Product Description

2 CD Relative Pitch Ear Training Course - LEARN EVERY NOTE ON YOUR BASS GUITAR COMPLETELY BY EAR! No written text or sheet music. Over 50 recorded lessons. A proven system that will help you develop a strong musical ear, finger strength, and an understanding of music theory for bass guitar. Just pop in the CDs and follow the lessons from your very first note to every note -on every fret -on every string of your guitar. 2 CDs Total running time: approx. 1 hour 40 minutes. ***COURSE LAYOUT ***AUDIOBOOK CD 1: Descriptive narration, beginner friendly, yet progressive. Starting with a short specified range of notes on the first string. A note is played and held while you match it on your bass guitar, (If you don't find it the first time, don't worry, eventually the narrator tells you what note is being played). The range of notes is progressively made larger, adding string after string, note combinations, and exercises. By the end of disc one the student has learned every note, and every note combination on every string of the bass guitar, plus some very essential music theory, and exercises for improving ones playing abilities. ***AUDIOBOOK CD 2: Less narration than disc 1, and more music. Disc 2 can be used two different ways. 1. You can play along with CD 2 to improve finding the notes you hear as well as building your musical ear. 2. You can listen to CD 2 anytime, anywhere to help train your musical ear. For example: If you want to memorize the sound quality of a minor third interval, you can put track 4 on loop and listen to the exercises that are played on all strings up and down the fretboard. Do the same for any interval! In the end you will have learned to play every possible note combination on your bass guitar, as well as identify them when you here them played in songs. ***FREE AUDIOBOOK TECHNICAL SUPPORT: With the purchase of "Complete Bass Guitar By Ear" you also gain the author, Mark John Sternal, as a teacher. If you ever have any questions pertainin

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #844673 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-30
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Review
...Learning a lot. I'm almost 72, retired and having a lot of fun learning to play... -- FROM BILL MOORE, TN - 72 Years Old and Still Learning

I can't imagine how much more fun learning the guitar could be... 'Complete Guitar By Ear' is like having the best and most patient teacher ever--you'll learn the guitar and ear training at your own pace. Barry Rudolph, Music Connection Magazine --Music Connection Magazine

Where was this product years ago when I had no comprehension of intervals, pitch or a true practice regimen? Once again the savvy folks at MJS have produced a wonderful product designed pure and simply to help guitarists become better players. Chris Armold, Writer/Photographer, Guitar Digest --Guitar Digest Magazine

MORE than IMPRESSED! I’ve NEVER found any material to date that SIMPLIFIES Guitar Playing and Guitar Theory as these... -- FROM JEAN WOZNIAK, NY - Playing For Over 30 Years

Where was this product years ago when I had no comprehension of intervals, pitch or a true practice regimen? Once again the savvy folks at MJS have produced a wonderful product designed pure and simply to help guitarists become better players. Chris Armold, Writer/Photographer, Guitar Digest --Guitar Digest Magazine

Your Course is Great! Your narration & content flowed, keeping me interested all the way through both CD's. -- FROM AARON GONZALES, TN - Playing For Over 20 Years

From the Publisher
COMPLETE BASS GUITAR BY EAR 2 CD Relative Pitch Ear Training Course

LEARN EVERY NOTE ON YOUR BASS GUITAR BY EAR! No written text or sheet music. Recorded lessons focus on ear training, finger strength, and music theory. So simple a complete beginner can use it. Just pop in the CD and follow the lessons from your very first note to every note - on every fret - on every string of your guitar.

Disc 1 the learning disc. Very descriptive showing all you need to play guitar. Disc 2 advanced ear strengthening/training disc. Listen anytime, anywhere to help build your musical ear. *Improve pitch recognition, and note relativity *Music theory simplified *Start with one note and build at your own pace *Quickly learn every note on every string by ear *No sheet music or sight reading necessary *Strengthen your musical ear

From the Author
This method developed as a result of my students asking how I was able to learn songs by ear. During my weekly guitar lessons I would allow students to bring a tape or CD of a song they wanted to learn. I would listen to the song and write out the parts for my students. When they asked how I could do this, I used to tell them it comes with time. Still, students kept asking how they could learn to play by ear, so I put a system together. I've used this system with my private students for almost 10 years to date, (currently July 2005). Here's how it works in class: For part of a lesson, I'll have a music student face away from me. I'll tell them the general area where I'll be playing a note. example: First string, between the open and 4th fret. This gives the student five choices, open, 1st fret, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. I'll play a note and let the student find it. The lessons progressively advance as we go on until the student can play every note and note combination on every string. The results have been amazing! It has even worked with people who thought they were tone deaf. The Complete Guitar By Ear and Complete Bass Guitar By Ear CDs are the same lessons I teach my private students. Having seen the effectiveness of this method on all of my students I can honestly say I wish I had these CDs when I first started learning to play the guitar!

Mark John Sternal

Customer Reviews

Good for recognizing notes by ear...
I've been playing Bass for a year now, and I bought this two CD set (no book) hoping to really take my playing to the next level.

There are about 60 lessons in all, divided into Note Recognition, Finger Training, and Intervals.

The title is a bit deceptive, as the entire CD is based on a 4-string Bass, and has nothing to do with the 5th or 6th strings!

First, the good: The two CDs are good for helping you recognize different Bass notes and locating them anywhere on your Bass. You start with one string, find a note, then find another, until you can locate all the notes on that one string. Then you move onto the next string, until eventually you can find any note on any string. I find I can pick out notes more easily from songs and play along easier.(Unfortunately, this CD does not help at all with matching notes to what the guitarist is playing.)

The So-So: The Finger training exercises are really basic first-finger first-fret, second-finger second-fret exercise I didn't find useful at all, but maybe for a very beginner. The Interval training seems overly technical, and not really that useful for the playing Bassist. The author could spend more time explaining what these intervals are for! It does show you how to locate the same note on different strings I suppose. (The E on the open first string is also on the second fret at the third string, etc) but this will become quickly obvious to most Bass players who learn the notes on their Bass.

The Bad: The sound quality is good, but sometimes the sound drops out for a second or two, and some of the tracks sound like they were re-recorded over. Not a totally professional production.