Behringer Bass Guitar PACK BT108BPK-PB503-BK User Manuals

Table of Contents

• THE PARTS OF THE BASS

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• INTRODUCTION

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• Left hand

  5
• Holding the bass properly

  5
• TUNING THE BASS

  5
• Electronic tuning device

  5
• Relative tuning method

  6
• Keyboard instruments

  6
• PLAYING TECHNIQUES

  7
• Picks

  7
• Playing with a pick

  7
• Playing with your fingers

  7
• Slap bass technique

  8
• NOTATION

  9
• Fingering diagrams

  9
• Tablature

  9
• EXAMPLES OF MUSICAL STYLES

  10
• Blues

  10
• Fast Rock

  10
• Shuffle Blues

  10
• Slap Blues

  10
• Walking Bass

  11
• RHYTHM

  11
• Note values

  11
• Dotted notes

  11
• Rhythm exercise 1

  12
• Triplets

  12
• Rhythm exercise 2

  13
• Rests

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• Rhythm exercise 3

  13
• Shuffle

  14
• SCALES

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• Intervals

  14
• Major and minor

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• The major scale

  14
• The minor scale

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• The major pentatonic scale

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• The minor pentatonic scale

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• The chromatic scale

  15
• Positioning the left hand

  15
• Scale practice 1

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• Scale practice 2

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• D major scale

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• G minor scale

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• Scale practice 3

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• Scale practice 4

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• CHORDS

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• C major (C)

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• D minor (Dm)

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• E minor (Em)

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• F major (F)

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• G major (G)

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• A minor (Am)

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• B minor diminished (Bm)

  18
• CARE AND MAINTENANCE

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• Cleaning your bass

  19
• Taking care of your bass

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• Changing strings

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