음정, 박자, 조성, 포지션, 스케일 등 악보 읽기에 대한 이해하기 쉬운 교본입니다.
코드 심벌로 읽기, 차트 따라가기, 워킹 베이스 라인 만들기, 슬라이드, 고스트 노트 등의 테크닉들도 수록되어 있습니다.
악보를 보는 법에 관한 교재라서 타브악보로는 기보되어 있지 않으며 일반 오선악보로만 기보되어 있습니다.


- Contents -

Introduction
About the Author

Chapter 1
   The Staff; The Bass Clef; Notes; Pitch; Intervals; Accidentals;
   Ledger Lines; Bass Fretboard Diagrams

Chapter 2
   Measures and Bar Lines; Time Signatures; Counting Timel;
   Rests; Dotted Notes

Chapter 3
   Notes on the E String, Frets 1-5; Rules for Accidentals;
   Notes on the A String, Frets 1-5; Notes on E and A Strings

Chapter 4
   Notes on the D String, Frets 1-5; Notes on the G String, Frets 1-5;
   Notes on D

Chapter 5
   More Eighth-Note Rhythms; Interval Studies; Notes on All Four
   Strings

Chapter 6
   Sixteenth-Note Rhythms

Chapter 7
   Reading within a Key; Reading in the Key of C Major;
   Reading in the Key of F Major; Reading in the Key of Bb Major;
   The Sixteenth-Note Challenge

Chapter 8
   Reading in the Key of G Major; Reading in the Key of D with
   Extended Fingerings; More Sixteenth-Note Rhythms

Chapter 9
   Position; Scale Forms

Chapter 10
   Key of E, Second Position, Scale Form 2; Key of E,
   Fourth Position, Scale Form 3-4;
   Combining Scale Forms 2 and 3-4

Chapter 11
   Key of Eb, Fifth Position, Scale Forms 5; Key of Eb, Eleventh
   Position, Scale Form 6; Combining Scale Forms 5 and 6

Chapter 12
   Eighth-Note Triplets

Chapter 13
   Quarter-Note Triplets

Chapter 14
   Ties; Accent Markings; Dynamic Markings; Slides; Ghost Notes

Chapter 15
   Following the "Road Map" of a Chart

Chapter 16
   Reading from Chord Symbols; Completing a Bass Line;
   Walking Bass Lines