Musical Instrument Reviews: Fretboard Roadmaps - Bass: The Essential Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Fretboard Roadmaps)

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This book/CD pack will get you playing bass lines anywhere on the fretboard, in any key. You'll learn to build bass lines under chord progressions; major, minor, and pentatonic scale patterns; and much more through easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. The CD includes 64 demonstration and play-along tracks.

Tablature: Yes72 pagesSize: 9" x 12"Editor: Fred SokolowISBN: 0634079018

Fretboard Roadmaps - Bass: The Essential Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Fretboard Roadmaps) Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Useful for beginners., January 5, 2011

Dennis "Jazz Vocal Fan" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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I once went to a seminar by Ron Carter, the great acoustic bassist. When questioned about how to become a great bassist he said there were just three things. I'm paraphrasing here, because I did not write anything down.
1. Know your instrument very well - where things are
2. Know your chord changes - basic theory or basic feel.
3. Know how to get from one key to another in the time available. - timing.
This book should help beginners with the first part on a fretted bass.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Basic-Level Beginners ONLY, June 22, 2011

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I'm not a beginning bass player, but I am a beginning ukulele player. I bought the author's version of this book for ukes (primarily because of the co-author) and found it useful, so I thought that maybe the book for bass playing had the same unique perspective on patterning--or at the very least some useful information. I've been playing bass for a long time, and, generally, I find that I can enjoy all levels of bass exercise and musical style books--particularly if the author takes a different approach to teaching the reader. I always seem to learn something new or interesting from these books, and in the process, I inevitably pick up a tip or two and strengthen my chops. And that's really all it takes for me to find value in these books. Sadly, I found nothing new or useful in this book. It has very little theory or opinion. Instead, there's a lot of white space and large print, and there's lot of repetition that seems to just add to the page count. There are other more thorough... Read more

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