Bass Guitar Exercises for Dummies [With CD (Audio)] (Paperback)

Introduction.

Part I: Preparing to Practice.

Chapter 1: Reviewing Practice Fundamentals.

Chapter 2: Warming Up Your Right and Left Hands.

Part II: Scales (Modes) and Chords.

Chapter 3: Playing Scales (Modes).

Chapter 4: Playing Mode Sequences.

Chapter 5: Working with Arpeggios.

Chapter 6: Combining Seventh Chords.

Part III: Rhythm and the Groove.

Chapter 7: Building the Groove Skeleton.

Chapter 8: Accessing the Groove Apex.

Chapter 9: Setting Up with the Groove Tail.

Chapter 10: Combining Rhythms.

Part IV: Turning Exercises into Music.

Chapter 11: Feeling the Eighth-Note Groove.

Chapter 12: Working the Sixteenth-Note Groove.

Chapter 13: Trippin' on Triplets.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 14: Ten Essential Elements of a Great Practice Session.

Chapter 15: Ten Famous Tunes That Incorporate the Exercises in This Book.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: How to Use the CD.

Appendix B: Extended Range Basses and Practice Goals.