VIDEO/DVD METHODS FOR BASS

WOOTEN VICTOR, SUPER BASS SOLO TECHNIQUE. TAB. DVD

SERIES: Artist Series
CATEGORY: Bass Guitar DVD
FORMAT: DVD

Victor Wooten is recognized as one of the world's greatest electric bassists. Considered by many to be the most influential bassist since Jaco Pastorius, Victor is best known for his work with the Grammy-winning supergroup Bela Fleck & The Flecktones. Along with his acclaimed solo recordings, Victor has performed with artists like Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Bruce Hornsby, Bootsy Collins, Chick Corea, Dave Matthews, Prince, Will Lee, T.M. Stevens, Gov't Mule, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Bailey, Oteil Burbridge, Scott Henderson and Steve Smith.

In this DVD, Victor breaks down each of the techniques he employs to create his incredible style. Victor covers slapping, tapping, grooving and improvising in detail. Segments include live performances with a band; interviews dealing with technique, influences, and motivation; and a segment on equipment.

Special Features include candid video footage from Victor's archives, Victor and Steve Bailey jamming, and a preview from the Jaco Pastorius Modern Electric Bass DVD.

LARUE DAVE, ESSENTIAL BASS CONCEPTS. TAB. DVD

CATEGORY: Bass Guitar DVD
FORMAT: DVD
Dave LaRue is one of today’s leading bassists, recording and touring with the Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs for nearly 20 years. His incredible technique and finesse of the bass make him the first-call for well-known artists, and he has also established himself as a regular columnist for Bass Player magazine, touring clinician, and adjunct professor at Florida’s Stetson University. In this DVD, Dave gets viewers started with warm-ups, stretching, and arpeggio fingering exercises. He lets loose with some of his hip funk lines using hammer-ons, slapped, popped, and ghost notes, and a complete lesson of modes. In addition, he demonstrates how to use rhythmic variations and polyphonic ideas to expand soloing techniques. Follow along at home with note-for-note transcription of each exercise, in both standard notation and TAB, using the printable PDF companion booklet included. Bonus features include a lesson from Victor Wooten and a performance by Jaco Pastorius and John Scofield.

JAZZ UPRIGHT BASS, Ed Friedland. TAB. DVD

Series: DVD
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Medium: DVD
Author: Ed Friedland

In this information-packed DVD, bassist Ed Friedland reveals the technical and stylistic details behind professional jazz upright performance. Through live band demonstrations and detailed, step-by-step analysis, Ed shows you how to: develop stylistic left and right-hand techniques for maximum tone and sustain; arrange scale and arpeggio patterns for greater range and efficiency whether walking or soloing; deal with typical live performance challenges – performance protocol, stock intros, endings, trading fours and more; play classic stylistic variations including Latin jazz, up-tempo tunes, the two-feel, ballads, 3/4 time and more. Ed's practical, direct teaching style offers easy-to-understand explanations and methodical demonstrations of each topic. The accompanying booklet includes notated versions of each example for added clarity.

ELLEFSON DAVID, METAL BASS LEVEL 2. TAB. DVD

Legendary Megadeth bassist David Ellefson reveals the fundamental skills that every player needs to master the metal Bass, with a host of techniques and musical ideas.

This special one-to-one lesson teaches you how to create some serious thrash, speed and old-school metal basslines, before diving into some terrifying metal details including:
The gallop
Half-step demonic tones
hammer-ons
Pull-offs
Riff-oriented basslines

This comprehensive program allows you to develop the skills to play any kind of metal. Complete with a free lesson book and full web support

TECNICHE MODERNE AL BASSO, GUERS PATRICE. In italiano. TAB. DVD

L. Turri [DVD Pedagogici | Basso]

Questo DVD svela un nuovo approccio allo strumento tramite delle tecniche innovatrici ed impressionanti, come per esempio il tapping pianistico polifonico, lo "scratch", il popping doppio o triplo con lo slap, il suonare con gli accordi, gli armonici naturali ed artificiali, il suonare con 3 dita, le note morte con i salti di corde, ecc. La base di ogni tecnica è spiegata in dettaglio, poi è illustrata con degli esempi che l’utilizzano in un contesto musicale. Sta a voi, in seguito, integrarla nel vostro stile personale. Un metodo serio che rivoluzionerà il vostro modo di suonare il basso e la vostra creatività, sia che siate principianti o meno, e qualsiasi sia il vostro stile musicale. Un nuovo universo vi si aprirà. DVD + Booklet