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Know Your Bass: Patterns for Free Bass Playing: A Shapes & Fretboard Improvisation Method
Paperback
Series: Free Bass Playing Series:, Book 1
Music Instruction: GeneralMusic Instruction: GuitarMusic Instruction: Strings
ISBN13: 9781902511184
Publisher: Sounds Write
Published: Apr 15 2024
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
It is easy to become stuck on any instrument, only being able to play what others have played before you. True freedom comes from knowing the instrument and having the confidence to play it in the way that you want, unlocking the sounds inside you, whether that be for performance or pleasure.
Know Your Bass: Patterns For Free Bass Playing is a specialised bass guitar method book designed to release you into your creativity. By bypassing rigid, linear scale practice, James Baskett teaches a shapes-and-intervals framework that helps musicians smoothly navigate the fingerboard and unlock their creative potential.
Bridging his rich folk-rock-funk experience and classical cello training, James guides you through the core principles of fretboard freedom:
- Intervals and Patterns: Learn versatile, movable box shapes that allow you to shift the exact same hand position up and down the neck to instantly play in any key.
- Positional Freedom: Break out of standard box shapes and train your hands to use the neck vertically and horizontally with equal confidence.
- Intervallic Free Playing: Focus on the relationships between notes rather than memorising raw note names, allowing you to easily predict chord changes, build walking bass lines and master bass improvisation.
- Cello and Folk Influence: Master melodic fluid movements, utilize drones, and incorporate sweeping, emotional arpeggiated fills that elevate your bass lines.
Published by Sounds Write, this bass instructional manual is broken down into quick, scannable exercises with easy-to-read visual fretboard diagrams. Whether you want to master live performance or casual jamming, this book expands your creative ear and even provides dedicated space at the back to record the unique bass parts you create along the way.
Perfect for intermediate players, music educators and any bassist seeking real fretboard navigation shortcuts.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Introduction
- Parts of The Bass Guitar
- Finding Your Way Around The Fretboard
- Open Strings & Tuning
- Tuning The Bass Without a Tuner
- Finding The Right Note
- All The Notes - The Chromatic Scale
- Notes Along The String - Naturals & Sharps
- Notes Along The String - Naturals & Flats
- Notes Across The Strings
- Finding Your Way Around the Bass
- The Major Scale
- Playing The Major Scale
- The Minor Scale
- Playing The Minor Scale
- Common Intervals
- The Octave (8th)
- Common Chords and How to Find Them
- Notes Within a Chord
- The Pentatonic Scale
- Blues Notes & Passing Notes
- Playing The Minor Pentatonic Scale
- The Blues Scale
- Playing The Blues Scale
- Personal Annotation
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BOOK DETAILS & SPECIFICATIONS:
Format: Paperback instructional workbook with high-contrast fretboard diagrams.
Instrument Focus: Formatted exclusively for the standard 4-string electric bass guitar.
Skill Level: Ideal for advanced beginners looking to transition away from raw sheet music tabs, intermediate players stuck in a rut, and music instructors seeking clean bass exercises.
Focus Areas: Bass chords navigation, minor pentatonic scale shortcuts, walking bass lines blueprint, and visual fretboard freedom.
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