It's time to take center stage to deliver all the pyrotechnics usually
associated with six-string guitar shredders! Shredding Bass Guitar takes
you there through in-depth lessons on building technique, dexterity, and
speed. It shows you how to shred using chords, arpeggios, and scales,
and covers heavy metal and funk techniques like tapping, string
skipping, and slap & pop. Lessons and examples are in the styles of bass
masters Billy Sheehan, Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Victor Wooten,
Stanley Clarke, and others. Shredding Bass Guitar provides a fresh
perspective on the four-string electric bass and is a must-have for any
bassist looking to take their playing to a new level. The accompanying
CD features all the examples from the book.
Features
* In-depth lessons for developing technique, dexterity, and speed
* For pick-style and fingerstyle players
* Covers techniques like string skipping, tapping, two-handed tapping,
wide-interval skipping, slap & pop, double thumbing, double popping, and
more
About the Author
David Overthrow is an author, educator, and virtuoso bassist. After
attending Berklee College of Music, he began performing with a wide
variety of artists throughout the U.S. and Europe, playing rock, funk,
jazz, and R&B. David is Director of Music at the Canterbury School in
New Milford, Connecticut. He has written for Bass Guitar magazine,
authored numerous electric bass methods, and taught three instructional
videos for Alfred Music. David has performed with such luminaries as Pat
Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Mike Stern, Trey Anastasio, Paul Gilbert, Zakk
Wylde, and Sonny Landreth.
