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Slap, Tap & Pop Stuart Hamm is one of the world's greatest bass guitar talents, and this DVD covers an incredibly wide array of styles and techniques. You'll get into left-hand stretching exercises, major and minor arpeggios, playing chords, slapping & popping, funk, hammer-on slaps, triplets, right-hand flamenco strums, two-handed polyphonic tapping, contrapuntal playing, percussive tapping, playing a melody with the right hand while the left hand plays a bass pattern, classical techniques and styles, and Bach's Prelude in C. Deeper Inside The Bass Stu's exciting follow-up to his #1-selling Hot Licks DVD, Slap, Pop & Tap for the Bass, takes you further into the creative and technical mastery of this incredible musician. This DVD is packed with valuable instruction, such as hand and finger warm-ups, open-note arpeggios, harmonic scales and chords, false and pinched harmonics, sliding harmonics, popping two notes together, metronome practicing, raking and flamenco techniques, plus exciting solo performances of Stu's compositions. Stu is a true master and perhaps the world's most well-rounded teacher and player of the bass. Bass Guitar Basics Bass players lay down the foundation in practically every style of music by bridging the gap between the strict rhythm of percussion instruments and the melodic domain of lead instruments and vocals. Today's bassists must not only lock-in with the drummer to serve up the all-important "groove" but are now also called on to step up front and treat the audience to a searing and melodic solo from time to time. Good bass players are in high demand and can easily find gigs, making the instrument an attractive proposition for aspiring musicians. But once you decide to play bass, you still face the question of where to begin and that's what Bass Basics is all about. Stuart Hamm Bass Transcriptions: Outbound & Beyond is the latest book from Bassline Publishing. Stuart Hamm has firmly established himself as one of the foremost technical masters of the bass guitar, and his performances with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and more recently with the all-bass show BX3 have wowed audiences all over the world. This transcription book contains 17 songs, including every track from Stuart's most recent studio record Outbound, together with his renowned classical adaptations, Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", Bach's "Prelude In C", and Debussy's "Dr. Gradus Ad Parnassu. Also included are his 'Quahogs Anyone?' solo from The Urge, and three tracks that Stuart recorded with experimental fusion trio GHS - "Nostalgia", "November", and "Wrong & Strong?". All transcriptions are presented in both standard notation and tablature, with chord symbols. In addition to the 18 transcribed songs, the book includes a Stuart Hamm biography, information on his basses, and detailed performance notes - with comments from Stuart himself - for each song. Stuart Hamm Bass Transcriptions: Outbound & Beyond is available for £19.99, only from Bassline Publishing