Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method – Complete Edition
$19.00
| Publisher : | HAL LEONARD CORPORATION (April 1, 1996) |
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| Language : | English |
| Plastic Comb : | 144 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 0793563828 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-0793563821 |
| Item Weight : | 1.15 pounds |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.35 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #135 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 255 ratings |
40 reviews for Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method – Complete Edition
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My son has studied guitar for the past 3 years. He finds the Alfred’s Basic Method challenges him and allows him to progress in his playing.. The level 2 book continues to introduce new notes, chords and scales. There are solos, duets and accompaniments. Alfred is noted for being a fast paced and complete teaching method. I would have to agree with that assessment. My son started playing young so his teacher started with 2 more basic methods. This method continues to challenge my son and move him forward in his guitar playing ability.
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went from the alfreds kids level 3 to this book. A little more difficult than i was hoping, but my 6 yr old can do it.
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Serious Learning Only
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Great beginner guitar book
Great book for my son learning guitar. He likes the songs which keeps him interested. Very useful.
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Great if you are able to read sheet music
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Alfred’s is a great way to learn
I have enjoyed using this method for learning guitar. It would be best to have a teacher, however I don’t have the schedule to allow learning at a set time. With Alfred’s books I have been able to slowly but surely progress on my own.
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Five Stars
Great book. My son loves it.
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Good audio but poor packing.
Good audio but poor packing also no track list.
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Five Stars
Easy to understand..
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Easy to learn
Bought as gift for a friend. He loves it.
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This is a great book. I’ve used it with many students
This is a great book. I’ve used it with many students; however, this appears to be a cheap reproduction. The stickers on the back are pictures of stickers. The cover is not glossy like the original and the inside is all black and white with no color. Another student who ordered one for herself through Amazon got the same fake.
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Husband likes it.
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One Star
Okay to read but learned better through YouTube, will need to take lessons.
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Challenging experience
I bought this book recommendation of my daughter’s guitar teacher. She is starting her fourth year of private guitar lessons (she’s 11) and has gone through the three youth manuals that were available. We got this one just before she left for summer vacation so she’d have something new to work on before she came back to lessons in the fall. Working through it on her own was definitely a challenge for her (she had difficulties playing with the CD, mainly because she couldn’t keep up and she was confused since some tracks have multiple parts being played and she didn’t realize she was only supposed to be playing one of them – she did not have a chance to see her teacher for any instruction after the book arrived) but she made great progress with it on her own during the summer. Upon her return, her teacher explained to her how to use the book along with the CD and she’s made great progress. It has helped her work on all facets of her playing – chords, rhythm, scales, melody, etc.
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Four Stars
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Easy to read
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Easy to use
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good basic method
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The Next Step
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Five Stars
Exactly what was needed.
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Very disappointed the ad was misleading as the book did not …
Very disappointed the ad was misleading as the book did not look like the picture and was expecting a cd with the book
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Best for true beginners
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Great for Beginners
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This book is great so far
This book is great so far. As an absolute beginner I find it fairly easy to understand. Granted I’ve just gotten started but if the rest of the book progresses in the same fashion as the first few exercises then I should at least be able to play a few tunes and have an idea of musical notation and TABs. I think this is a great book for beginners.
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Great intro book.
Reviewing the kindle version. Excellent book. Shows the basics of chords, notes, and strumming variations. Sets a solid foundation of basics for building on.
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Good book to start!
I liked it it is a good book to start and not expensive
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This is a great curriculum. Really user friendly
This is a great curriculum. Really user friendly, teaches Tab and makes the instrument really approachable, even for very young or inexperienced students. I kind of wish it taught chords a little sooner, but I think that by and large, it’s a great book for teaching beginning students to play.
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Beginning ukelele players
I was able to use this book to teach myself the ukelele.The CD that came with the book wasn’t very helpful as I had nothing to play it on; no CD player. Great book for beginners though.Joined a community group to help myself improve & taking more classes on my own.
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Awesome beginners book
What an amazing book! I did not even know how to read sheet music. But now I do! This book has helped me learn chords, notes, tabs, and lots of other concepts. Great book for someone just beginning to learn ukulele
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Easy to Follow, Very Comprehensive
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Very Helpful
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Great learner with great information and useful music theory
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great book. It begins with basics and build up …
great book. It begins with basics and build up with well explained examples. I was expecting the book to jump in with chords so I was surprised to see that the program started with learning the notes on each string and the C major scale. That exercise was actually a good foundation for the chord lessons that followed! The struming techniques were well illustrated. Really enjoyed this book and flew swiftly through the lessons in two weeks and came away feeling accomplished and ready for more.
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Great book
Great ukulele tutorial book.I wish it didn’t have religious songs included, but, that aside, it’s a great book to learn from and, as an instructor, I recommend it to all of my students.
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Good book for beginners
I got this book to try to learn ukulele. Zero previous experience and still it was easy to follow the book.
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Great book
Bought this for school. It is easy for my son to follow.
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Great for my learning style
I picked this up for kindle after trying a number of other options and by far this had been the best for my learning style. It’s a good balance of songs and repetitive practice. It also has images of how to finger the cords which isn’t something all the books have and makes a huge difference when you’re trying to self teach. It’s great solo and I’m betting even better with a tutor!
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Great Book to start as long as you have prior music experience, teacher or guide
I bought this book for my wife who is just starting to learn to play the uke. She played clarinet years ago in school but this is her first instrument since. This book is a great foundation for learning not just harmony but also melody, etc. She struggled a bit with some of the concepts but I was able to guide her though it so I feel this book is better suited if you have prior music experience or for working with a teacher. There is a wealth of information here and working through it all will give you a solid foundation to be a well rounded musician. I’ve used similar Hal Leonard method books for Guitar in the past and they are all good.
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Complete course for learning the ukulele
This book, along with the second book in the series, is a complete course for teaching the beginner to play the ukulele. It’s designed to take a total beginner and teaches them to play. You have to start at the beginning and progress your way through to the end – it doesn’t work to just dip in the middle.The author’s approach is a bit unusual because he starts off teaching finger-picking individual notes to create melodies (tunes). Most books or classes start by teaching strumming chords, singing at the same time. In this book, chords are taught later. Some music theory is also taught, but not to a major degree.I actually bought this book then joined a class. The book’s approach didn’t mesh with the class’s approach (which emphasised strumming songs), so I put the books aside. It was only much later, after attending the classes for about 18 months (great fun, by the way), and reading about ukulele playing and music in general that I began to appreciate the clever way this book is put together.It’s pitched to the total beginner. It doesn’t ask too much, and gradually builds the learner up. The songs are chosen to be playable by the beginner. It also introduces some music concepts along the way. The CD is very good at demonstrating the play described in the book and the author gives further explanation. I think the CD is essential to the book.The book is not without it’s faults, but most of these are minor. I think an explanation of it’s approach and what the student will be able to do at the course’s end would have been helpful. Perhaps some further advice on how to go about practicing would have been good. Some descriptions of the likely difficulties a student might encounter as they are learning and how to get over them would have been useful (and encouraging). For example, the awkwardness of getting your left hand into the correct position to form the chords, and also discomfort and slowness changing chords. Perhaps more explanation of how the individual techniques being taught fit into the big picture of playing ukulele songs. What do they contribute? Maybe some advice on how to choose a good beginners ukulele (and avoid a bad one).Most of these are minor tweaks, rather than deal-breaking complaints. I’ve come back to these books as I’m now learning finger picking. I now realise what the author was trying to do.I think it is possible for a beginner to learn to play the ukulele – both strumming and finger-picking – from these two books. I don’t think the learning experience would be overwhelming for the total beginner. I guess that’s the beauty of the author’s teaching method.
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Great Method book!!!!
This book starts with the basics and moves on to more difficult patterns. Has songs as well as exercises to develop skills.
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A Gold Standard
Hal Leonard is the gold standard for self-taught music, regardless of the instrument. This is true for his series on ukuleles. Simple to read, because of its large size, he will have you playing chords, scales and sheet music in no time. I guarantee it.
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Disappointed
Supposedly (per cover) this include audio access, but I don’t see any key or any instruction about how to get this access. (Also I don’t find in this page how to place a question, so yes, this is question if anybody can help me).The images cannot be enlarged and sometimes they are barely readable.Only pro: readily accessible
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No Audio
I assumed that this came with downloadable audio tracks. Haven’t been able to find anything in the book about being able to do so. Very disappointed so I came back the next day and bought the actual book I only give this 3 stars for this reason.
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Hal Leonard Books – Sets the standard high
I purchased for my granddaughter to use, as she begins her music journey. The format and method of instruction is just easy and practical to learn. I began playing the classical guitar using the Hal Leonard classical book.
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Nice introduction
I’ve been playing uke for a little over a year, but I want to go beyond just strumming. This book is helping me begin to play melodies on the ukulele. I have very little formal music education, so a beginner book like this is good for bridging that gap, as the emphasis is on working with the basics of notes and tablature as well as keeping in time.The exercises are clear, well laid out. Each one builds upon the previous work.Since I’m using kindle on an IPad, my one critique would be that some music pages are split up. This can be an issue if they won’t appear together as you play. Of course, as you memorize each tune, this becomes less of an issue.I had purchased a physical copy of the book and misplaced it. I am very pleased the Kindle edition of this book was under $5.00!The physical copy doesn’t include a CD; the audio files are online. I love having the audio together with the book!
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Needs Digital Audio Library
This is a decent book for beginners that will help you learn music theory and some basics for playing the ukulele. It is relatively easy to follow even with only some prior musical experience, and something that can supplement lessons very well. I like it, but am also very disappointed that Hal Leonard has a website for digital recordings for some of its books and this one is NOT included. An introductory book should have audio recordings so learners can hear strumming techniques and the included songs to begin to develop their own playing techniques and style.
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What a GREAT buy! Great starter book
A thorough book for beginners to understand all parts of learning a new instrument. I am a woodwind musician that has never touched a stringed instrument today and this book gave a full understanding of the instrument and teaching scales and chord families in a way that sets you up for success. My partner, who had never touched an instrument before, has confidence in her learning journey as well after this book. 10/10 recommend!!
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One of the finest ukulele tutorials in the market
This is one of the finest ukulele tutorials in the market. I have no rhythm and I’m tone deaf. Learning music, even on the delightful and charming ukulele, is a chore for me unlike anything most people can imagine. This is one of two books I constantly fall back on to refresh my most fundamental skills, to remind myself the differences between minor and major scales, to guide my clumsy fingers as I strum chords, pluck melodies, or just play around with different combinations of sounds. I cannot count the number of “learn to play the ukulele” books in my library, but this is one of two that I replace every time the covers tear, the pages get ruined by spilled coffee, or my current copy gets lost.Everything the beginner needs is here, presented in a smooth,natural progression from the very first notes to complex strum patterns interlaced with a variety of flourishes and melodies.
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Good starting point…
Okay, I don’t know how to play anything so I started with this as suggested for beginners. Just bought a ukulele and since this was featured got this also. I think it’s pretty good for someone just learning the basics about music and playing the uke. Have not put the CD on yet, until I can get a little more experience with the fingering, but it was included with the book…one person said it wasn’t, so don’t know what happened to theirs. Of course you’ll get really tired of Row, Row Your Boat and Twinkle, Twinkle…but I already have my eye on some Dylan (YES, he really has a songbook for ukuleles!) and a Blues book, Waaayyyy on down the road. I think Lil Rev gives good information and instructions and at least gets you started doing something that at least sounds familiar. Will probably also get his second book when I get through this one. This might help someone who already plays a guitar to get acuainted with Ukulele chords, but probably not much else.
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A good start
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Great Beginning Ukulele Book
I did like the book very well. Teaches the basics of reading in general, but it was a good refresher and many cute songs to strum along with. Plus gives recommended strumming techniques.
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Intermediate level
I found it very helpful with choosing but the rhythm teaching was kind of confusing and some of the music listed was kind of obscure and I didn’t know them. I have an extensive history with music, reading piano sheetmusic, and playing guitar and I can see that this book would be confusing for the novice.
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Good beginner book
Teaches some strumming and TAB.Pretty much like anything Hal Leonard.
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Simple, well-paced and solid methodology.
Great start for anyone with basic music knowledge, but also suitable for complete beginners.
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Be careful and choose the 2010 edition.
If buying the kindle book, look at all available options and choose the 2010 EDITION ONLY. The 2005 edition, while cheaper by a few dollars is inferior quality. The musical notation portions of that edition were scanned images that are grainy and blurry and the overall formatting is poor. Also it doesn’t include any of the audio tracks. Even if you don’t want the audio specifically, it’s worth the few dollars extra to have the crisp images of the later edition.
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Easy to follow
Have made it 1/3 through the lessons and find it easy to follow and a nice intro to playing the ukelele!
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Solid Introduction to Understanding the Ukulele
I bought this as a Christmas present for some great Nieces and Nephews. I went over it first and found the book to be a super introduction for a person who really wants to learn to play more than the normal three chords on a Uke.This set is terrific if you are interested in stretching and learning to understand what can really be done on a Uke rather than just getting stuck in one key. This book will easily lead you out of the doldrums which happen in many beginning instrument courses. It is a great source for a foundation of learning which … is what you need to play any instrument.The price is right at Amazon, the DVD / CD just reinforces what is being taught and progress is as fast as you want it to be.Dion – Chicago
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Four Stars
Good instructional book for beginners. Would like to see more in it for the money, but still good
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Fine quality books
Simple for beginner or advanced. Fine quality books. Notes along with the songs. Explains easily how to do each note using the uku. Will order more. Get the whole series is what we may do.
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It’s ok, it just may not be right for everybody.
I am an instructor. I do like a lot of the material in this book however I personally don’t like to teach out of books with TAB with younger students. So, I would not recommend it to my younger students, but I would use it with older students, so that is why I gave it only 3 stars. The book has some good songs in it. If you want to start working on melodies and can’t read music then this book may be fine for you.
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What i expected.
Arrived on time. I like that the book uses “tabs” instead of just notes. It has the notes as well but the tabs make it perfect for beginners. This will be a great tool to help my students learn proper fingerings of chords and a few basic melodies.
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Fantastic Book
This is a must have book for all the beginners out there.. I just picked up ukulele 5 months ago… Illustrations and audio are perfect …..So easy to follow….
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Great for beginners or as a refresher
Great book to have on hand if you’re just starting out on the ukulele. It goes over all of the basics notes, chords, and playing techniques, and even teaches you how to read sheet music and tablature. Songs in the book range from children’s melodies to folk, blues, bluegrass and even some classical. Can’t wait to master them all and then pick up Book 2!
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Learning to read music made attainable
Great for beginners. My adult daughter is using this to learn. She’s used other Hal Leonard music teaching books. They don’t disappoint.
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Hal Leonard Ukulele Method book 1
Glad to have bought that. at 73 you think you know everything you have learned in your life and you find out you know nothing,or have forgotten most opening this book made me come downt to earth with a bump, and yes My Dog Has Fleas.Have to get a CD player so I can listen to the CD instructions 5* publication, 5* for seller, 5* for postage and Packing
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Best choice
I wish I’d found this book earlier, it is so helpful. I feel I am making real progress at last. It is so well set out and clearly explains everything and you don’t need to be able to read music to understand it. I am so happy I have found this. The examples are not difficult to follow and at last I feel I’m getting somewhere. I highly recommend this for beginners (like me).
25 people found this helpful
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easy to understand
I got this book as part of a beginner Ukulele class I am taking. It has been a good book to start with.
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I’ll admit I was skeptical about this method book, …
I’ll admit I was skeptical about this method book, but this was just a reminder to me to not judge a book by its size. Every page of this 50 page book is chock full of lessons and songs that progress as you learn. This is a MUST for a new ukulele player.
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OK for Me. But for You, Who Knows?
Being a complete beginner, the first part of this book gave me a decent start. However, once I got past the first few pages, I began to find contradictions between this book and other, mostly online, sources concerning some of the chord fingerings. I then began to find more useful information other places.
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Hal Leonard Ukulele Method Book 1 (with audio CD) (Bk. 1)
A very basic book about the ukulele but if you are starting out and have no background in music or understanding about reading notes and chords this is a good place to start. The Ukulele is a fun instrument to learn, wish I had found it 20 years ago and the Hal Leonard book is a good place to start. If you have a background in music, skip Book 1 and good onto Book 2. I suggest you consider purchasing both at the same time and save yourself some time. The CD is also a useful tool as you get to listen to what you should sound like.
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Do not spend money on this book
I’ve been playing ukulele for about two weeks and everything in this book really put me farther behind. I don’t think it’s necessary to learn the single string notes when learning to play the ukulele because I’ve been practicing learning songs in chord form. This taught me nothing I didn’t already learn from using youtube FOR FREE. I am so upset I spent money on this unhelpful book that was also a huge waste of time reading and trying to play along. There are pages where the notes and tabs do not go together and it makes no sense. See my attached photo. This book simply will not be helpful in advancing your skills. Perhaps it’s because I can read music, but this book was incredibly confusing and the opposite of what I was hoping to get from this purchase. If you really want a ukulele book like I did, save your money and get a different one, or better yet: go to a music store and see what you’re getting before you buy it.
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Start Here
Great first book for all aspiring ukelele players.
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Confusing lessons
Very disjointed lessons. Book is supposed to be for beginners, and one of the first strum patterns is very difficult and has to be counted as 16th notes. I have spoken with two ukulele instructors and a number of players, and none of them recommend trying this pattern. After introducing this pattern, the author then goes back to a very simple strum pattern. My instructor rewrote some of the chords in some of the songs, which is counterproductive. We both became frustrated with the lessons, and I have switched to other instruction books.
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Ukulele book
Bought this so I could learn to play that ukulele I purchased in Hawaii! I already play guitar, though it has been a while. The reviews indicated this was the book to buy. We shall see. Now to make the time to get to it!
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Looks Good
I probably won’t start for a while because I have so many commitments left in 2017, but I have always been pleased with your books.
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Great Tool
Very helpful in learning the chords and how to play the Ukulele.
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Recommended by instructor
This Ukulele method book was recommended by our instructor. It has been great so far (few months in) and we love the songs in it!
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Meh.
It has the content, but it’s out of order. A horrible companion if you’re making comparisons to the physical book. Just buy the paperback. It seems that Hal Leonard is not very invested in providing quality digital content.
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Excellent guitar method.
This is a complete down to earth guitar method which I’m certain that a six year old can comprehend, and succeed.
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Guitar lesson for a Senior
This is the book that I have been looking for so I could learn to play like I did 55 years ago. I still have a lot to learn from it.
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Excellent beginner’s resource!
Solid resource for beginners. Gradual progression in difficulty with popular licks like Greensleeves, Star Spangled banner etc thrown in early enough to keep you motivated. There are youtube support videos for all the tracks that someone has created. All in all a great resource.
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Durable book that is easy to follow
Great book that is easy to use. My 10 year old son could follow easily. Plus, it stood up to his abuse so overall, a durable book.If this review helped, please let me know by liking it.
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I play better than prince now.
I bought this guitar book and although I’m disappointed it didn’t include an actual guitar and 30 free hours of instruction for the price, I now can play better than Prince, May he Rest In Peace.
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For every guitar lover
This is a great guitar tutorial book for every level.
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I have been very busy but the content is good for the money spent
I have been very busy but the content is good for the money spent. I will use it and enjoy the knowledge it can give me.
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Always wanted to play guitar.
Like the spiral binding. Makes it easy to use on a stand. My teacher recommend this book.
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however is great book and I have made much progress in just …
Could be more clear about fret position for self-taught learners, however is great book and I have made much progress in just a month.
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Shown to professional guitar player
I shown this book to a professional flamenco guitar player who is also my Spanish teacher and he said that this book will allow me to go anywhere I want to with this book, whether it’s fingerpicking country songs or heavy metal I’ll be able to branch off from this book alone. He also learned from books so he knows a good book when he sees one and he was super impressed with this one.
4 people found this helpful
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Recommended Guitar Book
This was the recommended guitar book from the music school. We originally bought only book 1, but that went by pretty quick (~2-3months). Recommend to purchase this complete series instead of book by book.
2 people found this helpful
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Best book for beginners with old time ethic.
This is a very comprehensive intro to the guitar. If one were to buy only one book to begin this should be the one. I have gifted it to two others already who were just beginning. For those who do not already read music, this will get them up to primary speed easily. If one were to simply follow this instruction and remain OFF YouTube, they would become proficient. The YouTube gig only complicates the process as well as displays many bad options. Just get a private quiet place and work through it. There is no shortcut, no play in 5 minutes. Just get over it and LEARN it properly. Without that ideal as a guide you will simply have a guitar in the closet somewhere soon. Without the old time ethic of simply settling in to actually learn something students will always give up and drift away from the goal.
35 people found this helpful
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Worked Fantastic For Self Guided Learning
I am using this to learn at home without in person instruction or tabs. The lessons are easy to follow with what feels like a nice pace. Exercises give good tips to pay attention to.
2 people found this helpful
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Essential Book, but get the one with audio files.
Must have book for beginners to learn how to read sheet music. Beware, though, that this version does not have the accompanying audio files which makes things less useful since you can’t see how something is played, particularly for the more obscure tunes. Overall, would buy again if I lost it, it I’d get the one that has the audio files.
3 people found this helpful
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Outstanding method book
This book is outstanding!If you want to teach or learn by method, this book is really hard to beat. By the time you’re through all three sections, you’ll be able to:-Read music-play most any chord in a pop fake book-know more than basic rhythms-know finger picking patterns (including Travis picking)Once done, you’ll be able to pick up just about any guitar songbook and play along.
10 people found this helpful
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Easy to follow
Grandson wanted lessons, but not in the budget, He uses this tutorial every day and is learning the guitar and basics quickly and at his own pace. Great starting option
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Not a bad start
This is more for a begginer however its lessons do go from very begginers to the experts. In the start it does tell you how a scale is formatted and notes are counted, does spend time teaching you to read them. However thats what I wanted, yes I know the scale (I played clarinet in school) yes I know how to read notes. I also didn’t know how to play a C on a guitar. This is not really for someone who wants to just play songs on this is more for someone who wants to learn a wide verity of songs, from country to rock, classical to metal. If you want to specialize in one maybe this book isn’t for you. However I like this book because its not just a tab book of here is Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” (its playing on the TV at this time) or whatever song you may want to play.
4 people found this helpful
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Warning – this does NOT come with access to the audio files
Pay attention to which of these you are buying. I didn’t as I assumed they all came with audio access.If the particular version you are purchasing does not specifically state audio access you will not be able to access the online audio files to play along with.Lesson format seems solid – unfortunately I’ll be purchasing a second copy so I have online access.
2 people found this helpful
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Received promptly and without product bloat.
I hate going to music stores: limited choices, inflated prices on materials written decades ago, trying to find options sourced from other stores… Modern music outlets just suck.The fact that I can buy the same book online, minus the triple inflated price point because of DRM coded audio books included, is amazing. Wife and sister-in-law will love using this to learn and for me to brush up on my music reading skills that are lacking.
3 people found this helpful
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Good for my kid
This book was recommended by my 8 yr old’s guitar teacher. She can easily follow this book and learn guitar from it. She is always studying ahead of what her teacher assigns so I like that it is easy for her to go through.
One person found this helpful
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Hal Leonard’s marketing sucks – Buy books from fundamental changes instead
So here’s the deal I got exactly what I ordered.There are two versions of the book.One is about 10 bucks more and under the “guitar method” on the front cover, top left, there is (in 10 point smaller type “Audio Access Included”).My book doesn’t have that. I purchased this precisely because the Bass Book came with audio, I just didn’t realise there is a version without the audio. And as others have pointed out, why would you sell a version without the audio.This is pretty scummy, I don’t really mind paying extra (but get this: audio is *free* with the excellent “fundamental changes” books). But having two versions, with no way to get the extra content is just annoying.I went to the Hal Leonard website and there seems to be no option to purchase the audio tracks.Amazon should make it clearer in the listing that there are two versions. So now I am faced with the choice of just using this as is, or returning it (which is a hassle).As the other 1 star reviews might indicate this is just dumb deceptive marketing. Change the cover in a more visible way, or offer the means to purchase the content online. how hard could the latter be? you’d actually make customers happy.Stupid, stupid, stupid.Makes me want to avoid Hal Leonard products in future. And that’s a shame, because the content seems pretty good.
42 people found this helpful
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Helpful for beginners
I am using this book to learn to play the guitar (a challenge at my age-senior). The book is helpful-it seems to go at the right pace and includes interesting songs from a variety of genres. I like the fact that it uses mostly music notation instead of tabs- it helps to learn to read music. Only regret is that it doesn’t come with the Cds.
9 people found this helpful
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Great instruction/lesson book for learners
Very good book for learning to play the guitar. Me, my son, and my niece all used this same book and we all really liked it. It is very easy to understand.
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Very thorough
Exactly what I was looking for. I’ve been teaching myself to play and using a lot of online courses but there is nothing that compares to starting from scratch and learning the proper way. This book does not spend a lot of time on form but it does provide the rudimentary basics beginning with basic notes and music reading. If I am ever able to master everything this book has to offer I will not only be able to play guitar, I will be a musician.
4 people found this helpful
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Binding needs to be better quality
The binding is very weak. I had to replace it almost immediately and that’s kind of annoying. Wish they’d fix that as my guitar teacher stated it happens to most of his students.(I’ve purchased both the print edition and the kindle edition when I lost the printed version)
One person found this helpful
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I would highly recommend this book to anyone that want to learn to …
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that want to learn to play the guitar!!! I have been playing acoustic Guitar for several years using tabs.. I decided i would like to learn to read music and play it on my guitar…. This book makes reading music and playing it super easy!!! You learn the notes one string at a time, at your own pace…. And it don’t stop there you learn chords,strumming(something i had problems with) and more. I have other lesson books that don’t come anywhere close to comparing to this book…
2 people found this helpful
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Guitar Hero
Easy read. Works better if you have a guitar.
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Great beginner guitar book!
Great beginner guitar book, especially for those who want to learn to read notes not just tabs. It also has a code at the front that lets you access mp3 files to play along with the songs included.
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The Best, Most Complete Basic Guitar Method Book
I have been teaching guitar for more than 40 years, and over those years I spent a lot of time with a couple of other popular guitar methods, specifically Alfred’s Basic Guitar and the similarly titled book published by Mel Bay.In my opinion, the Hal Leonard guitar method is more complete than any of its competitors. I used to teach chords on my own, and strumming and finger picking techniques, and leave the book to teach note reading, but the Hal Leonard book does it all and, most importantly, it seems to introduce new things at the right times in the student’s development.
5 people found this helpful
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okay
starts off with music notation very confusing! would personally not recommend for beginners unless you have someone educated helping you. still seems good for others, not for me though!
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Great method for teachers to use!
I use this and the Mel Bay books to teach beginner students (they are very similar methods, but each set of books include different examples to choose from when teaching). I have no complaints, though I do recommend using these books and supplementing them with your own exercises when teaching.
2 people found this helpful
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Practice and Self-Guided Studies
Great for both my Millennial young career adult child that studied piano already and the pre-teen son of a neighbor (guitarist)!
2 people found this helpful
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Where the notes are on the fret board.
The book had everything I needed at my stage of learning. Precise and not too wordy. By the time I work my way through the book I should be a good player of the guitar.
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technical acuracy
easy to understand. an area that is often not approached by aspiring musicians probably because it can appear daunting, not attractive to the weekender. But can be the most important element for the long term, and rich friendship music can have in store for anyone seeking a buddy.
3 people found this helpful
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Great book for beginner guitarists.
I bought this book to learn how to play the acoustic guitar. When I scheduled my first lesson, I asked the instructor what book I should buy for lessons. This is the book he uses. Very straight forward book. Glad I have it.
One person found this helpful
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Excellent quality.
Just starting on the guitar and this is the first book I’ve used. Really like it so far.
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A must have in your collection
A very complete method, covers a very wide variety of topics, can be used as a stand alone method or can be seen as a reference tool.Amazon didnt provide audio, didnt work, so I contacted Hal Leonard and next day they provided me mp3 files.
2 people found this helpful
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Excellent book for beginning guitarist, and for other players needing music reading practice
This book is good for kids and adults alike. Goes nice and easy, nothing too complicated, but still covers all the basics. Would highly recommend for anyone just beginning to play guitar. It’s also a great refresher for those who have been playing chords awhile, but never learned to read music. I’ve been playing guitar for 8 years, but mostly chords. I never really practiced reading music. My son is now taking lessons, and his teacher uses this book. I’m now learning along with my son. It’s never too late to teach an old dog a new trick!
3 people found this helpful
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All levels of learning
Best overall guitar learning book
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Great start
Great for beginner, easy to follow.
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Great book
really useful for beginners
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Review
This book is excellent for beginners
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Book opens all the way and lays flat.
Great having three thin books all together on a binder that opens all the way on the music stand.
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She says it’s very good and easy to use
Bought as a gift for my grandchild . She says it’s very good and easy to use .
One person found this helpful
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Great beginner series
I love this collection of books.it is a compilation of three method books in one.
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Really good book
All 3 volumes in one is ready good. A good book for a learner
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Still using the book but a bit disappointed that the book1
Still using the book but a bit disappointed that the book1,2,3 edition does not include a CD or a digital code as mentioned in some of the product comments.
One person found this helpful
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Otherwise it looked really good.
I had toreturn this item there was no DVD to accompany it. Otherwise it looked really good.
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Money Well Spent!
Awesome! Says its used but looks very new 🙂 On google play book 1 is more than this, and this is book 1, 2, and 3.
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Guitar course which is very practical and easy to learn
He really goes in depth into theory if that’s what your looking for. I also bought Justin’s. Guitar course which is very practical and easy to learn.
2 people found this helpful
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no audio support for this book
there is no audio for this version making it useless. Amazon didn’t make this clear so i bought a guitasr book i can’t learn from
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Well laid out, easy to understand
Easy to learn from
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Great buy! Great Price!
I’ve only been using this book a few days and I’m several lessons, notes, songs, chords and notes in! It teaches you quickly and easily! Having never played guitar before this week, I have complete confidence that this was the right purchase for a beginner.
4 people found this helpful
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Great Book
Product arrived fast.. packaging excellent…All the lesson’s are planned perfectly..
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Great review books for those with a musical background
Good, basic instructions. Easy to understand
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I recommend this book
I am swinging for four weeks in Internet. So many information, but only confusing. This book is a path I can rely on. This is my first experience with guitar. And the book has become my second best mate (after the guitar) on this journey.
2 people found this helpful
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Great for a beginner adult
I am adult beginning guitar player and I purchased this book as a supplement to the book my instructor required. I really like this book. It is a great introduction for those who don’t know the names of the strings or how to play notes and chords. I highly recommend the book for a new student wanted to start with the basics to learn guitar.
3 people found this helpful
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Good instructional guitar book series (in one volume)
Most cost effective way to get a beginner to intermediate guitar course in book form.
One person found this helpful
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three books in one
contains all three books and cheaper than buying three separately. good value!
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Claudio Savina –
Consigliatissimo
Consigliatissimo per chi comincia, esercizi progressivi (a partire dal semplicissimo), e consigli su come eseguirli. Ma anche per l’intermedio e l’avanzato: insomma si trovano esercizi per ogni livello.Ottimo se si vuole migliorare la lettura.A questo prezzo i tre libri, poi.Attenzione: non ci sono i CD audio e nemmeno i link per i file audio. Ma online è facilissimo trovarli.
Alan Burns –
Ok.
Simple to follow, makes learning tab or music reading very simple.
Steve C –
Not much choice, so this is good enough to build a basic developmental path.
There aren’t any ‘bibles’ for students of the electric bass as there are, for example, for trombone or trumpet. This isn’t a bible and will never become so revered, but it’s decent enough. There is insufficient attention to building a clean sound and in book 1, at least, a lot of the material is on open strings without any attention to sustain and other strings’ harmonics. As one of the only ones out there, though, it’s not terrible.
2 people found this helpful
miles –
Bass method
Metodo validissimo, meglio la versione con esempi audio, solo che l’altro articolo, quello con i CD, ha un particolare ambiguo, cioè la copertina è quella di Friedland, ma sull’autore viene riportato Dean, errore di amazon, quindi ho optato per questo senza basi…fortuna c’è la rete…
One person found this helpful
submerged_photographer –
got this for a great price so my review is coloured by that
got this for a great price so my review is coloured by that. Seems pretty comprehensive, like the guitar volume this one mostly uses notation rather than tabs which means the progress can be slow if you’re a beginner and just learning to read music. Other than that, good. Like the guitar volume this one has some pretty cheesy song choices. Would be more inspiring to include some better, more popular songs. If you’re a beginner like me, fun is a very important part of the learning process.
One person found this helpful
T. R. –
Great for beginners and teachers.
Really good to start in good conditions with reading notes.I love it. I’m not a fan of tabs.
Creed –
Stunning learning resource
Having been trying to learn to play bass for over six months and making slow but steady progress I’ve been amazed at how much this book (the complete edition) has propelled my learning. It’s SO intuitive and easy to follow, I feel that I’ve come on leaps and bounds since picking it up, not only with my understanding and technique but also with reading bass clef, an added bonus I didn’t even think about when purchasing this.Don’t delay, what incredible value if you’re committed to learning to play this instrument!
2 people found this helpful
Robert Cook –
One version has CD and one does not
Be careful when choosing this book. There are two listings at two different prices. I chose the cheapest of the two (who wouldn’t?). But the cheaper version comes without the CD. The only indication in the listings is by looking at the image of the front cover.
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Utente –
Libro molto utile e graduale.
Il libro è perfetto per chi vuole approcciarsi gradualmente alla lettura. Ci sono gli esercizi preparatori per poter cominciare a leggere le note su ogni corda, nei primi tre tasti. Secondo me è molto utile. L’ho faccio comprare ad ogni mio allievo.
2 people found this helpful
Pro Photographer –
This is great
My fav book to teach bass from.
One person found this helpful
James –
Four Stars
Excellent book for begginners
One person found this helpful
Cliente Amazon –
Contento
Soddisfatto
Barbara Montebugnoli –
Puntuali nella spedizione
Ottimo prodotto
Andrea V –
Ottimo
In ottime condizioni
Tony Isac –
Highly recommended
Perfect book for bass learners but this book is without CD’s
One person found this helpful
ten ton hammer –
Achtung! Enthält keinen Audiozugang = nutzlos | Attention! No audio access = useless
Dieses Buch ist absolut nutzlos, wenn man nicht schon zufor alle drei Bücher gekauft hat. In dieser Version ist kein Audio Zugang enthalten. Dies ist nicht auf der Produktseite erwähnt. Eine absolute Unverschämtheit.This book does not contain the audio access. Do not buy if you dont have the three Books already.
4 people found this helpful
Mr. Richard J. Dunn –
Four Stars
A good book for beginners
One person found this helpful
Dave –
Ripoff
This 3 volume edition DOES NOT include the CDs that are included when each volume is sold separately! Sold separately each volume has 45 tracks of music to practice with. This 3 volume edition is sold with out the accompanying CDs so it is pretty useless.
2 people found this helpful
FW –
Five Stars
Good guide to playing bass
One person found this helpful
Luigi De Masi –
La copertina non è quella del libro!
La copertina è quella del libro di Dan Dean mentre mi è arrivato quello di Ed Friedland. A parte questo nulla da dire
57LesPaulCustom –
Good Deal for All Three Books in One
Got this for my son who is just starting to learn bass guitar. It’s great that it teaches reading staff and some basic music theory.
One person found this helpful
Anne –
Does not come with CDs
This 3-book-in-one-spiral does NOT come with CDs, or with a link to the Hal Leonard site, where one could find the backing tracks. It is basically useless.This version should not even be sold. Selling it to save a bit of money does not help if the product at any price is basically useless.On a more positive note, I did find YouTubes with the backing tracks for each book; however, HL promised to sic their copyright attornies on the site. Go figure.
2 people found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
What I needed.
The book provides great theory and training.
One person found this helpful
Dmo –
Order the book!
This book is just what I needed to learn and practice with.
One person found this helpful
Dusti –
Perfect
I’m able to follow the instruction book and now I am learning to play the bass.
One person found this helpful
Jeffrey –
Good Bass Book
Was recommended by my instructor.
2 people found this helpful
Louise Ryan –
Hal leonard always come through for me.
I love this product.
2 people found this helpful
john –
Five Stars
Good book to get you started
One person found this helpful
Armando –
Muy buen producto
Muy buen producto
One person found this helpful
Steplander –
Great book and value!
Excellent collection for a great price!I teach and have always found HL books to be well designed.The binding is tight and the pages are not too thin so, it’s a durable book that will last.I recommend this to my students.
2 people found this helpful
strawbebe –
Quick Shipping, Great Quality.
Came earlier than I thought, with not a dent in sight and great quality 🙂
G –
this edition doesn’t have access to the audio tracks
the book is very good as other reviewers say. ut i didn’t realize that this edition does not give access to the audio tracks, and the doesn’t list the track number that corresponds to each exercise or song.
Donald F. –
Excellent book to teach you to play
This book doesn’t just show you tabs but teaches you how to read music. Loving it. 5 stars
One person found this helpful
Acrion –
Excellent Electric Bass Instructional Method
I have used this book successfully to help beginners become proficient playing the electric bass. It is bound with a plastic comb for easy handling of the pages when playing from the book.Book One covers the first five frets (positions), sight-reading, common bass lines, patterns and rhythms. It studies more than 100 songs, riffs and provides clear examples to assist the student complete any assignment at home.Book Two covers the box shape and how to move across the fingerboard, notes on the fifth position, the fundamentals of the major and minor scale, traditional blues lines and shuffle rhtyhm, as well as an introduction to reading tablature.Book Three covers more songs, riffs and other examples, sixteenth notes, chord symbols, hammer ons & pull offs, other styles and patterns.Eric Friedman does a thorough job with this instructional series.
4 people found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
Great product.
This is a great starter book for bass players. A lot of information and techniques to learn. If you don’t try to get through this book to fast and really focus on the first part of the book slowly and patiently in a couple of months with daily practice, the next parts of the book will increase you playing.
3 people found this helpful
Jonathan –
Doesn’t Include Tabs
This (aside from a few minor sections) is only sheet music, with no tabs. This probably makes you a better musician overall, but isn’t user friendly for more casual learners.
Zack Huxel –
Perfect stepping stone
This is a great start to getting familiar with that bass you bought weeks or months ago and is gathering dust in the corner. While I found the learning of sheet music less than necessary (you’ll almost certainly use tabs anyway), the descriptions of form and the introduction to chords is essential.
2 people found this helpful
Eric Rosemond –
Simple and to the fact.
Very understandable
Tippy Mueller –
Good seller
Book was as des6
Ramon lora –
the price.
knowledge.