Mel Bay Publications
Level: Beginning

This 5 1/2" by 8" QWIKGUIDE is designed to help the bassist become more versatile. Each blues bass pattern in this book is played over four bars of C7.
By practicing all 50 licks over the same chord progression, students can learn the basic concept of improvisation: how to play a variety of musical phrases over the same chord or chord changes. Each example is written in both notation and tablature exactly as it is recorded.

The accompanying CD, featuring Larry McCabe is recorded in stereo with drums and rhythm guitar in the center, bass guitar on the left, and lead guitar on the right. The licks are recorded at a moderate tempo for ease of learning.

The Music
Fingerings
Transposing the Patterns
The Companion CD
Procedure
Playing a bass pattern to a 12-Bar blues progression
50 Blues Bass Patterns
Guide to Symbols