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A teaching method entirely dedicated to the study of the greatest bass player in history, Jaco Pastorius. It will be the continuation of my previous collection with about 70 bass transcriptions. Chapters and topics (all deepened with audio examples, backing tracks and video lessons) will be: 1 - Complete discography 2 - Jaco's detailed instrumentation (basses, strings, setups, amps, etc. etc.) 3 - Advanced exercises on the triads 4 - Exercises on arpeggios in 4 and more voices 5 - Exercises on scales, modes, etc. 6 - Exercises and left hand technique 7 - Exercises and right hand technique 8 - Study of fretless bass (intonation, sound, embellishments, melodic phrases etc.. ) 9 - Natural and artificial harmonics (Various techniques to play them, and tips on how to use them) 10 - The walking bass (Various exercises and analysis of Jaco's "walking" style of playing) 11 - Jazz and Beebop (Exercises and examples on how to compose phrasing or improvisations in jazz musical contexts, in the style of Jaco) 12 - Study and analysis of melodies, and improvisations and phrasing of other instruments (Sax, keyboards etc.. ) and transcriptions and analysis of classical music compositions (Bach etc.) 13 - Jaco Cliche' (Analysis, exercises and advice on techniques, musical phrases, etc. typical of Jaco) 14 - Creating grooves, fills, melodies (in various musical genres) putting into practice all the topics covered 15 - Harmonic and melodic analysis of many of his compositions 16 - Playing his songs
I have written several books on the electric bass, available on my website and on Amazon or Lulu. com:
Theory and Practice of Bass: Volume 1 (2015)
500 Exercises for Bass (2018)
John Deacon (Queen): 185 Bass Transcriptions (2020)
Jaco Pastorius: 70 Bass Transcriptions (2020)
Jaco Pastorius: The Complete Study - Volume 1 (2021)
Complete Applied Harmony course for Bass Guitarists (2021)
John Deacon: The Complete Study (2021)
The Walking Bass (2021)
The Electric Bass Workshop (Setup, Modifications, Repairs) (2021)
The Fretless Bass (2022)
Jaco Pastorius: The Complete Study - Volume 2 (2022)
Red Canzian (Pooh): over 40 bass transcriptions (2022)
Flea (Red Hot): over 60 bass transcriptions (2022)
Super collection of sheet music: over 1500 songs (2023)
Profession: Bass Player (2023)
Studying classical music on electric bass (2023)
The Best of Bass - Volume 1 (100 Transcriptions) (2023)
Studying chords on bass (2023)
The Best of Bass - Volume 2 (100 Transcriptions) (2023)
Definite study of scales and arpeggios on the electric bass (2024)