Alfred's Basic Bass Method Complete: The Most Popular Method for Learning How to Play

by Ron Manus, Steve Hall

Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Bass Method, Complete. Featuring clear, well-paced instruction covering popular styles like rock, blues, country, and jazz with lots of photos and diagrams, bassists can now pick up this comprehensive method, which includes how to hold your bass, tune your bass, right-hand and left-hand technique, play scales, slides, accents, hammer-ons, and pull-offs, how to create their own bass lines, and licks in the styles of famous bass players. Complete chord chard inside!

136 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Ron Manus is the third generation of the Manus family at Alfred Music Publishing, a company founded by his grandfather, Sam Manus in 1922 in New York.

Ron joined Alfred Music in 1988 and in 2005, was instrumental in the acquisition of Warner Brothers Publications, which included the music of George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Van Halen, Green Day, and hundreds more.