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Learing Bass - The Smart Way |Beginning Bass | Rock Bass Essentials

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DVD Features: On-Screen Tablature, Bonus Lessons, Interactive Lesson Charts and Passwords To Online Downloadable Books.

 

Beginning Bass:
Tony Saunders has performed and recorded with countless well-known artists including: Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and many more! In Beginning Bass, Tony gives 4 and 5 string beginning players an up close detailed course in the fundamentals of beginning bass playing.

Notes on The Bass
Major Scales
Right Hand Technique
Blues Progressions
Live Performance Tips

Rock Bass Essentials :
World-renowned bassist Rudy Sarzo has been treating audiences for decades to his unique style of playing with such multi-platinum recording groups as Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot,Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen and Dio. In this informative and entertaining video, Rudy explains in detail his approach to recording, live performing, constructing your own original bass lines and developing your improvisational skills. This instructional Bass DVD will take you from the beginner to intermediate levels. The easy to navigate menus offer random access to the skill levels and chapter points within each lesson, making it quick and easy to choose what you want to learn.

Scales
Intervals
Arpeggios
Exercises
Modes
Tapping
Riffs
Double Stops
Improvisations

Now! some of our best-selling DVD titles are now available as Book/DVD "Mega-Paks" entitled The Smart Way Series.

Learning Bass - The Smart Way:
Section 1: Beginning Bass with Tony Saunders
Tony Saunders has recorded and performed with Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and many more. In this section you will master: Reading Music Notation, Notes on The Bass, Finger Exercises, Slap Technique, Reading Tablature, Hand Techniques, Bass Progressions, Bass Lines

Section 2: Bass Essentials with Rudy Sarzo
Rudy is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as Ozzy Osbourne, DIO, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Yngwie Malmsteen, and more. In this section you will discover: Scales, Intervals, Arpeggios, Tapping, Chords, Modes, Bass Riffs, Double Stops