Hal Leonard Bass Method – Rock Bass

The complete guide to learning rock bass! This book with online audio uses actual songs selected from a myriad of rock genres to help in teaching the key elements of rock bass. Players will learn to play in the style of Sting, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, Flea, and many others. Songs include: Another One Bites the Dust • Beast of Burden • Come As You Are • Hey Joe • Money • Roxanne • Smells like Teen Spirit • and more. Lessons include: fingerstyle; slap and pop technique; slides, vibrato, trills, shakes and bends; hammer-ons and pull-offs; harmonics; tapping; standard notation and tablatue; and more. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.