Contents Parts of the Bass .........................................................................3Parts of the Amp ..........................................................................3How to Hold Your Bass ..............................................................4The Right Hand .............................................................................5The Left Hand ...............................................................................7Tuning Your Bass ..........................................................................9The Basics of Reading Music ..................................................10Counting Time ............................................................................11Notes on the First String G .....................................................12

Playing Quarter Notes ...................................................12Playing Half Notes ..........................................................12Playing Dotted Half Notes ............................................12Playing Whole Notes ......................................................12Four Rhythms in ...........................................................13Four Rhythms in ............................................................13Mixin’ It Up in Four .........................................................13Mixin’ It Up in Three .......................................................13

Notes on the Second String D ...............................................14Playing D, E and F ..........................................................14Once Again .......................................................................14Extra Credit in Three ......................................................14Skipping Down & Up .....................................................14

Combining Notes on the G & D Strings ..............................15Two-String Warm-up ......................................................15D Minor Blues ..................................................................15Notes on the Third String A .........................................16Up-Stems & Down-Stems .............................................16A Few New Notes ............................................................16Lookin’ Up .........................................................................16

The A Natural Minor Scale ......................................................17Rockin’ à la Mode ...........................................................17A Minor Line .....................................................................17

Sharps ...........................................................................................18Naturals.........................................................................................18Notes on the Fourth Fret .........................................................19

Fourth Finger Frenzy ......................................................19Little Finger Challenge ..................................................19

Notes on the Fourth String E .................................................20E-String Strut ....................................................................20

Note-Finding Review ............................................................21Swing Bass Line ..............................................................21Slithering Up .....................................................................21

Octaves .........................................................................................22Octave Jumps ...................................................................22Octabass 12 ......................................................................23Octave Boogie Lick .........................................................23MetalOctavus ...................................................................23

Flats ................................................................................................24Jammin’ with Sharps, Naturals & Flats ....................24Flats and Naturals ..........................................................25Flats, Sharps and Naturals ...........................................25Bluesy Lick .........................................................................25

The Key of F Major.....................................................................26The F Major Scale ...........................................................26

Key Signatures ............................................................................26The Extended F Major Scale ........................................26Rockin’ in F ........................................................................26Funky Bass ........................................................................27Waltz in F ...........................................................................27Rock Ballad in F ...............................................................27

The Key of B Major ..................................................................28The B Major Scale ........................................................28Jazz Blues in B ...............................................................28B Bass Line .....................................................................29

Hold On ..............................................................................29The Chromatic Scale .................................................................30

Chromatic Rock................................................................30Bumble Bass .....................................................................31

Eighth Notes ................................................................................32Eighth Notes on an Open String ................................32Eighth Notes on Three Open Strings ........................32Eighth Notes with Fingered Notes .............................32Quick Time ........................................................................33Early Rock with Eighths .................................................33Eightude .............................................................................33

Rests ..............................................................................................34No Time to Rest ...............................................................35Quiet Time .........................................................................35

Warm-ups in the Keys of F & B ............................................36Licks in the Keys of F & B ......................................................37Second Position .........................................................................38The Key of G Major ....................................................................38

The G Major Scale ..........................................................38Good King Wenceslas ....................................................38Blues in G ..........................................................................38

Reading TAB ................................................................................39Third Position ..............................................................................40The Key of C Major ....................................................................41

The C Major Scale ..........................................................41Warm-up in C ...................................................................41Bass Line for a Rocker ...................................................41

The Slide .......................................................................................42Accented Notes ..........................................................................43Ties & Syncopation ....................................................................44Syncopation in the Keys of C, G, F & B .............................45The Dotted Quarter Note ........................................................47

Preparatory Drill ..............................................................47Rock Bass Line in G ........................................................47Rock Bass Line in F .........................................................47

Combining Dotted Quarter Notes, Accents & Slides ......48Rock Licks with Syncopation ..................................................49High C (or D ) & D..................................................................50The Key of D Major....................................................................51

The D Major Scale ..........................................................51Joy to the World ...............................................................51The D Scale in Repeated Notes ..................................51

Rock Licks in the Keys of G, C & D .......................................52Heavy Metal Licks in G, C & D ................................................53Sixteenth Notes & the Dotted 8th and 16th Note Rhythm ..................................54

Shuffle Nos. 1 & 2 ...........................................................55Shuffle Rhythm Bass Lines .....................................................56

Blues in C...........................................................................56Jazzy Bass Line in D .......................................................56Rockin’ Line in F ..............................................................57Cashin’ In ...........................................................................57

The Key of A Major ....................................................................58The A Major Scale ...........................................................58

Incomplete Measures ...........................................................58Bass Line for a Country Song .....................................58

Licks in the Key of A ..................................................................59The Key of E Major ....................................................................60

The E Major Scale ...........................................................60E Major Warm-up in ....................................................60E Major Warm-up in ....................................................60

High D (or E ) & E ...................................................................61The Two-Octave E Major Scale ...................................61

Licks in the Key of E ..................................................................62Bass Fingerboard Chart............................................................63Certificate of Promotion ..........................................................64

Notes on the First String G

Playing Quarter Notes

Playing Half Notes

Playing Dotted Half Notes

Playing Whole Notes

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