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    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method
    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method
    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method
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    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method

    By N Heaps

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    The Nμsys Method is a revolutionary approach to learning and playing the Electric Bass Guitar.
    Working from the basic concepts of music perception the author redefines what and how we write, interpret and play the Bass Guitar.
    Setting aside the traditional 'catch all' of sheet music and the need to remember complex series of letters the user is introduced to a system based on seven numbers and two simple seven position patterns on the instrument.
    Doing the difficult work before even picking up the instrument you can be playing great Bass Lines in a few hours.
    The experienced Bass Player also benefits from an amazingly simple intuitive method of writing songs and playing them back using the simple specific code of the Nμsys Method.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherN Heaps
    Release dateJul 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301323227
    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method
    Author

    N Heaps

    Nigel has worked in Law Enforcement for the past 20 years, much of the time spent developing and delivering training solutions for physical skills.In his spare time he was the Chairman of a charity representing veterans of the British Nuclear Weapons Testing Programme - The BNTVA.Nigel was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queens Birthday Honours list 2016 for his work for the Nuclear Veterans.He now works directing a company that delivers communication and systems to charities which also delivers projects into the nuclear community.He lives in Castle Donington, Derbyshire, UK with his partner and their young daughters.

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      I can't believe this is an actual book.. You are doing nothing new compared to the nashville number system. Stop confusing new musicians. If I could rate this 0/10 I would.

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    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method - N Heaps

    Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method

    By

    Nigel Heaps

    Published By Nigel Heaps at Smashwords

    Copyright 2013 Nigel Heaps

    All rights reserved

    Non-Fiction

    Photographic Images courtesy of Phaitoon, nuttakit, phanlop88 and Dino De Luca at FreeDigitalPhotos

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    ISBN 9781301323227

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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    Introduction

    Having played the bass guitar for a number of years in various bands and being entirely self-taught I was always believed there was a method of learning and playing songs that was adaptable and simple to use.

    Not liking mystical concepts that are difficult to grasp and searching for a way to develop a system for playing that made the whole task as simple as possible yet still delivering a quality sound I eventually developed the Nμsys Method of writing down and playing songs.

    As I began to work on the Nμsys Method I realised that it would be a really practical way of teaching someone to play the instrument from the outset. The complete beginner will still need to learn a little music theory so they can understand how the system works and how everything in music is related but at the end of the day they only need to learn the very basics.

    This book is divided into three sections: Part One is intended for students with little or no knowledge of music. Part Two is for musicians who wish to get straight to the meat of the Nμsys Method and Part Three is the reference section with a collection of reference charts to help you write and play songs with the Nμsys Method along with detailed instruction on setting your bass guitar up properly.

    Table Of Contents

    Part One – The Beginners Guide

    The Basics of Music

    Timing

    Introduction to the Nμsys Method

    The Key to Music

    Developing Riffs

    Pentatonic Scale Riffs

    Finding the Key and Nμsys Coding

    Playing Positions

    Mid Fill Runs

    Alternate Key Descriptors

    Passing Chords

    The Building Blocks of Song Structure

    Finding the Elusive Bass Note

    Tablature

    Chord Listings

    Developing Your Skills Further

    Part Two – Already a Bass Player – Just Learn the System

    The Nμsys Method

    The Basics

    Encoding

    Encoding riffs and fills

    Pentatonic Scale Riffs

    Fills

    Drop and Lift Notes

    A Modern Example

    Need to represent a note in one of the blank spaces?

    Breaking the song into sections

    Alternate Key Descriptor

    Using Nμsys

    Part Three – Reference Section

    Tuning

    Action and Intonation

    Encoding Reference Tables

    Nμsys Method Characters

    Understanding Tablature

    Appendix: Some Traditional Songs recorded in the Nμsys Method

    Part

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