Product Description

It's your bass - take care of it! The Bass Player's Handbook provides bassists with a complete guide to understanding the origin and workings of their instrument. Greg Mooter outlines fundamental concepts of proper fingering, tone production and good practice habits. You will also learn how to care for your bass properly and keep it in top form with essential information on repairs, seasonal adjustments, and customizing for your own body, style and sound. Includes warm-up and full body stretching exercises and strategies to give you a lifetime of healthy bass playing. "This timely and precious 'bible' has important information you won't find anywhere else." - Carole Kaye

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #305398 in Books
• Model: 50449511
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 155 pages

Customer Reviews

A Good Friend To Have
It is impossible to learn anything without your feet being firmly grounded. That's what this book offers. It will help build a grounded framework for the bass player. Greg Mooter invites the student to explore the intrument from the ground up. From cleaning the bass to polishing you techniques, all is inclusive. Whenever you read a paragraph, a page or a chapter, you'll come out of your exercises saying, "now that's much better". Greg offers a map to good and sound techniques for your development as a new, intermediate or in some cases veteran players. I urge you to consider this book not just as a purchase but as an investment into furthering your knowledge of the bass. Whether you play the upright or a 4,5 or 6 stringer, The Bass Player's Handbook must be an integral part of your learning and development. Develop your fingering, improve on listening to tones, make physical adjustments to your bass, how to warmup properly and without strain, of all these scenarios will improve day by day. This book is and will be very important to you within the first sitting. PLAY ON.

A Good Friend To Have
It is impossible to learn anything without your feet being firmly grounded. That's what this book offers. It will help build a grounded framework for the bass player. Greg Mooter invites the student to explore the intrument from the ground up. From cleaning the bass to polishing you techniques, all is inclusive. Whenever you read a paragraph, a page or a chapter, you'll come out of your exercises saying, "now that's much better". Greg offers a map to good and sound techniques for your development as a new, intermediate or in some cases veteran players. I urge you to consider this book not just as a purchase but as an investment into furthering your knowledge of the bass. Whether you play the upright or a 4,5 or 6 stringer, The Bass Player's Handbook must be an integral part of your learning and development. Develop your fingering, improve on listening to tones, make physical adjustments to your bass, how to warmup properly and without strain, of all these scenarios will improve day by day. This book is and will be very important to you within the first sitting. PLAY ON.