From the basics to getting started with your first song, you'll learn everything a bassist should know here. Numerous exercises notated in tablature, along with an additional rhythm line, make practicing easy for you. Step-by-step recordings of the correct finger positions also show you the right way to play for each example. The exercises and pieces are notated in traditional notation with tablature. The chord and scale libraries in this book are useful for any bassist to reference, and a small buying guide helps beginners find the right bass, amplifier, and necessary accessories. All original arrangements are included in full length on the CD, once in the band version with drums, keyboard, and guitar, and once as a backing track without bass, which you can play along with immediately.