Chuck Sher: The Improviser's Bass Method

Bass Guitar Music Books

The Improviser's Bass Method by Chuck Sher, is the complete method book for electric or upright Bass. This is a well tested and proven method, endorsed by bass greats such as Eddie Gomez, Rufus Reid and others, this is a comprehensive start-to-finish method for bass that includes everything from, holding your instrument to improvising with other musicians.

Taking into account both beginners and more experienced players, the book is filled with charts of how all the scales and chords lie on the fingerboard, hundreds of foundation exercises to help bassists gain mastery of their instrument, ideas for constructing bass lines, soloing and more. Also includes transcriptions of bass lines and solos by dozens of the greatest jazz bassists, all of which combine to form a fabulous method.