Ultimate Tapping for Bass Guitar

by Stuart Clayton

Overview

Ultimate Tapping for Bass Guitar is the second book in the Bass Techniques series. Tapping is one of the least conventional ways of playing the bass, yet in the right hands it can be a very musical technique. The aim of the book is to demystify the various forms of tapping techniques that can be employed on the bass and to provide detailed instruction on how to develop them. This book also includes a detailed history of the technique across all instruments and features biographies and interviews with many of the world’s top players. All exercises found in the book are supported by audio files which are free to download from the publisher's website.
 
The book contains the following chapters:

The History of the Tapping Technique
Getting Started
Chapter 1 - Basic Technique
Chapter 2 - Playing Arpeggios - Part 1
Chapter 3 - Playing Chords - Part 1
Chapter 4 - Playing Arpeggios - Part 2
Chapter 5 - Playing Chords - Part 2
Chapter 6 - Providing Accompaniment
Chapter 7 - Developing Rhythmic Independence
Chapter 8 - Contrapuntal Tapping
Chapter 9 - Linear Tapping - Part 1
Chapter 10 - Linear Tapping - Part 2
Chapter 11 - Linear Tapping - Part 3
Chapter 12 - Sweep Picking Techniques
Chapter 13 - Combining Techniques
Chapter 14 - Études
Chapter 15 - Emmett Chapman
Chapter 16 - Billy Sheehan
Chapter 17 - Stuart Hamm
Chapter 18 - Michael Manring
Chapter 19 - Victor Wooten
Chapter 20 - Adam Nitti

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154498668
Publisher:	Stuart Clayton
Publication date:	08/08/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	793,342
File size:	11 MB
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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.