Freestyle Bass Playing The Nμsys Method
By N Heaps
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About this ebook
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.
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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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I 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
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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