chilievans Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 My bass teacher is due to give birth to a baby boy in the summer and will be out from teaching for around 13 weeks! 13 weeks is a long time out from learning so I thought I could get myself a good book and work my way through it until my lessons start back. I'm currently studying for my grade 5 so I don't really want a beginner's book I've been thinking about getting "Gary Willis Fingerboard harmony" but I'm not sure if it's the right book for me What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Right now,I really like..... 'Chord Studies for Electric Bass' by Rich Appleman 'The Evolving Bassist' by Rufus Reid 'Serious Electric Bass' by Joel DiBartolo 'The Improvisers Bass Method' by Chuck Sher 'Concepts for Bass Soloing' by Chuck Sher and Marc Johnson. Of course,Ed Friedland's books 'Building...' and 'Expanding Walking Basslines' are always worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 [quote name='Doddy' post='1272868' date='Jun 17 2011, 03:54 PM']'The Improvisers Bass Method' by Chuck Sher Of course,Ed Friedland's books 'Building...' and 'Expanding Walking Basslines' are always worth checking out.[/quote] Definite +1 for these. 13 weeks should be enough to get through them and memorise everything... ..sorry, I can't keep a straight face, you can make a really good start though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilievans Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 I guess what im specifically looking for is a book to help with fretboard navigation and theory. Are any of these books suited to my needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 [quote name='chilievans' post='1273157' date='Jun 17 2011, 08:39 PM']I guess what im specifically looking for is a book to help with fretboard navigation and theory. Are any of these books suited to my needs[/quote] I'd recommend Stuart Clayton's new book "The Bass Player's Guide to Scales & Modes" (it's kicking my a** I can tell you!). Cheers, louisthebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilievans Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 I managed to find "the improvisers bass method" as a free download! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='louisthebass' post='1278966' date='Jun 22 2011, 08:01 PM']I'd recommend Stuart Clayton's new book "The Bass Player's Guide to Scales & Modes" (it's kicking my a** I can tell you!).[/quote] I've just got this & it's excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle91 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Great theory book [url="http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=203&bc=no"]http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd....d=203&bc=no[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Im working my way through this , [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Scale-Manual-Harvey-Vinson/dp/0825640644/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308989234&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Scale-Manua...9234&sr=8-1[/url] It covers lots of common scales but the nice thing is that for every new scale you learn there are a few pages of progressions with some quite long ones to learn that show how they fit in a musical context. Its very good and although I only started reading recently I forgot that I already had the book from previous failed attempts at learning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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