Ultimate Tapping for Bass Guitar

Description

Ultimate Tapping for Bass Guitar is the second book in the Bass Techniques series. Tapping is one of the least conventional ways of playing the bass, yet in the right hands it can be a very musical technique. The aim of the book is to demystify the various forms of tapping techniques that can be employed on the bass and to provide detailed instruction on how to develop them. This book also includes a detailed history of the technique across all instruments and features biographies and interviews with many of the world’s top players. All exercises found in the book are supported by audio files which are free to download from this website.

The book contains the following chapters:

• The History of the Tapping Technique
• Getting Started
• Chapter 1 – Basic Technique
• Chapter 2 – Playing Arpeggios – Part 1
• Chapter 3 – Playing Chords – Part 1
• Chapter 4 – Playing Arpeggios – Part 2
• Chapter 5 – Playing Chords – Part 2
• Chapter 6 – Providing Accompaniment
• Chapter 7 – Developing Rhythmic Independence
• Chapter 8 – Contrapuntal Tapping
• Chapter 9 – Linear Tapping – Part 1
• Chapter 10 – Linear Tapping – Part 2
• Chapter 11 – Linear Tapping – Part 3
• Chapter 12 – Sweep Picking Techniques

• Chapter 13 – Combining Techniques
• Chapter 14 – Études
• Chapter 15 – ‘7718 D71M’
• Chapter 16 – ‘Hamm Stew’
• Chapter 17 – ‘Laura’
• Chapter 18 – ‘Für Elise’
• Chapter 19 – ‘Golliwog’s Cakewalk’
• Chapter 20 – Emmett Chapman
• Chapter 21 – Billy Sheehan
• Chapter 22 – Stuart Hamm
• Chapter 23 – Michael Manring
• Chapter 24 – Victor Wooten
• Chapter 25 – Adam Nitti