Product Description

This excellent book in our Bass Builders series features 101 authentic hip-hop bass lines spanning 25 years of urban music and covering East Coast, West Coast and Down South styles. The accompanying CD includes 98 full-demo tracks - performed by acclaimed bassist and author Josquin des Pres - and the book includes standard notation and tab.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #699973 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

The title says it all
I just received this book a couple of days ago, and it was slightly different than my expectations. This book has a one page introduction, which describes the differences and origens of east coast, west coast, and down south styles. After that, it is 101 grooves, riffs, and loops to practice. Most of these musical examples are 2-4 measures in length and repeat. This is not nessecarily a bad thing, just different than what I had expected. I give the book four stars because even though the examples are great and varied, I was hoping there would be a little more written explanation to go along with the examples to help me understand them better.

Very Helpful in Understanding Hip-Hop Music
I enjoyed this product Hip Hop Bass very much. Earlier I had bought my first bass book on Funk Bass. After finishing Hip Hop Bass, I can say there are a lot of styles in what we today called Hip Hop. Hip Hop borrows music from a variety of rich sources such as: swing, funk, disco, and a variety of Latin music styles. I feel that my rhythmic abilities have increased because of Hip Hop Bass and that this book really opens you to the different movements such as West Coast, East Coast, and Down South. The first page gives a description of some of the differences between styles and a little history lesson as well. In all, I thought this book was a very good beginning tool to anyone with a curiosity with Hip Hop and an interest in using some of these ideas in their music whatever style it happens to be.

Great Education!
This book is full of funky little progressions that really taught me a lot! I've been playing for a few years and wanted to expand my playing style...glad I picked this book up! I highly recommend it.