First 15 Lessons Bass Guitar

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Whether you are teaching yourself to play, or working with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you progress through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and  how to read music with tab while practicing the many exercises, concepts, and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome!

The bass guitar book features lessons on:

• bass fundamentals
• music reading, tuning
• the 1-5 pattern, arpeggios, grooves, position shifts
• scales, syncopation, chromatics, swing/shuffle feel
• and blues, funk & rock styles

This book includes full bass lines in tab from five hit songs:

• Get Ready (The Temptations)
• I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
• Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
• Smooth (Santana)
• Super Freak (Rick James)