Bass Method

The legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this in-depth book, which features solo exercises and arpeggios, music fundamentals, right- and left-hand positions, scales, chords, exercises in tenths, rhythm patterns with 'drops', diminished chords, runs and variations, blues patterns, and extension scales and exercises.
This book boasts beautiful black and white photos showing the various hand positions described in the text.