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Bass for Kids – Hal Leonard Beginner Bass Method | Step-by-Step Lessons with Popular Songs | Learn Notes, Counting, and Technique | Online Audio Play-Along Tracks | Chad Johnson Instruction Book

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A Fun and Easy Bass Method for Kids Bass for Kids is a beginner-friendly course that helps children learn bass guitar quickly and easily. Designed by Hal Leonard and written by Chad Johnson, this method introduces young learners to essential techniques, including reading notes, hand positioning, and counting rhythms. The simple, clean page layouts ensure kids stay engaged and focused on one concept at a time. Step-by-Step Learning with Play-Along Songs Featuring excerpts from popular songs like Crazy Train, Every Breath You Take, A Hard Day’s Night, and Wild Thing, this book keeps kids motivated and excited to practice. The method can be used with or without a bass teacher, making it ideal for parents who want to teach their children, even with no prior musical experience. Includes Online Audio for Practice and Play-Along Audio tracks are available for streaming or download, allowing kids to hear examples and play along with real backing tracks. This book serves as an excellent music teacher resource and makes a great gift for young bassists beginning their musical journey. Songs Included All Along the Watchtower Baba O'Riley Crazy Train Dreams Every Breath You Take Get Up, Stand Up Gimme Some Lovin' A Hard Day's Night Imagine Love Me Do My Generation My Girl Smells Like Teen Spirit Stir It Up Wild Thing With or Without You Wonderful Tonight. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard


Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2010


Edition ‏ : ‎ Pap/Com


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1423498488


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 83


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.09 x 12 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #259,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #25 in Bass Guitar Songbooks #128 in Children's Music (Books) #1,357 in Music Instruction & Study (Books)


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    • Cool rock songs, not stodgy old songs and exercises like a lot of method books
Format: Paperback
Fantastic book for kids. Teaches using pieces of cool rock songs, not stodgy old songs and exercises like a lot of method books. Our 7-year-old really responded well to this book and learned quickly. The MP3 examples and jam-along tracks were a great confidence builder. Many have a slow version with a metronome and the bass only as well as a band arrangement minus the bass at the normal tempo. He loved jamming along and "rocking out" with the band arrangements. My only complaints (which are minor) are... 1. The arrangement is incorrect for the "Every Breath You Take" excerpt that is used in the book. This required some "unlearning" when he started working on the complete song. 2. About halfway through the book is the song "Hard Days Night" which has the student learn the intro, verse, and chorus sections. I don't know why they didn't include the bridge section as well. It's any harder than the rest of the parts and would allow the student to be able to play a complete song. I showed my son how to play the bridge section in a couple of minutes and with a few tries he was playing the whole song. 3. I wish the band arrangement play-along MP3's were much longer. They are mostly just a couple of bars long which is OK. However, having play-along MP3's that are longer promote two things, stamina and learning the ability to find your place in the song if you mess up. I ended up using a DAW to cut up and extend many of the MP3's so that they were at least two minutes long. All-in-all I highly recommend this book! It was a very successful first method book for our son and got him excited about playing the bass. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018 by Clement Yonkers
    • Love it.
Format: Paperback
Love this beginner's book. Has songs we can recognize. Very jazzy.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020 by Audrey S.
    • Four Stars
Format: Paperback
Well-written book but I can't find the audio tracks that go with it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018 by Wendy W.
    • Good visual instructions
Format: Paperback
Got this for my son who wanted to learn the bass. He is a visual learner. This book has lots of pictures of hand and finger placement for chords. My son was originally skeptical about it. After a couple days though he asked if they have an advanced book cause it was so helpful for him.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023 by jas73
    • Great for beginners of any age
Format: Paperback
Perfect for beginners at any age level. Helps keep your interest in playing, by easy lessons on popular songs.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018 by dburggraf
    • Good Curriculum
Format: Paperback
This is good curriculum from both the teacher and student perspective.
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2020 by A. Chastain
    • Bass For Kids Hall Leonard Method
Format: Paperback
Very good beginner book for kids. Nice easy steps to reading bass cleff. I higly recommend this book for new bass students.
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2013 by Leah Hall
    • I'm returning it. Bad hand position, bad fingering choices, fingers bent backwards - no, thanks.
Format: Paperback
Pages 2 - 5: Useful information and pictures about buying the right size bass, how to hold it, etc. Page 6: Picture shows a bad left hand position, wrist pushed up. Page 8: Shows using 3rd finger, not 4th, and the finger is bent backwards - two bad things. Page 10: Same bad hand position picture as page 6. Page 14: Same wrong finger, bent backwards as page 8. ... and more of the same. I teach 1-2-4 fingering, same as upright. I teach "guitar" fingering, 1-2-3-4, once we get to about the 5th fret or so, as an option. Not the book for me and my students. I'm returning it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2025 by Steve Freides

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