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Note-for-note bass transcriptions with tab for 28 later-day Beatles favorites: Across the Universe * All You Need Is Love * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Come Together * Don’t Let Me Down * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Octopus’s Garden * Penny Lane * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band * Something * With a Little Help from My Friends * and more.

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Complete score transcriptions of the 12 songs from the album: Battle of Who Could Care Less * Brick * Cigarette * Evaporated * Fair * Kate * Missing the War * One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces * Selfless, Cold and Composed * Smoke * Song for the Dumped * Steven’s Last Night in Town. Includes band photos and a notation legend.

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Complete scores with note-for-note transcriptions of all parts for 12 more big Chicago hits: Call on Me * Canon * Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? * Feelin’ Stronger Every Day * Free * Just You ‘N’ Me * Man Vs. Man: The End * No Tell Lover * Old Days * Once Upon a Time… * Saturday in the Park * (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long.

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Note-for-note transcriptions for every instrument exactly as performed on the recording. 9 songs including: Beginnings * Loneliness Is Just a Word * Make Me Smile * Now More Than Ever * Poem for the People * Questions 67 and 68 * The Road * To Be Free * 25 or 6 to 4.

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Note-for-note transciptions of Chris Squire’s superb bass lines from 13 Yes classics: And You and I * Close to the Edge * The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) * Heart of the Sunrise * I’ve Seen All Good People * It Can Happen * Long Distance Run Around * Owner of a Lonely Heart * Roundabout * Siberian Khatru * Starship Trooper * Tempus Fugit * Yours Is No Disgrace. Includes bass tab.

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From the irresistible party jams of South Bronx to the urban sounds of today, hip-hop has maintained close links with its roots. Many of its characteristic sounds and beats come from funk, soul, and RandB origins. The electric bass plays a key role in creating the groovin’ that gives hip-hop a unique, attractive feel. This book/CD set contains 90 authentic hip-hop licks that will lead you to the vibrant world of hip-hop style. All the bass lines are demonstrated on the CD’s full-performance tracks and transcribed in standard notation and tablature. Jamming along with these patterns, you will improve your technique while learning how to lay down the right groove. Just listen to the tracks and concentrate on playing with a good-time feel. Enjoy!

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Learn the tricks and techniques of playing rockabilly bass from one of the world’s foremost masters, Johnny Hatton. In this book, along with video lessons online, he will teach you: the snap * the slap * the hand positions * straight eighths * the double slap * the swing slap * the triple slap * slap patterns * mambo * alternate slap techniques * two-beat swing slap. Plus, you’ll learn about jazz notation, scales and music theory. Online video is accessed at

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The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you’ll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading with tab while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! The bass guitar book features lessons on: bass fundamentals, music reading, tuning, the 1-5 pattern, arpeggios, grooves, position shifts, scales, syncopation, chromatics, swing/shuffle feel, and blues, funk and rock styles. Includes full bass lines in tab from five real songs: Get Ready (The Temptations) * I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley and The Wailers) * Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) * Smooth (Santana) * Super Freak (Rick James).

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An introduction to country bass for electric or upright players. The book includes lessons and music in the style of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzel, Marty Stuart, David Ball, and more. It includes access to 35 songs with full band backing.

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By K. Dittersdorf, Edited by W. Stert and Rodney Slatford. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist who was a contemporary and friend of both Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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