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 …
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Serious Learning Only
I am relearning the Guitar after a 30 year break. I worked through the first book in this series and am now on the second. 30 years ago I didn’t pay much attention to learning the actual music I just memorized chords and played by ear. These books are excellent for learning all aspects of the method of playing guitar. It is a slower and harder process than just learning Guitar Tab but it is worth it if you have the time. I am actually doing both and I find that what I have picked up in the Alfred’s book helps incredibly even when playing from Tab.
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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
I would simply advise people 1) Be careful with your clicks 2) Make a copy of your order at checkout. I was going to purchase Alfred’s Book 1 because I’m a complete newbie to guitar. The “bundled offer” included a Book 2 and a Book 1 & 2. Wow, two volumes in one, a no-brainer right? So that’s what I thought I ‘clicked’ to put in my cart. Yesterday I received Book 2 which is basically a book of sheet music with minimal instructions. A perfectly good book for people who knows how to read music, but not much use to someone lacking basic skills. The book arrived in perfect condition and of acceptable quality for the low cost.
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Guitar book 2
Guitar book 2 good for learning how to play
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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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Alfred’s Basic Guitar Method – Book 2
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Five Stars
Great deal!..
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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
The book is most helpful.
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Progression on music for learning
A good follow up to the first volume. Not much theory. Would be nice if the audio was part of the book without extra cost.
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Easy to read
Illustrated really well , easy to read excellent pictures and reminders about what chords you have already learnt
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Good book to learn from
Easy to use
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Knowledge book
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good basic method
I have already used book 1, but I find some directions a little difficult to understand in book 2. For instance, it is not always clear which part is to be played by the teacher, and which part is to be performed by the student.
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Good book
Good product
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The Next Step
Useful book, written in the same style as Book 1, so if you got on well with that one, this should suit you fine!
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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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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.
14 people found this helpful
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.
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Pro Photographer –
This is great
My fav book to teach bass from.
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James –
Four Stars
Excellent book for begginners
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.