All the Good Stuff: How I Practice

I'm about 10 pages into this book as part of my serious practice routine, and it's outstanding. I especially love how the TAB portions are in a completely separate section, rather than directly underneath the standard notation. It gives the option to cheat, if you feel the need to check fingerings, but not get distracted by a crutch that can hinder real progress. After 30 minutes of exploring the exercises for future daily practice sessions, I'm already inspired and can foresee the positive impact it will have on my bass playing. Overall, a great resource to incorporate into any study of the instrument and your sound within it.

This is absolutely some of the best instructional books I've ever come across for bass guitar. Very thought provoking and creative ways of breaking up mundane boring practice scales into musical lines, I've purchased many books that just don't even come close to the meaningfulness of these books.The only caveat I can see is the binding. I prefer music study books with spiral binding, plastic comb etc. Thus, my only suggestion would be to just buy Janeks books on his website. And print out what you're going to use the most, and use plastic sleeves in a 3 ring binder.

Well written, good practice book for shaping, and resolution of chord tone passages. A must practice for the serious bassist.

Lots of great exercises that have greatly improved my technique and hunger for growth on my instrument. Not a beginner book per say, but, I have shown some of these exercises to my students with great success.

Not really for beginners but great for intermedand experienced players to improve and stay focused! Too much for most beginners but fantastic material!!

This was a birthday present for my long time friend who is a musician and he was so happy once I gave it to him!!

Some of the best instruction I've come across in years! Thanks Janek!

Great book. The only thing I would change about it is that I would have the bass clef and tab together. Not in separate sections.

Gli esercizi sono pochi. Il libro è di tante pagine solo perché ogni esercizio viene scritto in tutte le tonalità e c'è la sezione in tablatura ed in chiave di violino. Un peccato perché gli esercizi sono validi, molto moderni rispetto ai soliti metodi che girano.

... il n'y a aucune mise en contexte des exercices. Il y a bien une explication, mais un peu courte. Et rien de plus.De plus, la mise en page est discutable, un poil chip et pas logique. Les tablatures sont, par exemple, à la fin de l'ouvrage, en annexes... Je lis la musique, mais les tablatures sont parfois une aide, un guide de placement des doigts. Là, nous sommes obligés de faire des aller-retours entre les pages... pas simple.

Clearly laid out, increasingly challenging practice programme. Recommended.

Dieses Übungsbuch ist das Geld nicht wert. Auch wenn Janek Gwizdala ohne Zweifel ein sehr guter und anerkannter Musiker ist: dieses Buch ist nutzlos und lässt alle Fragen unbeantwortet. Ärgerlich ist zudem, das der schmale Inhalt einfach mal verdreifacht wird, um das Büchlein umfangreicher erscheinen zu lassen (die Übungen werden in drei unterschiedlichen Abschnitten im F-Schlüssel, C-Schlüssel und als Tabulatur abgedruckt). Im Prinzip gibt es wie in seinen Videos sehr viel heiße Luft um nichts.Die Übungen scheinen sich an interessierte Amateure zu richten, die aber widerum keinerlei Hinweise zu Fingersätzen finden. Dann wird ein pseudoharmonischer und fragmentarischer Kontext aufgesetzt, der die Läufe wohl bedeutungsvoll erscheinen lassen soll. Selbstverständlich werden alle Fingerübungen durch die Tonarten geschoben, was zwar der Griffbrettorientierung dienen kann, ansonsten aber für viele Hobbymusiker wie mich enfach nutzlos ist.Für das Geld empfehle ich eher die Anschaffung einer seiner CDs, oder Sideman Aufnahmen, die sind deutlich besser.

Very good for bass practice,ver happy with it.