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How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Bass Lessons for Beginners (Play Music in 14 Days)

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How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Lessons for Beginners – with free audio downloads or streaming – is presented in an easy-to-follow format to help you learn to play bass quickly.If you're looking for the best bass guitar book for beginners, look no further! Seasoned author and editor Michael Mueller has written an easy-to-follow beginning bass book methodically designed to teach you all the essential rhythms, scales, and techniques you’ll need to start playing your favorite songs!Teach yourself to play bass guitar with this jam-packed book with tons of fundamental bass skills and exercises.You’ll learn:Fingerstyle TechniqueReal-World Bass LinesFundamental Rhythms: Basic to AdvancedMajor, Minor & Pentatonic ScalesPlus!HarmonicsMuting TechniqueLegato TechniqueRake TechniqueThe Blues ScalesThe Shuffle RhythmSlap- and-Pop TechniquePlay-along tracks for this bass instruction book included!This is the perfect first lesson for beginner bass players. Also great for teaching a beginner how to play the bass! All music examples are presented in easy-to-follow tab. So, as new bass concepts are introduced, you’ll be able to quickly apply them to your bass.This bass book is from the top-ranked series Play Guitar in 14 Days from Troy Nelson Music.About Michael Mueller: Over the past 20 years, Michael Mueller has authored over 20 instructional guitar books, with over 375,000 units sold. Titles include the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, Acoustic Guitar Tab Method, and Scale-Chord Relationships. He has also edited countless others, including the top-selling Guitar Aerobics (Troy Nelson) and Ukulele Aerobics (Chad Johnson) titles. Additionally, he has served as the Editor at top guitar magazines Guitar One and Guitar Edge, and he’s contributed to Guitar World, Jazz Times, and Sirius XM, among others.Note: To ensure that you receive a quality product and customer service, be sure to buy directly from Amazon rather than from a marketplace seller.FREE access to audio demos – download or streaming – for each music example!Free shipping with Amazon Prime. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published


Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2020


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 55 pages


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 96


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.13 x 11 inches


Part of series ‏ : ‎ Play Music in 14 Days


Best Sellers Rank: #446,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #337 in Music Exercises #823 in Guitars (Books) #2,488 in Music Instruction & Study (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Very helpful book, a good learning plan
Format: Kindle
I am an experienced guitar player but want to learn to play bass, so I have a pretty good knowledge of music theory. This book has definitely helped me, I am about halfway through and I've discovered that bass is more of a different instrument to learn. The lessons are manageable, but instead of 90 minute sessions I've found it's effective to go through a session in 30-40 minutes, then repeat it the next day for another 30-40 minutes. The early lessons are a little boring, but you build on the early stuff later on. I definitely recommend this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2021 by James Laabs
    • Great Book With A Misleading Title.
Format: Paperback
Anytime I see a title and/or description that promises amazing results on an instrument in a very short time I laugh. HARD. Many times when a beginner (who this book is aimed at) does not accomplish what the title misleadingly promises, it causes them to give up when all they really need to do is take the material very slowly and at THEIR OWN pace. Promises of shortcuts to glory are NEVER true. This book is a perfect example of the old saying about if things sound to good to be true..... I'm a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, mandolin, ukelele, keys, several woodwind & brass instruments) who started playing guitar and bass in the mid 1970's. I can tell you that becoming an accomplished musician takes years of dedicated time and work and continues for the rest of your (musical) life. Based on all those years of experience, and having purchased and looked at this book I can tell you with certainty that if you are a beginner at bass guitar you may learn SOME bass playing in 14 days using this book but you ARE NOT going to even be ready to just jam with others. Now having said all that, the book is actually a very good book material wise. So if you disregard the misleading title and the pressure to learn to master the bass in just 14 short days and take each lesson or portion of a lesson at your own pace this book will serve you well. Also remember NOT to try and completely master each portion before moving on. When you can play each example with few (bit still some) mistakes then move on to the next example. The one star deduction is for the misleading title and also for the fact that the book is in TAB format ONLY. I am not anti-TAB but I do believe that to be a fully skilled and well rounded player of any instrument you need to learn to read standard music notation. So this is another way this book fails to teach basic necessities of playing bass. If you don't have unrealistic expectations based on the misleading title this book will help you on your journey to learning to play the bass. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2024 by James R. Shunamon
    • As expected
Format: Paperback
Looks good - came as seen - intact and nice book
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2025 by John Youngblood
    • This is a great Book, and it will teach you what you need to know
Format: Paperback
The book starts off really slow, but don't gloss over the exercises, you will definitely need to build on them as you go. The lessons build in intensity with the exercises and counting until the last two lessons, where it will catapult you into the world of Bass. If you have understood and practiced each section carefully during the last week, the excitement is hard to contain and tremendous restraint is required on day 13 to keep you off of day 14 until you really own the previous day. Day 14 has you playing a couple of intense songs which are really good, throwing in all the tricks. The last song, as they say, "is above your paygrade", but a real delight to practice for the days to come. When you have played the Day 14 songs until you own them and start goofing around after the 1 beats, you are ready to get into a local band that is preparing to gig parties and similar events while the band tightens it's chops together to start clubbing. You will have done everything you have to know how to do with the book, (Rhythms, bends, Hammerons/pulloffs passing notes, etc), then it's a matter of spending time putting them into the songs that the band wants to play. Record every practice with the band, and work in the things you learned between jam/practice sessions with the band. Practice hard until you get a set, and you'll never look back. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022 by JZ Gray
    • playing the bass guitar
Format: Paperback
was not what i expected. there are no chord configurations in the book and instructions too technical for beginners.
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2025 by thomas young
    • Great Start
Format: Paperback
I was the last person to ever think I would learn bass from a book and not video instruction, but this is a well written book and it definitely broke the ice for me! It is a must buy! So good, i purchased the pentatonic scale version as well. The included audio clips make it 100% worth every penny. Listen as you read, then play it back. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021 by J. Rey
    • 14 days was too ambitious
Format: Paperback
I like this book alot. It is a methodical approach to learning the bass guitar and the online soundbites help. It took me alot longer to get through the book because my non calloused fingers simply got sore! Anyone could follow the instruction, just don't expect a 2 week miracle where you play like Paul McCartney. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023 by Bonnie L.
    • the order was fufilled
Format: Paperback
it came in today, in good shape. What do I do with the incorrect book that came in yesterday ?
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2025 by Carmine

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