Basses Loaded • Volume 1 • Essential Tools

Here’s a quick glance at what you’ll find inside this incredible book: THE LANGUAGE OF RHYTHM • BASIC RHYTHM • APPLYING WHOLE AND HALF NOTE RHYTHMS • WHOLE NOTES • HALF NOTES • QUARTER NOTES and ARTICULATION: ROCK, ROCK, BLUES and JAZZ • THE BASIC 8TH NOTE • BASIC RHYTHM REVIEW • RESTS AND RESTING • JAZZ HISTORY 101: QUARTER NOTES and RESTS; “TWO-BEAT” STYLE, EARLY “FOUR-BEAT” STYLE, USE OF “THE TIE, 8th NOTE ROCK STYLE • In The Style Of AC/DC’s “Live Wire” • In The Style Of Better Than Ezra’s “Good” • In The Style Of The Hives’ “Hate To Say I Told You So” • In The Style Of Nirvana’s “In Bloom” • In The Style Of The Kinks’ “All Day and All Night” • In The Style Of The Beatles “Twist and Shout” • In The Style Of Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love” • In The Style Of Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up” • In The Style Of Nirvana’s “Sliver” • In The Style Of Lover Boy’s “Turn Me Loose” • SAMPLING 3/4 TIME • In The Style Of Harold Melvin’s “If You Don’t Know Be By Now” • In The Style Of The Allman Bothers “Dreams” • ESSENTIAL SCALES and ARPEGGIOS • READING SCALE • DIAGRAMS • SCALES and APPLIED CHORD PROGRESSIONS • BASIC THEORY: WHOLE STEPS VS. HALF STEPS: THE MAJOR SCALE • In The Style Of Steve Miller’s “The Joker” • THE NATURAL MINOR SCALE • In The Style Of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ “Californication” • In The Style Of Black Sabbath’s “NIB” • THE MIXOLYDIAN SCALE • In The Style Of The Animals’ “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” • In The Style Of Miles Davis’ “All Blues” • THE DORIAN SCALE • In The Style Of Santana’s “Oye Como Va” • In The Style Of The Doors “Riders In The Storm” • THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE • In The Style Of The Temptations’ “My Girl” • In The Style Of Fontella Bass’ “Rescue Me” • THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE • In The Style Of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” • In The Style Of The Allman Brothers’ “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” • THE CHROMATIC SCALE • CHROMATIC MOVEMENT • In The Style Of Van Morrison’s “Moondance” • In The Style Of Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” • ARPEGGIO 1: THE MAJOR TRIAD • In The Style Of Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” • In The Style Of The Clash’s “Pressure Drop” • ARPEGGIO 2: THE MINOR TRIAD • In The Style Of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time” • In The Style Of Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff” • ARPEGGIO 3: THE DOMINANT 7th ARPEGGIO • In The Style Of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Crossfire” • In The Style Of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” • MAJOR PENTATONIC (FINGERING TWO) • MINOR PENTATONIC (FINGERING TWO) • RAKING TECHNIQUE • PRACTICING SCALES: DEVELOPING A WARM-UP ROUTINE • APPLYING SCALES: CHORD-TO-CHORD MOVEMENT • SCALES and ARPEGGIOS: MIXING IT UP • In The Style Of No Doubt “It’s My Life” • In The Style Of The Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” • In The Style Of Martha and The Vandella’s “Nowhere To Run” • In The Style Of…Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” • In The Style Of Toots Thielsman’s “Bluesette” • ASSORTED DRUM PRACTICE TRAX • APPENDIX 1: SONGS and SONG FORM • BASS PLAYER MATCHING: ROCK BASS PLAYER MATCHING: GROOVE • APPENDIX 2: ELECTRIC BASS PONDERINGS.