Fretboard... uning Up... Music Notation... eading ablature... eading Chord