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Electric bass didactics by Gaetano Ferrara

Contents

INTRO

OBJECTIVES

1. Role of the electric bass in music

Structural elements of music: rhythm

Structural elements of music: melody

Structural elements of music: harmony

Not just electric bass

Beyond the harmonic foundation

The modern bass

Summary diagram

2. What the electric bass is made of

Body components

Bridge

Electronic components (pickups)

Pickguard

Strap Pin

Neck components

Headstock and tuning machines

Fingerboard (or fretboard)

Nut, frets and position markers

Truss rod

Corde e scalatura

Schema riassuntivo

3. Tipologie e modelli di bassi elettrici

Fender Precision (1951)

Fender Precision (1957)

Fender Jazz (1960)

Music Man StingRay (1976)

G&L (1980)

Rickenbacker 4001 (1961)

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