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Bass Guitar Lessons: Beginning Bass - How to play Bass instructional video

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The warm up exercise included in this DVD alone is worth the money. If you follow Tony's advice to practicing you will build the strength in your fingers and coordination to play in a band sooner than later. The DVD includes a password so you can download and print the warm up exercise sheet at the icons of rock site. I keep mine in my case.

Great instructional video for new aspiring bass players. Shows the fundamentals in easy to understand language. Just great.

This Video lets you know just what it takes to be a great Bass player and shows how to get to that level. Great DVD!!!!!!!

For the price, this video gives you a brief overview of raw beginner level material. I can't get over how vague Tony is in his suggestions of technique. But by judging from his very inefficient left hand fingering (notice how far from the fingerboard his fingers are while fretting) I am surprised that he has been so successful. I enjoyed the humor but can't get past the many "I've been playing for 30 years" comments.

Another bass video that gives you a trickle of the still-new electric bass guitar method from someone who is obviously self-taught (not always a bad thing)but has acquired poor left-hand hand habits. Since he's been playing for "30 years" he is obviously set in his ways.

Tony seems a little uncomfortable on video, but he starts to loosen up a bit. The whole thing could have been better scripted, but Tony does a good job of taking you through the basics to start. Early on it seems he could have made some of his points faster and moved on to other topics. The vid would also have worked better with a lot of shorter chapters that you could easily jump to.

I was happy to see a 5-string bass on the cover, and also happy to see Tony playing his 5-string to start. But just when he gets down to real instruction, he puts down the 5-string and picks up a 4-string. Nothing wrong with a 4-string -- and the concepts are certainly transferable -- but if you're starting out on a 5-string, you may wish for an instructor who can teach you from the very beginning how to incorporate that low B into your playing.

Still, there's some solid instruction here, and it will at least tide a new player over until he or she decides to get some instruction in person. If you follow what Tony says, you won't be learning the wrong things. And the exercises he provides are great for developing speed and dexterity.

My husband is a self-taught musician and is very talented. This is the perfect video for him to branch out into bass because it jumps right into showing the user how to pick up the guitar and play. If you have no background in music, you might want to opt with something with a little more introductory background.

Definitely for the absolute beginner who has never seen a bass upclose. Very little learning material. Could do with more indepth explanation. Would not recommend this one.