The version dedicated to D-A-D-G-A-D pioneer Pierre Bensusan His musical creativity combined with guitar mastery has unlocked the joy, wonder and potential of this beautiful alternate tuning. M.A.M.I. Musical Scale Atlases are serious reference texts designed to help musicians study, explore and create music in a uniquely logical and efficient manner. They include fingerboard charts containing both note and interval listings for subject scales as well as the revolutionary Matrix Cube system for modal, melodic, and harmonic scale analysis. At 572 pages long, it's a reference for life Sections on Harmonic + Modal Theory, Creative Thinking and more plus 520 essential scale / mode elements are covered in depth: 9 arpeggios x 12 keys = 108 arpeggios, 15 pentatonics x 12 keys = 160 pentatonics, 21 scales x 12 keys = 252 scales. Instructors and aspiring students of all levels and styles can deepen their ability for creating musical ideas much more easily on their instrument. Visit: www.mamimusic.com

There are tens of thousands of different possible chords on the bass-guitar in BEADGC tuning! Create your own chord shapes from over 650 easy-to-read full fingerboard diagrams covering 55 different chord types in all keys. Diagrams for more complicated chord types illustrate both the optional and essential notes. Notes are illustrated up to the position 17 semitones above the nut to allow easy visualisation of chord shapes around the octave. This book includes chords used in all types of music from classical through blues to rock and jazz and is the companion to 'A Visual Guide to Scales for 6-String Bass Guitar'. The 55 different chord types covered by this book include: 5 5#11 7 (no 3) aug dim maj maj7 (no 3) min sus2 sus4 6 {6/9} (no 3) 7 7b5 7sus2 7sus4 add9 aug7 dim7 maj7 min6 min7 min7#5 min7b5 min(maj7) sus2/sus4 6#11 6/9 7{#5/#9} 7{#5/b9} 7#9 7{b5/#9} 7{b5/b9} 7b9 9 9sus4 aug9 maj7#11 maj7add11 maj7{sus2/#11} maj9 min6/9 min9 min9(maj7) 13sus4 9#11 maj9#11 min11 13 13#11 13#9 13b9 maj13 maj13#11 min13

There are tens of thousands of different possible chords on the guitar in EBEADGBE tuning! Create your own chord shapes from over 650 easy-to-read full fingerboard diagrams covering 55 different chord types in all keys. Diagrams for more complicated chord types illustrate both the optional and essential notes. Notes are illustrated up to the position 17 semitones above the nut to allow easy visualisation of chord shapes around the octave. This book includes chords used in all types of music from classical through blues to rock and jazz and is the companion to 'A Visual Guide to Scales for 8-String Guitar in EBEADGBE'. The 55 different chord types covered by this book include: 5 5#11 7 (no 3) aug dim maj maj7 (no 3) min sus2 sus4 6 {6/9} (no 3) 7 7b5 7sus2 7sus4 add9 aug7 dim7 maj7 min6 min7 min7#5 min7b5 min(maj7) sus2/sus4 6#11 6/9 7{#5/#9} 7{#5/b9} 7#9 7{b5/#9} 7{b5/b9} 7b9 9 9sus4 aug9 maj7#11 maj7add11 maj7{sus2/#11} maj9 min6/9 min9 min9(maj7) 13sus4 9#11 maj9#11 min11 13 13#11 13#9 13b9 maj13 maj13#11 min13

Learning to play a variety of scales makes you a better musician. It teaches your fingers where to find and how to handle the different positions you might encounter when playing pieces of music; it trains your musical ear by helping you to learn to recognise intervals and how they relate to finger positioning; and ultimately it trains your musical brain how to recognise different musical colours and eventually create them on the fly. This book includes over 500 fingerboard diagrams covering 34 different scales and modes in all keys and as such is the ultimate reference text for the bass-guitar in BEADGC tuning. Images include full fingerboard diagrams up to the position 17 semitones above the nut (which allow you to see how the scales behave around the octave) and also for each scale type, a selection of movable `box' patterns to help you play the scale in different positions. This book includes fingerboard diagrams for classical scales and modes, blues scales, jazz scales and also more exotic scales to help you spice up your improvisation/composition skills. The 34 different scale types covered by this book include: Ionian (Major) Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian (Natural Minor) Locrian Harmonic Minor Melodic (Jazz) Minor Major Blues Minor Blues Pentatonic Major Pentatonic Minor Algerian Arabic Bebop Dominant Bebop Major Bebop Minor Chinese Egyptian Eight Tone Spanish Enigmatic Gypsy Hindu Hirajoshi Hungarian Japanese Nine Tone Oriental Persian Romanian Minor Spanish Gypsy Symmetric Diminished type 1 Symmetric Diminished type 2

Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a bass guitar and start plucking! With Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bass Guitar, you'll quickly progress from playing notes to experimenting with plucking and slap-and-pop techniques. You'll learn about tuning, fretboard fingerings, alternate fingerings, down picking, palm muting, and more. The bass usually sets the tempo, so you'll learn basic note values plus common popular rhythms from straight rock to syncopated reggae. Downloadable MP3 files on wiley.com complement the book and let you hear exactly how things are supposed to sound as you play. Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review Each skill or technique is defined and described Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo Detailed color photos demonstrate each step Helpful tips provide additional guidance

The first full-color, comprehensive history, tracing the entire development of one of the 20th century's most important musical instruments. Based on firsthand interviews with primary inventors and makers of past and present bass guitars, this new book examines the birth of the instrument, its popularization during the 1960s and 1970s, and modern variations of the instrument.