Progressive Bass [Paperback]

Gary Turner and Brenton White (Author)

Book Description

Series: Progressive | Publication Date: December 31, 1977

For Beginner to Advanced

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Koala Music Publications (December 31, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 095954044X
• ISBN-13: 978-0959540444
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,052,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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131 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great chops builder!, April 8, 1999

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"maugster" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Progressive Bass (Paperback)

This is one of the better bass instruction books I have found and I have looked at or bought a good many of them. I use other books, but I always come back to Progressive Bass Guitar. It really helps the student learn the fretboard. It also teaches a variety of blues/rock riffs that can make someone sound good in a short time. It also touches on transposing skills, finger patterns and music theory. I pretty good buy for the price. I showed it to my bass teacher, who thought it would be good to develop your chops. Most of his students study jazz and have a tendency to play most types of music in a jazz style. Since the book is slanted more towards early rock/pop, he plans on recommending it to some of them to expand their styles of playing. The only negative comment is that the riffs on the CD are lumped together with four-five riffs per track. That makes it hard to reach a specific riff, but that is really a minor complaint. Other than that, I can't recommend Progressive Bass Guitar enough!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feels like playing Guitar Hero on Bass!!!!!, December 22, 2008

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Thomas A. Horan (Bloomington, Il United States) - See all my reviews
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Learning Bass could not get less complicated than this. In minuets you will be following the riffs on screen and playing your bass. It does feel like guitar hero, but you are really playing music on an instrument.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bass lessons for you!, March 9, 2009

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D. H. Kelpinski "Desert Guy" (No wheres ville) - See all my reviews
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Bought this lesson to learn bass. I like this work because the lessons run from beginner to advanced. All this stuff is here in one book! I also like the fact that alot of information is found in a few pagess. Get this bass lesson if you want to get playing fast. The author gives you alot to get your feet wet! You will have to learn more down the line and do a little back tracking if you are serious about playing bass. BUT...YOU know this already because no book has it all! So go ahead and try out this course! You'll learn a lot from this puppy!