As I’m going to play at a blues festival I have put out of the shelves some blues bass book I have.
So let’s start with this book: Jump n’ Blues.
After going through this book I would rather have called it Jump IN bass as it serves more as an intro for people willing to play the bass.
The author explains topics like choosing between an electric bass and an upright bass, what kind of strings are more appropriate, how to get the right blues tone, what kind of equipment you need for recording, and brief introduction about how
to set up your instrument.
In between of all this topic he puts some historical reference and bass lines of artist like:
- Larry Tylor
- Willie Dixon
- Edgar Willis
- Donald Duck Dunn
- Tommy Shannon
- Keith Ferguson
A dozen of brief play-along songs with included bass lines ends the book.
There is no theory here, no I IV V explanation, you will need others book to understand what’s blues all about. But as an introduction it works fine. The play-along songs (in split-mix mode) are nice varying and really well played.
Title: Jump n Blues Bass
Author: Keith Rosier
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Language: English
ISBN-10: 079359166X
ISBN-13: 978-0793591664
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