Working through these 46 pages will provide the tools and confidence needed to create your own engaging and musical basslines and hopefully, youll be inspired to continue your bluegrass bass journey for years to come. Avenged Sevenfold (often abbreviated to A7X) is a heavy metal/hard rock band which formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California, United States. If youve hesitated to learn to read music, this is the time and place to eliminate that drawback. With its simple harmonic palette and repetitive nature, bluegrass music offers bassists the perfect opportunity to become musically literate.
Once you get them under your fingers, youll soon be able to play along with the books 50 companion online recordings. We covered this for our dads birthday while hes away at work. Nate provides notated versions of the eight major scales most commonly used in bluegrass. This is me and Michailas piano version of So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold.
Youll not only want to back Nate upbut sing harmony with him too! The impulse to sing cant help but influence your bass playing in a natural and positive way. A lightly accompanied vocal track with no bass is also provided, so you can be the sole upright or electric bassist in the band. Nates warm, pitch-perfect vocals can be heard on virtually every track, giving this method an undeniable musicality. Well beyond what you might expect from an introductory method, Nate tastefully guides the reader by presenting multiple composed bassline options for each of five well-known bluegrass songs: Rabbit in the Log, Dont this Road Look Rough and Rocky?, Long Journey Home, I Am a Pilgrim, and Angel Band. The second half focuses on bass playing within the specific context of complementing bluegrass vocals. Then, using his own baritone voice and the classic bluegrass song, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, author Nate Sabat reveals his creative process in crafting effective basslines from the songs melody and chord progression. Although designed for newcomers to the upright bass and bluegrass music in general, this unique approach to creating basslines has something for everyone! The first half focuses on bass-playing essentials, giving the reader a solid technical footing with the instrument.
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