COMPLETE BOOK OF BASS TECHNIQUE [Paperback]

Mr. Bernard "Bunny" "Bunny" Brunel (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 1993

"An in-depth study of contemporary bass technique by highly acclaimed jazz bassist, Bernard Brunel. This book of exercises completes and compliments Mel Bay's Complete Book of Bass Essentials."

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: "Mel Bay Publications, Inc." (November 24, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562226460
• ISBN-13: 978-1562226466
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,657,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars It'll Keep You Busy, December 9, 2011

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This review is from: COMPLETE BOOK OF BASS TECHNIQUE (Paperback)

Did you get past lesson #11 in Bunny Brunel's previous book, Mel Bay's Complete Book of Bass Essentials For 4 & 5 String Bass? If the answer is yes, then go ahead and buy this book. It uses a similar, but more thorough, approach to learning musical patterns based on scales and arpeggios. You'll notice how some of these patterns have a classical feel to them, or Spanish, or jazz, etc.

Here are a few things to note about this book:

- There are no specific exercises for the low B string on 5 string basses this time.

- The "Auxiliary Diminished" scale is missing from this book. However, it does introduce the "Harmonic Major" scale.

- Many exercises in the book use all triplets in 4/4 time. Wouldn't it have been easier / cleaner to use 12/8 time instead?

- There seems to be more errors / inconsistencies (e.g. missing notes) towards the end of the book. Maybe the author or editor (if there was one) was rushed?

Overall, it's a good (although not "complete") book of bass technique.