Upright Bass Primer: For Beginners

Upright Bass Primer: For Beginners

• Upright Bass Primer Deluxe Edition: Beginner-focused Instructional Book
• Learn Bass Fundamentals & Techniques
• Master Bluegrass Standards in Folk or Bluegrass Style

The Upright Bass Book for Beginners Deluxe Edition with DVD and CD by Andy Hohwald is an instructional course that focuses on the beginning bluegrass player and emphasizes proper playing technique. The course will guide the student through learning parts of the bass, proper playing position, tuning the bass, right and left hand technique, marking the positions, how to read tablature, playing notes, and how to play with other instruments. The book focuses on playing in a folk or bluegrass style and will teach the beginner how to play several bluegrass standards. The 70 minute DVD features split screens that allow for close up views of the left and right hand and includes on screen tablature. Songs include Tom Dooley, Pretty Polly, Going Down That Road, Worried Man Blues, Rueben's Train, Soldier's Joy, John Hardy, Nine Pound Hammer, Sittin On Top Of The World, Dark Hollow, Billy In The Lowground, Cryin Holy, Little Maggie, Pallet On Your Floor, Wabash Cannonball, and Way Downtown.