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"An excellent book for bass players ", This is a great book, it's easy to follow and full of useful tips. It's helpful for beginners (like me) and a friend of mine with 25 years' playing experience found it worth his while too.

"A Low Note", Usually I have nothing but praise for the "For Dummies" guides. Not this time. I suspect the fatal flaw here centers on the "Bonus Audio CD!"--conjuring up associations with a prize in a Cracker Jack box. About halfway through the book it dawns why the material is flying over my head.

The CD is not incidental to the book. It's essential. "Bass Guitar" seems built around the CD. Kick out the CD prop and you'd have no book. I'm afraid the author assumed that a shiny piece of plastic would so dazzle that readers wouldn't notice the indifferent writing. It's a slight-of-hand that simply does not work.

"Groovy bass book!", I'm a new bass player and this book is great -- I actually sleep with it, hoping to absorb even more through osmosis. I love Patrick's straight-forward approach and sense of humor. While I haven't looked at many other bass guitar books, I like how this one uses music, tabulature and the grid to show what to play. The initial/basic exercises are great for a beginner like myself, and make of lot of sense in the learning process. The CD is helpful, but it keeps playing straight through from one example/track to the next. I might need to change the settings on my computer or CD player, but I think it would be better if it stopped after each track so I could manually play the tracks, one-by-one, and look at the book at the same time to see exactly what is being played. Hopefully, when I become a great bass player, after using this book and practicing a lot, I will be quoted on the cover :) right up there with Adam Clayton.

"Learning the bass in a funny way", I simply love the "For Dummies" book series. So, as a beginner in playing the bass, I had to purchase this book immediately and I found out that it's exactly as I expected: an introduction to the world of bass guitar, written in a funny manner, without the usual boring details that a "normal" guide would provide.

"GREAT BOOK", BOOK AND CD ARE A GREAT LEARNING TOOL BOTH WERE VERY GOOD.I RECOMEND IT FOR ANYONE JUST STARTING OUT LEARNING BASS GUITAR.

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"great book", I just reviewed Hal Leonard's 3-in-1 bass book, which I bought at the same time as this one (a few months ago), and my reaction is basically the complete opposite. I like both books, but now I'm talking about this one.

The paragraph/semi-narrative style is great for learning when you're away from your instrument. But you'll probably find yourself wishing you had your bass right next to you to try out something new you learned.

I'm a beginner to the bass, but not a beginner to music. Still, I sing and singers (especially sopranos like me) are notoriously lacking in knowledge of music theory. So I love finding out about some of the hows and whys behind the whats. It also has great quick references. Personally, I think that anybody could learn from this book.

"It puts it all into perspective - Perfect!!", I've played bass for over ten years now, and nothing could tear me away. When I started, I had a library of "learn how" books that offered little insight, and honestly, I could've done without them. I progressed by pure instinct, acuteness of ear, and picked up bits of theory as time went by, but I was never able to tie it all together.

Thankfully, I have a philosophy, and that is that no matter how progressed you are or think you are, you can always find useful information in the simplest places. I'm no dummy, but I took a chance on this book.

If I were a beginner, I might've been lost or discouraged by the later parts of this book. Even if you are, stay the course. This book put everything into perspective for me, and I can now make total sense of all those modes and how to use them in a practical jamming environment. Music theory finally makes sense; it didn't take long after reading this book for me to see a drastic improvement in the quality of my musicianship.

Buy this book and read it. The only downside of this resource pertains to the CD that comes with it. It would've been nice to have a backing bass line to all the rhythms listed in the book. As it is, there are drums and other accompaniment instrumentation for each track. Not a big deal.

A++++

"This really is the greatest book for beginners", You cant ask for anything more for a tool to learn how to play bass. If you get this book, you will not have to spend the money on lessons because it is that informative. If you are just starting out, or if you have been playing bass for a good little while, this is a great book to have in the library.

"Great reference and after 6 years, I keep going back to it", I've been playing bass for 6 years now and I've had this book with me the whole time. It is not meant to be read straight through and that is a good thing. I can jump around to parts that interest me at that time, and I realized recently that I've almost covered the whole book now as my interests and skills have changed. And the more experience I get and the more I learn, the more different parts of the book make sense and peak my interest. It has examples of almost every style of music from country to R&B and Rock to Salsa and Reggae. Which was nice to see how the different styles are done, but use the same bass-ic (pun intended) fundamentals. It helped me realize that even though I am a rock/alternative bassist, it's really not all that different than other styles and helps me appreciate not only other bass-lines but bass players, bands, and whole genres of music in general. I pick it up from time to time and still find new things and new ways of reading into it. Great reference for bassists of all levels.

The only negative thing I can really say is that some really experienced musicians may find little value in it, and the slap-bass part is really short. Other than that, its a great book and an easy read. I can start off reading about how a simple country bass-line goes, but end up reading 20 or more pages because it is well-written and keeps things light-hearted while still being very informative. You can learn a lot in a non-threatening way.

"Bass Guitar for Dummies", Patrick Pfeiffer's book Bass Guitar for Dummies is excellent not only for the novice but the expert as well. Patrick has taken the basic concepts of learning to play the BASS and made them easy to understand. The lessons are self paced and the instructional CD that accompanies the lessons really brings the notes on the page to life. This allows the reader the chance to actually hear and feel the rhythm of the written notes. I am really enjoying this book and learning how to play my BASS.