Customer Reviews

Berklee Practice Method: Bass - Get Your Band Together

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This book/cd combo has really been great. I ordered it for a student of mine about a month ago and we've been working through it. It has really motivated him to start concentrating on reading notes and rhythms instead of just looking up tabs.

I wouldn't recommend it for an absolute beginner, and even for some lower level intermediates it might be a stretch to try without a teacher, but overall this book has been great at keeping our lessons structured and progressive and the CD has really enhanced my student's practice time a lot.

I picked this book up about a year and a half ago. I am a guitar player, but I wanted to learn the basics of the bass. Since I play different sytles, this book really fit the bill. I really got the jist of the syles covered in a hurry. The tunes are fun to play as well.

I was very underwhelmed by this book. Not a good "teach yourself to play bass" book at all. Might be better if supplemented with an instructor. Did an O.K. job of covering various musical genres hence the 2 stars. But not much information on how to apply the basics learned in each chapter to a wider variety of music. Overall there are better books out there and you don't have to look too far.

You'll love this book if you're looking to diversify your bass playing, i.e. You want to play Bossa Nova but don't know where to start. It'll give you a kick start and a preview into the major genres of music that bass playing is relevant to - Rock, Blues, Blues Swing, Funk, Light Funk, Hard Rock, Bossa Nova, Stop Time. You'll have to be patient though. This is a textbook and workbook together so expect to do a lot of hands on practice (and dirtying your book with pencil/pen marks). Great for the beginner to intermediate player.

I have purchased quite a few books on different aspects of progressing my bass studies of the years and this is in the top three. I highly recommend it.

This is exactly what I was looking for...a beginner book with a CD. Really easy to follow and love using it so far.

I've been playing for over 30 years, and still found quite a few useful ideas.