Blues and country bass lessons.

[William James Easton]

Hey guys. Bit Rusty (get it!) on few things as only started playing again after a 2 year lay off. anyhoo been listening to alot of blues/country stuff. anybody got any ideas for onlie tuition sites or books that may bring me up to speed?


Cheers now.

[Happy Jack]

Get [i]Blues Bass[/i] by Ed Friedland, part of the Hal Leonard Bass Method.

If you're not that rusty, and need something more challenging, get [i]Building Walking Basslines[/i] by Ed Friedland, one of the Hal Leonard Bass Builders.

Enjoy.

[wateroftyne]

Hey Rusty

Welcome back!

This probably won't help too much, but...

As you know, this stuff it's all about feel and the choice of notes. I seriously think the best advice is to listen to records, and play along.

[RichardH]

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blues-Bass-Essential-Styles-Techniques/dp/0634089358/ref=pd_bxgy_w_h__img_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1202029653&sr=8-1"]Ed Friedland's Blues Bass book[/url] is a good place to start. (EDIT - beaten to it)

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blues-Jam-Progressions-Grooves-Professional/dp/1423446801/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202029653&sr=8-2"]This looks interesting too[/url], but not available over here yet, it seems. Ed's books often seem to get delayed.

Edited February 3, 2008 by RichardH

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='132890' date='Feb 3 2008, 09:09 AM']As you know, this stuff it's all about feel and the choice of notes. I seriously think the best advice is to listen to records, and play along.[/quote]

Couldn't agree more WoT, but always assuming that you already have the basics. There's nothing more frustrating than listening to a favourite bassline, knowing you should be able to play it, but failing to work out HOW he plays it!

Once you've built up a mental 'library' of licks & riffs, walks & links, then you can decide what to include and what to leave out for any given song.

I only learned to play quite recently and that was the best feature of Friedland's books. If you want to know how Dunn does [i]this[/i] or Tommy Shannon does [i]that[/i], he shows you. I didn't even realise how much I liked Tommy Shannon until I noticed his riffs turning up all over the place in my own playing.

[William James Easton]

cheers guys all great help. gonna look at that ed friedland book. its going pretty cheap on amazon so cant hurt.