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Bass-Guitar-Music.comBass Guitar Resource GuideLearning to play the bass guitar is not an easy task, but fortunately there are many great resources to help you learn. This page provides a list of online lessons, books, DVDs, CDs, and private lessons that can help you improve as a bass guitarist whether you are just a beginner or an advanced player. Here are a few online lessons, books, DVDs, CDs, and private lessons:
eMedia Bass Basic Instructional Software
Bass Guitar for Dummies
Hal Leonard Bass Method
101 Bass Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use
Bass Guitar Lessons: Beginning Bass
PrivateLessons.com - This website lists private tutors who provide bass guitar lessons throughout the United States. TakeLessons.com - A good website to search for private tutors who provide bass guitar lessons across the United States. 
Further ReadingBeginner and Cheap Bass Guitars - Find out what you need to know before buying an inexpensive bass guitar. Bass Guitar Resource Guide - Learn more and improve your bass guitar playing ability with online lessons, books, DVDs, CDs, and private lessons. Beginner Online Bass Guitar Lessons - No Bass Guitar Required - Start learning the bass guitar right now, without an actual bass guitar, by studying music and notes. If you have a bass guitar, you can use these lessons to begin practicing as well. Guide to Amplifiers - Learn how amplifiers and other sound equipment make the bass guitar sound louder and better! |
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- This interactive CD-ROM features step by step lessons on how to play the bass guitar. Close-up footage and multiple soundtracks illustrate
how to become a better bass guitarist and how your playing should sound. Also included with these lessons are an animated fretboard,
record, automatic tuner, and metronome.
- Don't let its name
fool you - this book is certainly not for dummies! With a strong emphasis on notes, scales, music theory,
and style, this book is better for slightly more advanced players than beginners. Once you have picked
up a bass guitar and played several dozen times, then you should read this book. It will give you a solid
foundation in music and help your bass guitar playing progress.
- One of the best ways to
begin learning to play the bass guitar. If you are an absolute beginner, these are the books for you.
The step by step teaching method slowly introduces you to playing each string, and the focus is more on
playing than theory.
- A great book for beginners as well as intermediate bass guitarists. The tips are straightforward and
useful. The topics covered include technique, improving your ear, performing, equipment, and more.
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In this DVD, well-known bass guitarist Tony Saunders teaches beginners how to play the four-string and five-string
bass guitars. The course covers warm up exercises, technique, and all the fundamentals.
