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Steve Garner

    

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Electric Bass
Bluegrass
Technical Studies & 
Studio Techniques
Country Bass Styles
Jazz
 Tapping, Slapping, Popping
Chords and Harmonics 
Southern Gospel
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Reading Music 
Harmonics for Solo
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Hot Licks
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Electric Bass

In this course you will learn to play the bass parts for several songs. Even if you have never held an electric bass, you will soon have the basic skills to play in the country, bluegrass, gospel, and rockabilly styles. This course includes many examples of chord theory and chord progressions and also prepares you for developing bass lines for your favorite types of music.  Ed Marsh

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Today's Country Bass Styles, (Vol. I)

Not only is country music the most popular music happening today, it is one of the most demanding styles for bass players to play well. In this lesson,  we will cover all the essential elements you'll need to get started including scales, patterns, runs, and right and left hand finger techniques. Everything you'll need to get on your way to a rewarding career as a successful country bass layer is right here.    John Reid

 

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Today's Country Bass Styles, (Vol. II)

Once you have mastered the lessons in John Reid's Today's Country Bass Styles, (Vol. I), you'll want to get this great new video or DVD.  Country electric bass has advanced quickly in the last few years. Ed Marsh dissects the modern country bass sound and reveals the professional techniques heard on today's top records! Using popular chord progressions, Ed teaches the hot, new bass lines used in modern country music slowly, up-close, and note-by-note.    Ed Marsh

 

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Southern Gospel Bass Playing

In this video or DVD, we will examine the techniques and essential elements necessary to successful bass playing in the southern gospel style. We will start at the beginning level and move through material for all level players. Southern gospel employs elements from as many different styles of music from blues to country, and including funk, so hang on, this will be fun! John Reid

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Bluegrass Bass

This is the easy way to get started on the upright or "doghouse" bass. Ed Marsh teaches the fundamentals for playing basic as well as advanced bass lines for a wide variety of bluegrass styles. Ed teaches the important right and left hand techniques and the essential chord theory for learning new material.  Ed Marsh

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Instant Jazz Bass

Jazz is one of the most challenging and fun styles of music for the electric bass player. Ed Marsh teaches the student the great bass lines of the professional jazz artist. Ten standards are taught step by step and the student will quickly learn the concepts of playing good jazz lines for major, minor, augmented, diminished, and several types of seventh chords. Ed also shows how chord substitution can be used to embellish even a three chord tune.   Ed Marsh

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Rock and Roll Bass

John Reid teaches the essential skills for playing today's rock and roll bass. He covers the important scales and fingerings and teaches the professional right and left hand techniques. John teaches numerous popular bass lines to help the student sound professional. He also includes practice techniques to help the student develop "super chops."     John Reid

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Advanced Rock and Roll Bass

This new Advanced Rock and Roll bass is designed for the player with basic skills who is ready for the advanced rock and roll bass styles. John Reid teaches many popular styles that are heard in today's music. The video/DVD method is an outstanding way to learn metal, pop, and soul bass styles and techniques. John also teaches many examples of tunes that use the slap styles and tap techniques of today's famous bass artists. If you want to play bass lines that drive, this is a great way to learn the professional methods and techniques.  John Reid

 

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Technical Studies for Electric Bass

This video/DVD is a collection of challenging exercises and patterns designed to increase the technical facilities of both your left and right hands. Learn the finger independence and control required to handle today's most demanding bass techniques. Included in this video/DVD are proven practice techniques that you can do with the bass and without that add strength and dexterity to your hands. Improve your timing, focus, and sense of "feel." If your desire is to play like the pros this video/DVD is a must.   John Reid

 

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Advanced Studio Techniques for Electric Bass

This video/DVD covers a wide spectrum of information necessary to be successful as a studio bass player. Develop rock-solid timing.  Learn how to improve your sight reading skills, both standard notation as well as the Nashville number system. Learn how to get your gear together to get "the sounds" used on today's recordings. Learn the tricks necessary for flawless execution of your bass lines. Learn the essential elements of a wide variety of grooves from country to rock to jazz, fusion and funk.      John Reid

 

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Tapping, Slapping, Popping, Chords and Harmonics I For Electric Bass

In this video/DVD you will begin to apply all the most current techniques on electric bass to your own playing, immediately. This video/DVD takes the mystery out of these awesome and sometimes intimidating styles of bass playing an makes them accessible to players of all levels, no matter what style you play.  John Reid
 

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Tapping, Slapping, Popping, Chords and Harmonics II For Electric Bass
Just when you thought you had the first tape mastered...this one picks up where the first one left off with enough advanced work to keep you challenged for months. Learn to combine techniques for awesome effects. Learn how to incorporate these techniques into many different styles of music. Learn how to set up your instrument for maximum response to these techniques.  John Reid

                       

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Reading Music Naturally for Bass Players

Intended for bass players of all levels who want to learn how to read music, this is an easy-to-follow method. Reading music is a valuable skill that can open doors to new music and jobs for guitarists of all skill levels.   John Reid    

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Harmonics for the Solo and Ensemble Bassist

This step-by-step instruction video/DVD includes diagrams and etudes describing bass harmonics. There are sections on: the physics of harmonics; the techniques involved in playing harmonics; scales, chords, and chord voicing; open tunings; dual node points; and false harmonics. Designed to work with electric and acoustic basses, this video/DVD is for all levels.        Dean Peer

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Solo Styles and Techniques for Bluegrass Bass

Finally, at the request of his many fans, Steve Garner reveals the secrets of his exciting bluegrass bass soloing style. A member of the world famous group, Country Gazette, Steve has earned a reputation as one of the best upright bass players in all of bluegrass. Going beyond the usual, he combines melody, licks, and more to create show-stopping solos; you will want to learn every one of them taught here. Steve also provides valuable ideas and demonstrates useful techniques that can be applied in a wide variety of ways to create your own solos.  Steve Garner

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60 Hot Licks for Electric Bass

John Reid, the director of Commercial Bass Studies at South Plains College in Texas, teaches 60 great bass licks for the modern commercial bass player. These licks can be used in all styles of music and are great practice and fun to play.    John Reid 

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BASS LESSONS: BASS GUITAR INSTRUCTION: HOW TO PLAY BASS

The bass guitar is the soul of a band.  Along with the other half of the soul, the drums, the bass and drums keep the low end of the band in time and fill out the sound.  There are so many aspects of the bass guitar, that you can find yourself looking up all kinds of search words to find the right lick for any particular song.  But if you are looking to be a great bass player, you can start from the beginner stage and advance along the way until you are playing like our great instructors: John Reid, Ed Marsh, Steve Garner, Dean Peer, and honing up skills in all the genres like: southern gospel bass, country bass, jazz bass, funk, fusion, hot licks, rock and roll bass, bluegrass bass, bluegrass upright bass, using bass studio techniques, tapping, slapping, popping, chords, harmonics, reading music, solo and ensemble bassist, bassist, solo styles, bass techniques. From beginner, intermediate, and advanced bass, our pickin' professors know how to do it best.

 

Bass guitar lessons: from how to play the bass, bluegrass bass, slapping and pickin the bass, with techniques all players want to learn.  Learn to play from the pro's. DVD bass lessons, DVD bass instruction, DVD Country bass lessons, DVD rock and roll bass lessons, DVD gospel bass lessons...take them all and roll them into your own unique playing style.  Learn to mesh the great bass licks into your own style with bass lessons from these professionals.