Best brass guitar songbooks according to redditors
We found 17 Reddit comments discussing the best brass guitar songbooks. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 17 Reddit comments discussing the best brass guitar songbooks. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Check out Danny Ziemann’s book “The Low Down” for great jazz bass lines. He has many other bass books, too.
Also, see if you can transcribe bass lines like Paul Chambers on the album “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis. Bass is sometimes hard to hear on classic recordings, so play around with one headphone or the other, or boosting the bass in your media player’s EQ settings for more clarity.
The Low Down
Just learn to read music.
May I suggest, this, this, and this
They'll get you pretty darn close to the ballpark. Also, a 6 string will come in handy. A lot of good youtube lessons out there and of course slowing down the songs in VLC or your app of choice. I recently discovered the Pocket GK app for iphone that lets you slow down tracks in your library. Come back in a few months and report your progress.
Hey there! I hope this doesn't violate any rules, but I've written books on jazz bass playing that are geared towards someone with a basic understanding of the instrument: https://www.amazon.com/Low-Down-Guide-Creating-Supportive/dp/069240595X
All of the advice here is great, especially regarding the importance of SOUND and TIME. The group I play in was working with Kurt Rosenwinkel the other day, and he dropped this gem on us: "Confidence comes from sound. Feel confident in your sound... because if you sound good, you'll feel good." So much truth in that statement.
Sometimes figuring out the "how" element of things can be equally daunting. I do recommend a teacher if you can find one, even for just a few lessons. And of course, reach out and ask questions at any time!
Great book - pretty much anything by Ed Friedland is worthwhile. I used that book after not playing for 20+ years. It got me into shape as a bass player to the point where I started playing pick up gigs and now I'm in a band. Lots of useful info and playing along with the tracks really helps. I used that along with the Easy Pop Bass Lines books he did too:
https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Pop-Bass-Lines-Method/dp/0634070207
A lot of the songs aren't my style of music, but playing along with the tracks is great practice.
I've been working through this book and it's really good
https://www.amazon.com/Simplified-Sight-Reading-Bass-Instruction/dp/0793565189
https://www.amazon.com/guitare-basse-Initiation-rythmes/dp/B001J2Z6L6
I hear that Simplified Sight-Reading for Bass (by Josquin des Pres) is awesome if you want to learn sight reading quickly.
Definitely start with sheet music. Pick up a couple of beginner's books (I'd recommend Hal Leonard which uses fairly conventional notations and starts from absolute basics. Since you can already read, start the metronome and run the basic exercises until you can happily find some notes.
The bass bible is also very good, and was an indispensible tool for me learning, but it's tied tab/notation you have to consciously avoid the tablature if you want to get anywhere with learning to sight-read for the instrument.
Hi,
For a thorough blues bassline guide I like Ed Friedland's Blues Bass. It comes with a CD and Ed plays the guitar parts too. He builds up multiple styles using basslines and the price is not bad:
http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Bass-Essential-Techniques-Supplement/dp/0634089358/ref=la_B001JS9DZA_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421892796&sr=1-3
HTH
Building Walking Bass Lines
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Walking-Bass-Lines-Builders/dp/0793542049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539965332&sr=8-1&keywords=walking+bass+lines
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Blues Bass Method
https://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Blues-Method-Acc%C3%A8s-audio/dp/0634089358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539965415&sr=8-1&keywords=ed+friedland+blues