First 15 lessons - bass guitar: a beginner's guide, featuring step-by-step lessons with audio, video, and popular songs!, paperback/jon liebman

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, youll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within.

Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! The bass guitar book features lessons on: bass fundamentals, music reading, tuning, the 1-5 pattern, arpeggios, grooves, position shifts, scales, syncopation, chromatics, swing/shuffle feel, and blues, funk rock styles.

Includes full bass lines from five real songs: Get Ready (The Temptations) I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley The Wailers) Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) Smooth (Santana) Super Freak (Rick James).