Download or read book Teach Yourself to Play Bass written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Bass Instruction). Do you want to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don't read music or have little to no musical experience? If so, this book is for you! Instead of standard music notation, this method uses tablature combined with rhythmic symbols to make learning fast and easy! Topics covered include: parts of the bass guitar * tuning * basic hand and finger positions * interpreting chord symbols and musical charts * major, minor and pentatonic scales * arpeggios * easy-to-interpret diagrams, photos and illustrations * and much more!