Alfred's Basic Bass Method Book 1 - Book & CD Author:Morty Manus, Ron Manus For individual or class instruction. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred s Basic Bass Method-the first and best choice for today s beginning guitar students. Book 1 features all the necessities including how to hold your bass, tuning your bass, right-hand and left-hand technique, basics of reading music, notes on... more » all four strings, scales, licks, and songs, how to read TAB, playing slides and accents, and photos and diagrams.« less