Essential Elements for Band - Electric Bass Book 1 with EEi (Book/Online Media)

I bought this book, I LOVE IT!!!! I now have learned 2 instruments from the Essential Elements books and I can positively say that I love them and this book is no exception. This series of books takes you step by step at learning your instrument and do so very effectively by teaching you one or two notes at a time then practicing the crap out of them before moving on. It is the age old but very effective practice makes perfect method.HOWEVER!!!! MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!On page 25 of the book where it teaches you the note C there is a MAJOR typo. It tells you that C is the fourth fret on the G string making that strings notes go G,Ab,A,Bb,C,B and that is VERY wrong. The G strings notes should instead go G,Ab,A,Bb,B,C. MAKE SURE YOU NOTICE THIS AND CHANGE IT because it may not be very important now but it will lead to disaster in the future. Just remember, the bass goes up chromatically (if you don't know what that is Google it :)) .Now because there is that typo you may be asking, "Why would I want this book then". The truth is that aside from a private teacher this book is the best (in my opinion) out there to learn a new instrument so I highly recommend it. Just watch for page 25. :)

The product I received is very bent because the shipper decided to fold it horizontally so it would fit in a smaller package. This caused the pages to be permanently bent making it hard to stand the book up and read while I play bass.

It's great! The online feature is super helpful, they include recordings of the practice pieces that you can play with.

Great book and even lines up with the band method cd! Yay

Beginning band book for my son

This is a great book, just as all the essential elements books are! They're easy to learn from, teaching a note at a time with songs to practice with. It's a great beginner book. This is another great one, this one for the bass guitar!

Really simple, smart curriculum for learning bass. Songs are simple, yes, but a great way to add bass knowledge whether you already play guitar or just starting out. The CD really helps for playing along, but sounds a bit cheesy. Don't let that stop you though.

My child loves it! She can play much better now.We will order more books when the time comes to continue to the next level.

I love essential elements books, they are my go to when learning a new instrument. I really appreciate how this book teaches you using the note names rather than tabs.

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