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How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days

Beginner Bass Guitar Method Book

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One of our first series, this method book for bass guitar will teach you the basics and have you sounding great quickly!

Easy beginner level

For complete beginners

90 minute lessons

Learn at your own pace

Free audio examples

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Highly-rated author

Hundreds of 5-star reviews

How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Lessons for Beginners – with free audio downloads or streaming – is presented in an easy-to-follow format to help you learn to play bass quickly.
If you're looking for the best bass guitar book for beginners, look no further! Seasoned author and editor Michael Mueller has written an easy-to-follow beginning bass book methodically designed to teach you all the essential rhythms, scales, and techniques you’ll need to start playing your favorite songs!

Teach yourself to play bass guitar with this jam-packed book with tons of fundamental bass skills and exercises.

Fingerstyle Technique
Real-World Bass Lines
Fundamental Rhythms: Basic to Advanced
Major, Minor & Pentatonic Scales
Harmonics
Muting Technique
Legato Technique
Rake Technique
The Blues Scales
The Shuffle Rhythm
Slap-and-Pop Technique

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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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