Table of Contents Preface The Instrument General Comments Practicing Tips Timing Practicing with the CD Playing Together The Groove Bass Posture Music Notation and Tuning The Right Hand Playing the Strings The Left Hand Fingering Overview of Instructional Content Open Strings Bass Notation Note Lengths Muting Rest Lengths Dead Notes I. Position Double Bass Fingering II. Position Legato and Staccato Enharmonic Equivalents Changing Positions III. Position The Major Scale C Major IV. Position Intervals V. Position Chords VI. Position Dotted Notes Minor Scales Minor Chords VII. Position Tertiary Rhythm The Triplet VIII. Position The Pentatonic Scales Hammer-On and Pull-Off IX. Position Slap Bass Pop Attack Popping the String Slides X. Position Playing Chords Playing Multiple Notes The Blues Form The Blues Scale XI. Position Odd Meters The Diatonic Scales (Modes) XII. Position Guitar Fingerings Natural Harmonics XIII. Position Concert Guitar-Finger Picking Bending XIV. Position Ornamentations Tapping Fretless Bass Vibrato Styles The Blues Rock n Roll Rhythm n Blues Rock - Hard Rock Heavy Metal - Rock Ballads Slow Rock - Country Rock Folk Rock Soul Funk Jazz Latin Music - Bossa Nova - Samba - Mambo - Salsa Reggae Equipment Tips Appendix Fret and Notation Table Major and Parallel Minor Scales Chord Table Scale Table Suggested Reading Suggested Listening Special Symbols