Book 1 The electric bass The bass amp Tuning Playing positions Musical symbols Righ-hand technique Fingerstyle Pick style Left-hand technique The 1-2-4 fingering system Open-string exercises The rake Notes on the E string Little rock Kinda folky More notes on the E string Lookin' sharp The shift Notes on the A string You go, Slav Repeat sign One more time Cattle crossing More notes on the A string The finger roll Roll it Rolly 12-bar blues A little heavy Notes on the D string Private eye Minor league D-lite More notes on the D string Three-string review Crossin' three The octave Octa gone Notes on the G string Gee whiz All right More notes on the G string All four one F/X More octaves Octave blues Ties Taiwan on 3/4 time & the dotted half note Three's a crowd Tell it Changin' times Rests Rock 'n' rest D.C. al fine Three play Eighth notes Movin' 8's Eight ball Eighth rests Rok gruv Bop bop D.C. al coda Coda pendant Dee dee Using a metronome The classic rhythm Down home Raitt on Minor's tale A classic variation Classic blues Petty thief Third position 3rd watch Flying leap 0 and 3 Shifty Shift-crazy blues Stones-y Etude Bruté Book 2 The box shape E, A & B box Box lunch Box-E blues Movable boxes Your move Move it Movie star 5th position On the G string Shift practice Shifty Henry On the D string Dee gee 5-3-1 Dig it On the A string Introducing tablature Tab hunter Pay the tab On the E string Open/closed Da blues All together now Swing time One finger per fret The major scale Scale sequence #1 Scale sequence #2 Key signatures Universal fingerings Scale sequence #3 Scale sequence #4 Pasta mon D-lish A-flat tire Open E G3 B-flat jump The classic blues line Gee blues Aay, blues! Low down Understanding bass lines Syncopated eighth notes Off beat Funky soul groove That '70s thing The major triad Tri again Funky Li'l blues The minor scale Minor scale sequence Relative minor and major House o' horror Noir Jazz minor Modulation Minor modulation Mod crazy Minor triads Bogey man Roots Gypsy swing Room-ba with a view Eighth-note triplets The '50s 12/8 time Bumpin' The shuffle rhythm Old days One-and two- measure repeats Bad bone Uptown down Classic flat 7 Rollin' Go on Book 3 The chromatic walkup Open up Staccato Double up Rez-q Curtis Kickin' it Sixteenth notes One drop Dada dadat Jog wheel Sixteenth rests Layin' back Nazz-T Plutonic Funky16th-note syncopation Ookachu wha? Groove Combo Minor glitch Do it now Soul groove D-troit Seventh chords Floaty Vanilla L'il thing Funk time Little M Shufflin' Middle man On the verge Slides Slippin' & Slidin' Minor pentatonic Venture forth Deja view Hammer-ons & pull-offs Hammer head X-tender Major pentatonic Just like my girl N'awlins beat Playing off chord symbols Just roots Roots & 8ths Jumping octaves Your turn Adding the 5th Use the 5 5 by 8 Root-5-8 It's up to you Scale approach Salce R-5-8 All yours Dominant approach Dominant to the 5th You go, Hugo Using triads to create bass lines Walking triads Walk this way Simple triads On your own Triads & dotted quarters Uh huh Locking in to the groove Groove jam Time 2 groove Slap funk Slap this Pent up The pop Combining slap and pop Octave slap Chromatic octaves Gritty The pressure roll Dead notes Dead end Keep it together It's an eyeful!