Plectrum Technique for Bass Guitar

by Stuart Clayton

Overview

Plectrum Technique for Bass Guitar is the third book in the popular
Bass Techniques Series and is a complete method for learning to play the bass guitar with a plectrum. Starting with the absolute basics, it covers logical applications of the alternate picking technique and demonstrates how they can be applied to play any bassline with a pick that can be played with the fingers. There are 201 exercises in the book, as well as four full-length study pieces. All exercises are supported by audio files which are free to download from the publisher's website.

The book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 - Alternate Picking - Part 1
Chapter 2 - String Crossing
Chapter 3 - Alternate Picking - Part 2
Chapter 4 - Semiquaver Rhythms - Part 1
Chapter 5 - Semiquaver Rhythms - Part 2
Chapter 6 - Semiquaver Rhythms - Part 3
Chapter 7 - Triplets
Chapter 8 - Rock and Metal Basslines
Chapter 9 - Pop Basslines
Chapter 10 - Funk and R&B Basslines
Chapter 11 - Plectrum Study #1
Chapter 12 - Plectrum Study #2
Chapter 13 - Plectrum Study #3
Chapter 14 - Plectrum Study #4
Chapter 15 - Carol Kaye
Chapter 16 - Anthony Jackson

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154496688
Publisher:	Stuart Clayton
Publication date:	08/08/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Stuart Clayton has been a professional musician and writer for over ten years. He has worked as a staff writer for Bass Guitar Magazine since its first issue, written seven bass instruction books for Sanctuary Publishing, including 100 Tips For Bass Guitar You Should Have Been Told, Crash Course: Bass, Bass Xtreme, Basic Bass Workout and Giants Of Bass and toured the world with Carl Palmer. He now runs his own company, Bassline Publishing, which publishes transcription books for legendary bassists such as Mark King, Stuart Hamm, Bernard Edwards and John Entwistle, as well as an acclaimed range of tuition books such as Ultimate Slap Bass and Solo Arrangements for Electric Bass. He is also Head of Bass at the British Institute of Modern Music (Bristol) and is an artist endorsee for Zon basses and Aguilar amplification.