Monday, December 3, 2007
Learning How To Play Bass Guitar Is Easy
The bass guitar is the backbone of any guitar-based group. And it is not hard to learn to play. You have a choice of uisng a plectrum or your fingers. Your bass guitar can have frets or or be fretless. You can have four strings tuned to E A D G, five strings tuned to B E A D G or six strings tuned to B E A D G C. There are many other tunings you can try plus a number of effects and gadgets like the Hipshot detuner which will drop any string to a predetermined pitch. You can get a lot of free info on the bass guitar from places like Wikipedia, doing Google searches for things you are interested in or from guitar resource sites on Learning How To Play Guitar
No Theory Video - Beginner to Pro
Jim Lee is an artist, musician and educator. He plays the bass, drums, guitar and other instruments too. He's been in many bands, from blues to punk.
Most bass instruction is theory oriented and boring... I wanted FUNKYCHOPS to be easy and fun. FUNKYCHOPS is a play-by-ear method that requires no note reading or prior slap bass knowledge.
Video AND audio
Each riff features audio and video played at 3 speeds. Jim plays a riff and you say “cool, can you play that slower?” ... no problem, you hear it played slower and then you imitate. This is how Jim learned, except you'll be learning much faster!
101 riffs in 3 speeds
You will learn, slowly, the tricks to play riffs that blaze. Plus you'll improve your ear-playing skills which will make you a better bassist.
This slap bass video & audio instruction works with Windows & Mac computers. Download is simple & easy.