MuddBass Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hi Guys, I'm trying to create a[b] list of bass guitar (tuition based) books that are printed WITHOUT TAB[/b]. (I'd rather this post not turn into a discussion about how great or not great TAB is though ) Please feel free to add any books that you think are relevant and printed without tab. Thanks Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Walking-Bass-Lines-Builders/dp/0793542049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428257339&sr=8-1&keywords=Building+Walking+Bass+Lines+-+Ed+Friedland+%28Hal+Leonard%29"]Building Walking Bass Lines - Ed Friedland (Hal Leonard)[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Exercises-Bass-Chuck-Sher/dp/1883217636 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajoten Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Great post! I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb1 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) The Latin Bass book. By Oscar Stagnaro, pub. Sher Music. Although not strictly a tuition book it is an amazing resource. Not a tab in sight, 3 CDs full of fantastic backing tracks. You can either try to play the charts exactly as they are or or just take the feel and play your own thing over the chords. Edited April 14, 2017 by cb1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Standing in the Shadows of Motown just music notation it's basically the works of James Jamerson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzjames Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Chuck Rainey’s books don’t use TAB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Stuart Clayton's Sight reading for the Bass Guitarist books: https://www.basslinepublishing.com/bass-essentials/the-bass-guitarist-s-guide-to-reading-music-beginner-level.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 All of Carol Kaye’s stuff is sans tab. Most of it’s out of print, but is still available on Amazon for kindle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cascanicoff Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) This is, definitely, a thread of my full interest. This guy makes some excellent bass transcription books, no tabs. https://www.facebook.com/ByHumanHand/. He has made books of Nathan East, Pino Palladino and Tony Levin. The books are wonderful (I have the Pino Palladino one), hand written (with very clear notation) and I think I remember that the comments are also in English. I can also recommend the book Chord Studies for Electric Bass, by Joseph Viola. An excellent book too, originally intended for trombon, to the best of my knowledge. It is quite easy to find, also in Amazon. I also have Bach's cello suites. There are many versions for bass guitar out there, but I think that the original score is just perfect, as long as you have a bass with 24 frets (or, even better, with a high C). Edit: I just noticed that the thread wants to be about tuition books, therefore the only valid proposal in this post would be the Joseph Viola book. But I will leave there other two, anyway, just in case somebody finds them interesting (hopefully they are). Edited October 1, 2018 by cascanicoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cascanicoff Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Another book that I can recommend: Slap it!, Funk Studies for the Electric Bass, by Tony Oppenheim. A very good book, starting with the basics, all the way to pretty complicated stuff, in just 30 pages. My two cents for those who want a book about slap and love tabs 💀 as much as I do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChunkyMunky Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I've got a whole load of books coming up for sale. Watch this space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 20/11/2017 at 17:46, thebigyin said: Standing in the Shadows of Motown just music notation it's basically the works of James Jamerson We'll that's £17 I wasn't expecting to spend this lunchtime. 😀 Should keep me quiet for a while reading the words and for even longer figuring out how to play the dots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfred Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Soul Essentials - 500 Bass Patterns in All Keys https://www.alfredkallfass.de/buch?lang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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