Learn to play arpeggios on the bass with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book, a supplement to the Hal Leonard Bass Method. The Bass Arpeggio Finder contains more than 1,300 arpeggio shapes, covering 28 different qualities for each key, with each quality presented in four different shapes. Great for bassists looking to hone their skills!

Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Bass Scale Finder. This book contains over 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and more, in all 12 keys. Basic scale theory is also presented to help you apply these colorful sounds in your own music. A perfect supplement to any bass method.

The Hal Leonard Blues Bass Method is your complete guide to learning blues bass. This book and CD package uses classic blues songs and standards to teach you how to lay down your own solid blues bass lines. Learn to play by studying the songs of famous bluesmen such as B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan (Tommy Lee Shannon), Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Albert King, The Allman Brothers, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, and many more. Learn actual riffs from blues classics including: Born Under a Bad Sign • Hideaway • Hoochie Coochie Man • Killing Floor • Pride and Joy • Sweet Home Chicago • The Thrill Is Gone • and more.

Play your favorite hits from The Beatles, Nirvana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Garth Brooks, Eric Clapton and more with this songbook that correlates with Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method! The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with simple one- and two-string bass lines and ending with songs that contain many notes, including all four strings. Gives beginning bass students great pop & rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: All the Small Things • Come as You Are • Crossfire • Friends in Low Places • Great Balls of Fire • Imagine • Lady Madonna • My Girl • Peggy Sue • Smoke on the Water • Surfin' U.S.A. • Takin' Care of Business • Walk of Life • Wild Thing • Wonderful Tonight • and more! The CD includes demos and backing tracks so that you can play along with the band!

This songbook correlates with Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method, giving beginning students great pop & rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: ABC • Another One Bites the Dust • Badge • Brick House • Cheap Sunglasses • Come Together • Higher Ground • Into the Great Wide Open • Iron Man • The Joker • Radar Love • Sweet Emotion • Under Pressure • more. The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with sixteenth-note rhythms and ending with slap and pop technique.