Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword 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
