This electronic download of Bass Guitar For Dummies (Windows) from eMedia Music features over 70 lessons and over 30 videos for a fast and easy way to learn the basics of bass guitar playing. Some of the topics teacher and bassist John Arbo delivers include how to: tune the bass, read bass tabs and notes, play bass scales, and master common bass parts.
Interactive feedback technologies, like the Note and Finger Tracker, make learning the bass faster and fun, especially with bass lessons that use popular songs. Music tracking highlights notes as they are played, and variable speed MIDI tracks allow you to slow down songs for detailed practicing. Bass-only audio and no-bass tracks aid in understanding how parts fit together.
Split-screen video bass lessons that display both right- and left-hand bass technique
Over 70 step-by-step lessons
An animated fretboard displays bass fingerings to help you learn how to read bass tabs, notes, and how to play bass parts
Finger Tracker lets you see the bass notes you play on the animated fretboard as the bass software listens to your playing using the computer's microphone/audio input
Automatic bass tuner, recorder, guitar chord dictionary, and digital metronome: crucial tools to learn how to play bass
Easy bass songs and bass parts to help you learn how to play bass
Songs and bass guitar lessons as audio and MIDI tracks where selections can be looped, slowed, or sped up
Chapter on music theory covering intervals, bass scales, and chords shows how to create your own bass lines
Includes popular songs with multitrack audio playback
Songs include bass-only and no-bass options so you can play along with the band, plus MIDI versions of the bass part you can slow down or speed up
Song looping lets you repeat any section of music
Guitar chord strums are available for reference
Many songs also used in eMedia Guitar Method, so you can play along with friends taking guitar lessons