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Bass for Beginners: Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales + Exercises

Beginner Bass Guitar Scale Book

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Major and minor pentatonic scales for bass presented in an easy-to-follow format

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Are you ready to learn, practice & apply the most popular scales in music? Bass for Beginners: Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales + Exercises is the ultimate intro to bass pentatonic scales!
Why take the time to learn bass pentatonic scales? Because it will set you up for success with all the other playing you want to learn. Melodies will become more intuitive and less difficult when you know the scales behind the music.

Real-World Bass Lines!
This how-to bass book is divided into 20 practice sessions, each featuring an important major or minor pentatonic or blues scale pattern. From Michael Mueller, author of the hit book How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days, this title is packed full of important bass pentatonic scales, exercises & bass lines.

To help you learn these essential patterns, each session of this beginner bass guitar book puts a pentatonic scale through five exercises and then applies it to a real-world bass line in either a rock, pop, or funk style, among others.

The 20 Daily Practice Sessions Include:
Open-Position Patterns
Movable Patterns
Major and Minor Blues Scales
Real-World Bass Lines
Also Includes:
Chromatic Scales
Arpeggios
Rhythms
Real-World Bass Lines

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Meet Author Michael Mueller

Over the past 20 years, Michael Mueller has authored over 20 instructional guitar books, with over 400,000 units sold. Titles include the #1 New Releases How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days, How to Play Ukulele in 14 Days, as well as Christmas songbooks for ukulele and bass guitar. In addition, Michael has written the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, Acoustic Guitar Tab Method, and Scale-Chord Relationships.

He has also edited countless others, including the top-selling Guitar Aerobics (Troy Nelson) and Ukulele Aerobics (Chad Johnson) titles. Additionally, he has served as the Editor at top guitar magazines Guitar One and Guitar Edge, and he’s contributed to Guitar World, Jazz Times, and Sirius XM, among others.

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