House of Blues Bass Course - Expanded Edition: Everything You Need to Start Playing Bass Guitar

(Rock House). Learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the bass and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn rhythm, timing, basic bass lines and how to play along with a drummer. Learn 5ths and octaves and how to apply them in a song. Playing techniques such as slap, pop and using a pick are covered in depth. Walking bass lines, sixteenth notes, syncopated bass lines, intervals and drop D tuning are just a few of the topics that will help you play song progressions and bass lines. From theory to complete songs, this program has it all! This program comes with 191 professionally recorded backing tracks on a MP3 CD for you to play along with. Play them in your home, car or load them onto your personal MP3 player. You also get lifetime membership to the Rock House Method lesson support system on the web with your purchase! BC - Page 00 - Front Cover BC - Page 01 - Inside Cover BC - Page 02 - Contents i BC - Page 03 - Contents ii BC - Page 04 - Words from the Author BC - Page 05 - Lesson Support Site BC - Page 06 - Chapter 1 - Parts of the Bass BC - Page 07 - Parts of the Bass Cont BC - Page 08 - Holding the Bass BC - Page 09 - Names of the Open Strings & Tuning BC - Page 10 - Reading Tablature BC - Page 11 - Alternating, Counting Beats, Metronome BC - Page 12 - Types of Notes BC - Page 13 - Your First Bass Line BC - Page 14 - Counting Along with a Beat - Body Clock BC - Page 15 - Rhythm - Playing with the Drums - Bass Line #2 BC - Page 16 - Blues Progression BC - Page 17 - Shuffle Feel - Blues Shuffle Progression BC - Page 18 - Attaching your Strap - Bass Line #3 BC - Page 19 - Chapter 2 - Finger Flexing BC - Page 20 - Eighth Notes BC - Page 21 - Rhythm - Playing Eighth Notes BC - Page 22 - Open String Bass Progression - Riff Challenge BC - Page 23 - The Chromatic Scale BC - Page 24 - Notes in the First Position BC - Page 25 - 5ths - Applying 5ths BC - Page 26 - How to Read a Scale Diagram BC - Page 27 - Minor Pentatonic Scale - Single Note Riff BC - Page 28 - Chapter 3 - Minor Pentatonic Single Note Pattern BC - Page 29 - Complete Song Progression - Minor Pentatonic Scale BC - Page 30 - Minor Pentatonic Scale Cont BC - Page 31 - Minor Pentatonic Single Note Pattern BC - Page 32 - Blues Riff Rhythm BC - Page 33 - Bass Power Chords BC - Page 34 - Applying Power Chords BC - Page 35 - Triplet Pattern BC - Page 36 - Triplet Pattern Cont BC - Page 37 - Staccato Groove BC - Page 38 - Chapter 4 - The Major Scale BC - Page 39 - Major Triads BC - Page 40 - Major Triad Progression BC - Page 41 - Minor Triads BC - Page 42 - Minor Triad Progression BC - Page 43 - Major & Minor Triads BC - Page 44 - Octaves BC - Page 45 - Octave Rock Progression BC - Page 46 - Minor Pentatonic Scale BC - Page 47 - Minor Pentatonic Single Note Patterns BC - Page 48 - Finger Flexing #2 BC - Page 49 - Using a Pick - Palm Muting BC - Page 50 - Applying the Mute Technique BC - Page 51 - Basic Slap & Pop Technique BC - Page 52 - Chapter 5 - Slap & Pop Exercise BC - Page 53 - Warm Up Exercises BC - Page 54 - Heavy Bass Progression BC - Page 55 - Find Any Note on the Bass BC - Page 56 - Minor Pentatonic Scales Key of 'E' BC - Page 57 - Minor Pentatonic Scales Key of 'E' Cont BC - Page 58 - Single Note Patterns Key of 'E' BC - Page 59 - The Finger Drag BC - Page 60 - E Minor Pentatonic Scale Groove BC - Page 61 - Hammer Ons BC - Page 62 - Pull Offs BC - Page 63 - Hammer Ons & Pull Offs in a Bass line BC - Page 64 - Root Notes BC - Page 65 - The Major Scale Formula BC - Page 66 - Major Scale One Octave Patterns BC - Page 67 - Major Scale Four String Patterns BC - Page 68 - Major Scale Four String Patterns Cont BC - Page 69 - Walking Bass Lines BC - Page 70 - Chapter 6 - Exercise Routine BC - Page 71 - Legato BC - Page 72 - Hammer Pull Off Single Note Pattern BC - Page 73 - Using Hammer & Pull Offs in a Bass Line BC - Page 74 - Sixteenth Notes in a Bass Line BC - Page 75 - Drop D Tuning - Altered Tunings BC - Page 76 - Drop D I-IV-V Progression - Drop D Bass Line BC - Page 77 - Combining Major and Minor Triads BC - Page 78 - Complete Bass Progression BC - Page 79 - Natural Minor Scales BC - Page 80 - Natural Minor Triplet Pattern BC - Page 81 - Combining Triads with Scales BC - Page 82 - The Gallop Rhythm BC - Page 83 - Slap Bass Pop Melody BC - Page 84 - House of Blues Advertisement BC - Page 85 - Changing a String BC - Page 86 - Changing a String Cont BC - Page 87 - Bass Triads 'A' BC - Page 88 - Bass Triads 'B' BC - Page 89 - Bass Triads 'C' BC - Page 90 - Bass Triads 'D' BC - Page 91 - Bass Triads 'E' BC - Page 92 - Bass Triads 'F' BC - Page 93 - Bass Triads 'G' BC - Page 94 - Word Search BC - Page 95 - Crossword Puzzle BC - Page 96 - Bass Course CD BC - Page 97 - Back Cover