Bass Unlimited

Introduction / Part 1: The basics / 1. The instrument / 2. The right hand / 3. Notation, 1st part / 4. The first note values / 5. The left hand / 6. Notation, 2nd part / 7. The fretboard up to the third fret - the first layer / 8. The eighth notes / 9. The fretboard up to the fifth fret / 10. Rests and repeat signs / 11. Rock eighth notes / 12. The dot and the slur / 13. Moving finger positions - the high positions on the fretboard / 14. Sixteenth notes and rests / 15. Soul and funk / 16. Hammer-ons and pull-offs / Part 2: Theory for bassists / 1. Intervals, 1st part - bass lines to bossa nova, samba and salsa / 2. Intervals, 2nd part / 3. From the triplets to calypso, reggae and beat / 4. Blues, rock and roll and the blues scale / 5. The major scale / 6. The circle of fifths and the order of accidentals / 7. The pentatonic / 8. The major system and its triads / 9. The major system and its four-note intervals / 10. Accompaniment by chord symbols / 11. From modes to funk and jazz bass lines / 12. The minor system / 13. Other chords and third, fifth and seventh notes / 14. The violin clef and the octave rhythms / 15. Harmonics and the overtone series / Part 3: Slap bass / 1. The thumb - thumb / 2. The index finger - popping / 3. Slap technique - exercises / 4. Slap grooves / Part 4: From the everyday life of the bassist / 1. More technique - workout and warm-ups / 2. More playing techniques / 3. New and odd time signatures, half time and double time / 4. Time is money! - Playing to metronome and click / 5. Vocabulary - signs and language for musicians / 6. Song forms / 7. The lead sheet / 8. Transcribing and notating bass lines / 9. Sight reading - prima vista! / 10. The 5-string and other basses, three-part chord voicings / 11. Equipment, accessories and checklists / Appendix / Featured bassists / Book tips / About the author / Index / CD 1 - Track list / CD 2 - Track list.