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| DVD-Essential Techniques for Acoustic Bass #1 | 
 enlarge | Director: Happy Traum
Actor: Todd Phillips
Studio: Homespun Tapes
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 44886
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 75 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1932537708
UPC: 073999091038
EAN: 9781932537703
ASIN: B00024OR4Y
Release Date: April 28, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Whether you intend to play bluegrass, country, pop or jazz, your success in acoustic bass playing will rely on good technique and a solid musical foundation. On this outstanding video lesson, Todd Phillips gets beginning players off to a great start with his step-by-step, hands-on approach to the instrument. It?s important to have your bass set up properly, and Todd goes over the instrument from top to bottom to be sure yours is ready to play. He then provides left and right hand exercises to train your ear and develop the accurate fingering necessary for playing with good pitch. Using unique on-screen diagrams and close up camera work, Todd guides you in visualizing the geometric grid of notes on the fingerboard. Major scales and chords in both open and closed positions are shown, and in no time you?ll be playing chord progressions and bass lines with a full understanding of their underlying musical concepts. Moving to the right hand, you?ll learn how to achieve volume, tone production, definition and solid rhythm. In fact, you?ll quickly achieve the skills needed to lay down a musical foundation for any kind of music you want to play.
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Excellent! Even if you have played for years. March 20, 2008
Both of Todd's DVDs are excellent. It's less him teaching you a lesson and more a conversation between bass players. He doesn't hold your hand but rather shares his knowledge from years of playing. It is hard to explain but I've bought several upright bass DVDs and these are far and away the most exciting and worth checking out. It would be great to see him continue the series past intermediate.
Perfect for a beginner March 18, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This DVD was exactly what I was looking for. He made it very easy to understand all the basics. It includes holding it properly, posture, tuning, hand positioning and scales. Great for a beginner!!!!
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