Bass Gym - 101 Pentatonic Licks for Killer Grooves (Bass Gym Series by Marek Bero)

Master Pentatonic Scales on the Bass Guitar! Bass Gym – 101 Pentatonic Licks for Killer Grooves is the third in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. The Bass Gym books are written to help you develop your playing skills and understanding of theory simultaneously, whilst inspiring your creativity as well. In this book, you will find 101 exercises built on the major and minor pentatonic scales. Learning these exercises will help you to absorb the sounds of these scales, enabling you to play more creative basslines, dirty blues licks and soulful melodies. By studying them carefully, you will also learn to move more smoothly and effectively around the fingerboard. The exercises in this book are suitable for players of all levels and are perfect warm-ups for your practice routine, or for getting your fingers moving before gigs or recording sessions. MP3 files are available to download from Free Stuff page at the Bassline Publishing website, Other Books in the Series Be sure to check out the other books in the Bass Gym series: Bass Gym – 101 Arpeggios for Melodic Basslines This book is second in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book, you will find 101 exercises based on arpeggios. These exercises will not only help you to improve your finger strength, dexterity and all-round control of the instrument, but will also help you to develop more melodic basslines. Bass Gym – 101 Warmups for Finger Independence This book is first in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book, you will find 101 exercises that will help to improve your finger strength and dexterity. They will also help you to develop the independence of the four fingers of your fretting hand. Bass Gym – 101 Scales for Mastering the Fingerboard This book is first in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book, you will find 101 exercises specifically designed for developing your understanding of the major and minor scales on the 4-string bass. The exercises are written in all twelve keys, and will test your ability to play intervals, odd-numbered sequences, patterns on one, two, three and all four strings, diagonal fingerboard movements, and chord inversions. They will also demonstrate how scales can be used in different music styles. Bass Gym – 101 Jazz Scales for Rockers This book is first in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book, you will find 101 exercises which will help you to master the melodic and harmonic minor scales and their modes on a four-string bass. The book also covers some symmetrical scales – the diminished and whole-tone scale. Bass Gym – 101 Basslines for Beginners This book is first in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book, you will find everything that you need to know in order to become a solid and desirable bass player in the shortest time possible. Bass Gym – 101 Odd Time Bass Grooves This book is first in a series of books written by UK bassist Marek Bero. In this book you’ll find 101 unique grooves written in odd time signatures built on the quarter note, eighth note and sixteenth note subdivisions. There are also exercises that combine these time signatures with each other, and with more conventional time signatures. Read more

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