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 A Practical Workbook for Bass PlayersSecond Edition (Part 1) by Bill Harrison Now available for purchase as a PDF download. Price: $20.00 A Practical Workbook for Bass Players is a compilation of useful information: scales, theory, technical exercises, discography etc. based on my nearly thirty years as a bassist and teacher. It is not a stand-alone bass method or textbook but rather a companion workbook to the material we will work on in your private lessons. Check out a few excerpts below. 
Please Note: Our PAYPAL payment system only works if you have cookies enabled in your browser.  A Workbook for Jazz Bass PlayersSecond Edition (Part 2) by Bill Harrison Now available for purchase as a PDF download. Price: $20.00 A Workbook for Jazz Bass Players challenges you to deepen your technical, theoretical and musical skills to go beyond being just a "functional" bass player. This book covers the harmonic language that is used primarily by jazz musicians — modal, diminished, whole tone and melodic minor. We will study chord progressions found in "standard" compositions and in the traditional jazz repertoire. Once again, this book is not a stand-alone bass method or textbook but rather a companion workbook to the material we will work on in your private lessons.
Please Note: Our PAYPAL payment system only works if you have cookies enabled in your browser. Here are some useful files for you to download and work with. They are adapted from my book A Practical Workbook for Bass Players. All material © 2008 William Harrison. SCALES and ARPEGGIOS Yes, the things you love to hate. The fingerings are for electric bass. PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES: For major and minor pentatonic and the ever-useful blues scale, click here ARPEGGIOS: For single octave broken chords in one position, click here CIRCLE OF FOURTHS For the logic behind keys, flats and sharps and the most important root motion in tonal music click here PRACTICE TIPS Help with staying focused and organized. Daily Prctice Record Weekly Practice Record BLANK MANUSCRIPT Write your own exercises, lines, transcriptions with this blank manuscript. BASSISTS TO CHECK OUT A selective list of players worth listening to and emulating. |
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