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Every jazz lover’s got his or her favorites. For some, it’s John Coltrane’s breathy, bitter-sweat ballad, “Naima.” For others, it’s Duke Ellington’s hard-jiving swing opus “Take the A Train.” Then there’s Miles Davis’s epic-making Kind of Blue, the improv tour de force in which Miles, Trane, and Cannonball trade solos and achieve sheer melodic transcendence. Whether you like it hip or mellow, hot or cool, Dixieland or avant garde, jazz is a vast and many-faceted sound space (and soul space) that you could spend a lifetime exploring. And it couldn’t hurt to have a savvy guide like former Los Angeles Times jazz critic and author Dirk Sutro to help you navigate its many depths and riches.

In Jazz For Dummies, Sutro takes you deep into the history and soulful sounds of jazz. From Sachmo to Bird, Mingus to Weather Report, you get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the masters and their music, and you:

Get the lowdown on jazz, firsthand, from today’s greats
Get inside the different types of jazz—from big band to bee-bop to funk
Get a handle on the concepts, terms, and conventions that distinguish jazz from other forms of music
Get a perspective on the history of jazz
Put together a fine jazz collection of your own
Recognize the key characteristics of particular players’ sounds

Whether you’re getting into jazz for the first time or you’re been in the scene for years, Jazz For Dummies is a treasure trove of facts, insights, and guidance on:

One hundred years of jazz—from Dixieland to fusion and beyond
Great front men and women, on sax, trumpet vocals
Keyboard geniuses of jazz from ragtime to the present
Percussionists, bassists, and guitarists of note
Shopping for jazz recordings and finding live jazz in your area

Bass Guitar For Dummies

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Shake the earth with deep, sonorous vibrations. Be the force that relentlessly drives the music. Rumble like the ominous thunder of an approaching storm. For you, it's not enough just to be heard; you need to be felt, too. You need to play bass guitar.

Imagine your favorite music without bass. It doesn't work, does it? The bass is the heartbeat of the music, the foundation of the groove, and the glue that holds together all the different instruments. You can feel the vibrations of the low notes – sometimes subtle and caressing, sometimes literally earthshaking – as they propel the song. The bass is the heart. So leave center stage to the other musicians – you have more important work to do. The limelight may be cool, but bassists rule!

You can find everything you need to dominate the bass in Bass Guitar For Dummies – whether you're a beginner picking up a bass for the first time or an experienced player looking for way to improve. And you won't drown in complicated music theory, either; this easy-to-understand reference gives you just enough music theory to get you on your way.

Bass Guitar For Dummies includes the following topics and more:

Exploring the anatomy of a bass guitar
Getting started: Holding your bass, positioning your hands, and striking notes
Reading bass notation and understanding chords, scales, and octaves
Creating a groove and playing solos and fills
Examining different bass-playing styles, from rock and funk to blues and reggae
Caring for your bass: Cleaning, changing strings, and so on
Buying your own bass and accessories
Top Ten lists on bassists you should know about

Bass Guitar For Dummies also comes with a CD that includes audio clips of all the examples in the book.