101 Bass Tips Book/Online Audio

by Gary Willis

Overview

(Bass Instruction). Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Gary Willis presents valuable how-to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying 64 audio tracks provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, theory, and much more. The audio tracks are accessed online for download or streaming and feature PLAYBACK+ tools for looping, tempo adjustment, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780634017476
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Series:	Instrument Instruction: Bass Guitar Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.20(d)

Table of Contents

1	String Boiling Recipe	4
2	Eye Contact	4
3	Take the 5th (For Improv)	5
4	So Many Melodies	6
5	Speakers Up	6
6	Drum Machine Don'ts	7
7	The One-Chorus Solo	7
8	Set Up On the Hi-Hat Side	8
9	Imaginary Fingering	8
10	Got Phase?	8
11	Live Monitor Mix	9
12	Tool Kit List	9
13	Mental Games	10
14	Bend New Strings	10
15	Re-use Fretless Strings	11
16	Rubbing Alcohol	11
17	String-to-String Balance	12
18	Adjust Your Intonation	13
19	Location, Location	16
20	Go Low	16
21	Fretless Reading	17
22	Nut Height	17
23	String Trimming	18
24	Parametric Parameters	19
25	Bass Reverb EQ	20
26	Bass Tracking	20
27	Cable Discipline	21
28	Tweeter Adjustment	22
29	The Sound of Wood	22
30	Compress for Finesse	22
31	Dynamics vs. Even	23
32	Mirror, Mirror	23
33	Make Your Own Strap	24
34	2-5=5	26
35	7sus Chords	27
36	Gain Structure	29
37	String Height/Neck Relief	30
38	Adjusting the Truss Rod	31
39	Adjusting String Height	32
40	Fretless Practice	33
41	Fretless Pivot	34
42	A Fretless Don't	35
43	The Loc Tite Solution	35
44	No TV!	36
45	Steel Wool Trick	36
46	Two-Finger Test	37
47	Left-Hand Accuracy	38
48	Minimum Pressure	39
49	Pickup Balance	40
50	Shim the Neck	41
51	Warm Up Under Control	42
52	Bass Balance	42
53	No Thumb	43
54	Solo Shape	43
55	Drums Stop... Bad	44
56	Regional Neck Isolation	44
57	Pull-Offs	45
58	Memorization	46
59	Machine Chops	47
60	Interval Learning	48
61	Bass Solo Symptoms	48
62	Bigger Is Better	49
63	Natural Harmonics	49
64	False Harmonics	50
65	Imaginary 24th Fret	50
66	False Harmonic Trick	51
67	Left-Hand Muting	51
68	"Jumping Bass" Syndrome	51
69	Light Gauge Strings	52
70	Cable Infomercial	52
71	Working Out	52
72	Muscle Memory	53
73	One String at a Time	53
74	Another Fretless Don't	53
75	Ear Improv	54
76	Avoid the Salute	56
77	The Benefits of Playing Soft	57
78	Dampening System	59
79	The Palm Mute	60
80	The Barre Joint	61
81	Pinky Flex	63
82	Right-Hand Note Dampening	64
83	Record Your Practicing	65
84	The Extra Mile	65
85	Look at the Neck	65
86	Look at Your Right Hand	66
87	Ear Training Exercise	66
88	PC Board Spacers	67
89	Chord Tones Thru Changes	68
90	Studio Tracking Setup	69
91	Secondary Dominants	69
92	Static Harmony Fix	70
93	The Tritone Sub	72
94	Chord Tone Proximity	72
95	Boomy Room Fix	73
96	The 2x4 Solution	73
97	Passive Quirk	74
98	False Harmonic Technique	74
99	Diminished Chord Improv	75
100	Classical Posture	76
101	Appendage Time	76