Bassist, producer and prolific author Josquin des Prés has written the next installment of Hal Leonard's Bass Builders Series of fine instructional books entitled Hip-Hop Bass-101 Grooves, Riffs, Loops and Beats. This is a book of 101 popular bass patterns used in the last 25 years of Hip-Hop music and, like all the Bass Builder Series, focus on the "purposeful building and development of your chops."

The easy-to-read book is divided into three sub-style sections that depict Hip-Hop's main geographical areas of germination: East Coast, West Coast and Down South. Each pattern is written in standard bass clef notation and also as bass guitar tablature with a complete bass notation legend refresher provided in the back of the book. There are 30 East Coast patterns, 37 West Coast Patterns and 29 Down South examples. Each pattern is referenced to an included audio CD, that des Prés played and produced to show you how they should sound.

At $14.95 MSRP, Hip-Hop Bass from Hal Leonard is an easy way to quickly understand and learn the bottom end of Hip-Hop music. You can buy it at: www.bassbooks.com. For more information about the book, you can contact Hal Leonard Publishing at 414-774-3630 or FAX 414-774-3259. The address is 7777 West Bluemound Road, P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213. Or Web to: www.halleonard.com


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