Bass Guitar Exercises for Dummies (Paperback)

Foreword xi

Introduction 1

Part 1: Preparing to Practice 5

Chapter 1: Reviewing Practice Fundamentals 7

Chapter 2: Warming Up Your Right and Left Hands 15

Part 2: Scales (Modes) and Chords 29

Chapter 3: Playing Scales (Modes) 31

Chapter 4: Playing Mode Sequences 47

Chapter 5: Working with Arpeggios 69

Chapter 6: Combining Seventh Chords 83

Part 3: Rhythm and the Groove 97

Chapter 7: Building the Groove Skeleton 99

Chapter 8: Accessing the Groove Apex 111

Chapter 9: Setting Up with the Groove Tail 119

Chapter 10: Combining Rhythms 129

Part 4: Turning Exercises into Music 139

Chapter 11: Feeling the Eighth-Note Groove 141

Chapter 12: Working the Sixteenth-Note Groove 151

Chapter 13: Trippin’ on Triplets 161

Part 5: The Part of Tens 167

Chapter 14: Ten Essential Elements of a Great Practice Session 169

Chapter 15: Ten Famous Tunes That Incorporate the Exercises in This Book 173

Part 6: Appendixes 177

Appendix A: How to Use the Website 179

Appendix B: Extended Range Basses and Practice Goals 187