Publisher: Mel Bay
A Chord Tone Approach
Level: Intermediate

Jason Raso’s Soloing on Electric Bass: A Chord Tone Approach provides the next step following his first book for Mel Bay Publications, Improvising on Electric Bass. The primary focus of this book is to help you develop a more melodic approach to solo bass playing.
The author suggests avoiding root notes, concentrating instead on chord tones of a 3rd, 5th, and 7th as fertile ground to begin revising your approach to more creative soloing. Following a series of standard notation exercises exploring intervals and goal notes in all keys, Jason presents a dozen original solo etudes in notation and tablature.

Contents:
Section 1 – Goal Notes – Triads
Goal Notes (3rds – Twelve Keys)
Goal Notes (5ths – Twelve Keys)
Goal Notes (3rds and 5ths – Twelve Keys)
Goal Notes (3rds, 4ths, and 5ths – Twelve Keys)
Triads (Go Further)
Section 2 – Goal Notes – 7th Chords
Goal Notes (3rds and 7ths – Twelve Keys)
Goal Notes (3rds, 5ths, and 7ths – Twelve Keys)
Goal Notes (7ths, 6ths, and 5ths – Twelve Keys)
Section 3 – Chord Scales
Key of C (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of F (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of Bf (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of Ef (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of Af (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of Df (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of Gf (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of B (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of E (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of A (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of D (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Key of G (3 to 7 / 7 to 3)
Section 4 – Etudes
Star Gazing (Key of C)
Mo’ Minor Blues (Key of F)
Jaybird (Key of Bf)
Corner Pocket (Key of Cm (Ef))
The Red Arrow (Key of Af)
Eviction (Key of Bfm (Df))
Shades of Solo River (Key of Gf)
Blues for Rocco (Key of Gsm (B))
The Bump (Key of E)
May (Key of A)
Funeral Parlour Stomp (Key of D)
Good Night, and Good Luck (Key of G)