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Rock House: Learn Rock Bass: Level 1 DVD
Rock House: Learn Rock Bass: Level 1 DVD
Starting with the basics, this program will get you playing quickly with easy-to-follow techniques, scales, and song rhythms. You'll be on your way to becoming a rock-solid bassist....

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Fast Forward Classic Metal Bass
Fast Forward Classic Metal Bass
Play authentic heavy metal bass lines. Learn 5 great songs by Guns N Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and more. CD matches the book with audio tracks both with and without bass lines....

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Empieza A Tocar: Bajo
Empieza A Tocar: Bajo
For the first time bass guitar player. Pictures explain how to hold the bass, proper hand and finger positioning, playing notes and basslines by listening and accompanying the CD....

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Chord Bassics
Chord Bassics
The complete guide to virtually every chord a player will be asked to produce. A must for the bass guitarist's library with more than 500 chord shapes and diagrams. ...

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You Can Play Bass Guitar
You Can Play Bass Guitar
This series provides all you need to know to be the musician you want to be! Each package includes an easy step-by-step book and a one hour compact disc filled with useful exercises and professional arrangements. This complete music instruction studio is all you need to begin playing bass guitar lik...

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ˇAprende Ya! A Tocar Bajo
ˇAprende Ya! A Tocar Bajo
This book/CD program is designed to teach the beginner the basics of contemporary bass technique. Topics include: reading notation, scales and patterns, grooves, hammer-on and pull-off techniques, and much more. In addition, this method explains many popular Latin American rhythms such as cumbia, me...

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Step One: Play Bass Guitar
Step One: Play Bass Guitar
Learn to play blues, rock and country styles. Covers everything from how to tune the bass to advanced techniques like string-slapping and thumb slapping....

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Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar
Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar
For the first time bass guitar player. Pictures explain how to hold the bass, proper hand and finger positioning, playing notes and basslines by listening and accompanying the CD....

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Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar
Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar
Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backup track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your bass guitar....

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The Best Of Bass JamTrax: Blues, R&B, And Rock
The Best Of Bass JamTrax: Blues, R&B, And Rock
JamTrax Book & CD Packages: Practice soloing and learn to improvise in your favorite style by jamming with the live back-up band on the CD. The books provide suggested scales, chords, licks, and progressions, based on actual tunes - in standard notation and tablature....

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Step One: Play Bass Scales
Step One: Play Bass Scales
Step into the exciting world of major, minor, modal, blues, rock and jazz scales. A complete guide to using scales to build speed, endurance and fretboard fluency for beginning bass players....

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Electric Bass: Al Vessas Method-Vol. 1 Elementary
Electric Bass: Al Vessas Method-Vol. 1 Elementary
The basics of bass guitar - tuning, holding the guitar, playing & reading notes - supplemented by familiar tunes for practice. Includes a fingerboard chart, and self-quiz at the end of the book....

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The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 5-Bass Chording
The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 5-Bass Chording
Covers all the important major and minor chords; shows how to use bass chords creatively to add color and excitement to your playing. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams....

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The Gig Bag Book Of Bass Scales
The Gig Bag Book Of Bass Scales
Packed with information! No other series for guitarists and keyboard players has been as highly acclaimed by musicians. Designed to fit into instrument case, comb-bound to lay open flat. The ultimate compact reference book of bass scales. 180 scales, in all 12 keys, in standard notation and tablatur...

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The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 3-Electric Bass Improvisation
The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 3-Electric Bass Improvisation
Book 3: Electric Bass Improvisation -- Teaches the important art of improvisation as applied to the electric bass....

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The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 1-The Method
The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 1-The Method
Book 1: The Method -- Contains many original exercises designed to strengthen the hands and give independent finger control....

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Step One: Teach Yourself Bass Guitar
Step One: Teach Yourself Bass Guitar
Package comes equipped with a 32-page guidebook, a one hour play along cd and a 30 minute instructional video. Learn, hear and see proper playing techniques from an expert. B/w photos....

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The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 2-Playing Concepts And Dexterity
The Complete Electric Bass Player: Book 2-Playing Concepts And Dexterity
Book 2: Playing Concepts and Dexterity -- This supplement to the method further develops dexterity as a bass player, while also cultivating the ability to play creatively in all styles and rhythms. Illustrated....

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How To Play Bass Guitar
How To Play Bass Guitar
A method of tuition that develops logically from the basics to technical and musical standards that open the doors to jazz, fusion, and rock....

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Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar
Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar
For the first time bass guitar player. Pictures explain how to hold the bass, proper hand and finger positioning, playing notes and basslines. DVD version features both audio and video backup tracks....

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Beginning Bass Guitar
Beginning Bass Guitar
Play rock, country, blues, jazz, funk, and more. Fully illustrated how-to guide with detailed diagrams and information to take musicians from tuning to creating fills. ...

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Beginning Bass Scales
Beginning Bass Scales
Concise thesaurus of practical scale forms for study and practice. Includes valuable tips on using scales to build speed, endurance, and fretboard fluency....

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Primer Nivel: Bajo Sexto (Level One: Six String Bass)
Primer Nivel: Bajo Sexto (Level One: Six String Bass)
The ultimate teach-yourself method for the beginning musician, written entirely in Spanish. This all-in-one Book and CD package gets you playing the six string bass right away....

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Fast Forward Rock Steady Bass
Fast Forward Rock Steady Bass
Discover the secrets of authentic rock bass styles. Includes complete music for all the bass patterns and grooves, plus easy-to-follow instruction....

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The Complete Bass Player: Book 1
The Complete Bass Player: Book 1
The easiest, rockiest, most comprehensive guide to playing bass guitar you can buy. An easy-to-follow course with examples on the accompanying CD....

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Primer Nivel: Bajo (Level One: Bass)
Primer Nivel: Bajo (Level One: Bass)
You can learn to play bass with this great book and CD package, written entirely in Spanish. This all-in-one instruction method gets you playing right away. Packed full of exercises, diagrams, and helpful tips....

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Bass Slappin' And Poppin' - Getting Started With Chris Carvill
Bass Slappin' And Poppin' - Getting Started With Chris Carvill
All the techniques every truly great bass player needs to know in one program! Heres something for bass players at every skill level. Chris McCarvill shows you how to master everything from the four elements of Slap and Pop to machine-gun riffing. Learn the secrets of the techniques popularized by ...

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The Complete Bass Player: Book 2
The Complete Bass Player: Book 2
Book 2 in this "street wise" course moves on to cover warm-ups, eartraining exercises, scales and arpeggios, 12-bar blues, rock riffs, reading, and syncopation....

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Bass Guitar Starter Pack
Bass Guitar Starter Pack
Get off to a running start with this box of essentials for learning bass guitar. In this great starter pack you get: Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar Book and CD, Absolute Beginners Bass Guitar DVD, Beginning Bass Scales book, Passantino Manuscript Paper, bass guitar strap, bass guitar cable, and a he...

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Bass Guitar Scale Manual: (MFM 64)
Bass Guitar Scale Manual: (MFM 64)
This complete manual includes scales, exercises, and rock and blues progressions in all the important keys. Can be used by beginning through advanced guitarists. Standard notation and tablature, the book also includes a full-color note-finder poster....

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Fast Forward Metal Bass Styles
Fast Forward Metal Bass Styles
Play authentic Heavy Metal bass lines with this book and cd pack. Discover how bands such as Guns N' Roses, AC/DC and Metallica make their great sounds....

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Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar Value Pack
Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar Value Pack
For the first time bass guitar player. Pictures explain how to hold the bass, proper hand and finger positioning, playing notes and basslines. Value Pack version features both audio and video backup tracks on the CD and DVD. Package comes shrink-wrapped with the CD in the book, and the DVD in a pro...

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