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Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction 1

Part 1: Preparing to Practice 5

Chapter 1: Reviewing Practice Fundamentals 7

Chapter 2: Warming Up Your Right and Left Hands 15

Part 2: Scales (Modes) and Chords 29

Chapter 3: Playing Scales (Modes) 31

Chapter 4: Playing Mode Sequences 47

Chapter 5: Working with Arpeggios 69

Chapter 6: Combining Seventh Chords 83

Part 3: Rhythm and the Groove 97

Chapter 7: Building the Groove Skeleton 99

Chapter 8: Accessing the Groove Apex 111

Chapter 9: Setting Up with the Groove Tail 119

Chapter 10: Combining Rhythms 129

Part 4: Turning Exercises into Music 139

Chapter 11: Feeling the Eighth-Note Groove 141

Chapter 12: Working the Sixteenth-Note Groove 151

Chapter 13: Trippin’ on Triplets 161

Part 5: The Part of Tens 167

Chapter 14: Ten Essential Elements of a Great Practice Session 169

Chapter 15: Ten Famous Tunes That Incorporate the Exercises in This Book 173

Part 6: Appendixes 177

Appendix A: How to Use the Website 179

Appendix B: Extended Range Basses and Practice Goals 187

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 9 April 2020
      ISBN-13 9781119700111
      978-1119700111
      ISBN-10 1119700116
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Foreword xi

      Introduction 1

      Part 1: Preparing to Practice 5

      Chapter 1: Reviewing Practice Fundamentals 7

      Chapter 2: Warming Up Your Right and Left Hands 15

      Part 2: Scales (Modes) and Chords 29

      Chapter 3: Playing Scales (Modes) 31

      Chapter 4: Playing Mode Sequences 47

      Chapter 5: Working with Arpeggios 69

      Chapter 6: Combining Seventh Chords 83

      Part 3: Rhythm and the Groove 97

      Chapter 7: Building the Groove Skeleton 99

      Chapter 8: Accessing the Groove Apex 111

      Chapter 9: Setting Up with the Groove Tail 119

      Chapter 10: Combining Rhythms 129

      Part 4: Turning Exercises into Music 139

      Chapter 11: Feeling the Eighth-Note Groove 141

      Chapter 12: Working the Sixteenth-Note Groove 151

      Chapter 13: Trippin’ on Triplets 161

      Part 5: The Part of Tens 167

      Chapter 14: Ten Essential Elements of a Great Practice Session 169

      Chapter 15: Ten Famous Tunes That Incorporate the Exercises in This Book 173

      Part 6: Appendixes 177

      Appendix A: How to Use the Website 179

      Appendix B: Extended Range Basses and Practice Goals 187

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