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Item number 1300642AW, 61 pages, $25.95
Music historians will tell you that it was the era of Berry Gordy's "Motown" label that gave the electric bass it's prominence in today's modern music. This book/CD collection presents a step-by-step breakdown of the bass styles and techniques used by Motown bassists, most prominently by bassist James Jameson who played on most of the hits from the Motown era. The book features licks from 15 of these classic hits written in standard notation with the history and playing notes for each song. The CD includes all the tracks listed in the book with demo performances, as well as play-along backing tracks. Any student of the bass will want to study these classic soul and R&B riffs in order to fully understand their unique instrument!
Technical Notes: Each of the tracks on the CD (other than the tuning note on track 1) is a short segment of a song used as an exercise or example in the book. Tracks 2-5 are from "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" by The Temptations. Tracks 6-8 are from "Dancing In The Street" by Martha And The Vandellas. Tracks 9-13 are from "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder. Tracks 14-17 are from "Get Ready" by Rare Earth. Tracks 18 and 19 are from "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by the Four Tops. Tracks 20 and 21 are from "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye. Tracks 22-24 are from "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles. Tracks 25-27 are from "It's The Same Old Song" by the Four Tops. Tracks 28-30 are from "My Girl" by The Temptations. Tracks 31-33 are from "My Guy" by Mary Wells. tracks 34-39 are from "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by the Four Tops. Tracks 40 and 41 are from "Shot Gun" by Jr. Walker & The All Stars. Tracks 42 and 43 are from "Stop! In The Name Of Love" by The Supremes. Tracks 44-46 are from "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. Tracks 47-50 are from "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes.
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| Song Titles | | Dancing In The Street
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Second That Emotion
It's The Same Old Song
Shot Gun
My Girl
My Guy
Reach Out, I'll Be There
Stop! In The Name Of Love
Get Ready
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
For Once In My Life
What's Going On
You Keep Me Hangin' On | |
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Sheet Music Format: Bass Signature Licks
 Lyrics are included
 Difficulty 3 on a scale of 1 to 6 with 6 being the hardest.
 Chord symbols are included in this book.
 A CD is included with this book.
 Guitar tablature is included with this book.
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