How to Play Bass Guitar

by Laurence Canty

Book Overview

Learning to play the bass guitar is easy with the help of Laurence Canty's step-by-step instructions and clear advice-even if you've never played an instrument before. You'll learn how to: --read musical notation --correctly position your hands --understand the fingerboard --tune with harmonics --master simple and complex rhythms --fit bass notes to the major, minor, and altered chords played by other instruments in a musical group and much more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312300484
• ISBN13: 9780312300487
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

GREAT LEARNING TOOL

THIS BOOK IS GREAT IF YOU ARE WANTING TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY BASS GUITAR. I PURCHASED FOR MY 15 YEAR OLD AND HE LIKES IT A LOT.

An easy to understand book strictly for beginners

This book contains simple how to's for the bass guitar and is inteneded for beginners, even intermediate players can benefit with this book since it offers reinforcements of bass fundamentals. Decent illustrations set this book back a little bit, but the simple and helpful exercises, and easy to understand text more than makes up for that.

Excellent for beginners

I had no previous experience of playing bass guitar when I read this book. After 2 weeks of practicing on an acoustic, using 4 strings :), I bought my bass. The day I got the bass, I went to band practice at church, and got past the audition! Hows that for a learning curve, now I'm in the band! Thankyou to the author, simple to follow, easy to learn. Julie