The Complete Electric Bass Method: Intermediate Electric Bass: Bass Guitar Book & Online Audio

Overthrow avoids the trap of intermediate instruction that either retreads beginner material or throws students into the deep end without scaffolding. The arc from standard notation and TAB review through modes, tetrachords, and rhythmic variation respects where intermediate players actually are. His teaching experience across jazz studies, private instruction, and summer workshops means he knows exactly which concepts stick and which ones need hands-on, musical context to land.

The book guides you from familiar territory (review of notation and TAB) into expanded harmonic and technical terrain without ever losing the thread of real music. Whether you're working through slap and pop mechanics or mapping out tetrachords under a chord progression, the approach stays grounded in how these ideas actually sound and feel.

Electric bassists who read notation and TAB fluently and want to deepen their harmonic understanding, rhythmic flexibility, and technical toolkit. This is the natural next step after you've learned to play basic lines and are ready to explore how modes, passing tones, and varied rhythmic activity create more sophisticated bass work across jazz, funk, rock, and other styles.

• Record yourself playing through the walking bass lines and listen back to the pocket and note choice; this exterior ear catches phrasing habits you won't hear while playing.
• Work slap and pop technique slowly with a metronome, isolating the attack and mute placement before combining them with the feel of the tune.
• Use the modes section to comp over chord changes from songs you actually play; abstract knowledge becomes muscle memory fastest when tied to repertoire you care about.
• Build bass lines using the tetrachord and passing tone ideas over standards or blues changes in different keys; this transfers the theory directly into improvisation.

Assign this as a supplement for intermediate private students or ensemble musicians ready to strengthen their sight-reading, harmonic awareness, and technique in parallel. The online audio helps students internalize the feel of walking bass lines and slap techniques beyond what notation alone can convey, making it ideal for students preparing for jazz ensemble or advanced combo playing.

• Reading standard notation and TAB notation with fluency
• Constructing bass lines using major and minor scales
• Executing slap and pop technique with control and clarity
• Applying string muting to manage note definition
• Playing walking bass lines with groove and harmonic awareness
• Understanding and applying modes to chord progressions
• Identifying and using passing tones for voice leading
• Varying rhythmic activity within consistent harmonic frameworks