Chad Johnson is a prolific figure in the world of music education and performance. His contributions span across instructional literature, performance, and composition, marking him as a versatile and influential musician.
Johnson has authored over 40 instructional books for Hal Leonard Corporation. These include:
- The Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method
- Pentatonic Scales for the Guitar: The Essential Guide
- Nirvana Guitar Signature Licks
- All About Bass
- Chops Builder for Guitar
- Guitarist's Guide to Scales Over Chords
And many more.
His extensive catalog demonstrates his commitment to music education, providing resources for guitarists and bassists of all levels.
Performance and Composition
When not authoring or editing, he has toured and performed throughout the east coast in various bands and works as a session guitarist, composer, and recording engineer. He currently resides in Anna, TX (North Dallas), where he keeps busy with an active freelance career.
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Introducing the talented Chad Johnson
The Bass Guitar and Chad Johnson's Contribution
The bass guitar is a truly unique instrument, and its role in modern popular music is well-defined. About 400 years ago, the first basslines were born, and the evolution of instruments producing mesmerizing bass frequencies began.
In this book you will find thirty transcriptions of original compositions designed primarily for solo playing, with the aim of attracting attention on social media. However, there are no self-serving technical pieces or even circus stunts here.
The pieces in this book are built around three techniques: fingerstyle, slap bass, and playing with the plectrum. The length of the pieces is usually between 45-90 seconds, which is longer than a simple exercise, but shorter than a standard song structure.
This makes them ideal for players who want plenty of inspiration but don’t want to learn whole songs or long etudes. Each piece is notated in standard notation and TAB and is accompanied by some brief performance notes.
Bass Gym 101 Series
Welcome to the eleventh book in the Bass Gym 101 series, a collection of books for bassists who want to push their playing to the next level. We’ve reached the magic number of 1111 exercises, covering all of the important aspects of bass playing: warm-ups using the finger-per-fret system, arpeggios, pentatonics, all types of scales, odd time signatures, slap bass, plectrum technique, and chord playing.
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From the author… In writing this book, my intention was to write fun, practical and, above all, inspiring exercises that will guide the student through the various positions on the fretboard.
The bass guitar’s fretboard is divided into four zones (or positions, if you prefer): from the open strings to the third fret (1st position), from the third to the sixth fret (2nd position), through the sixth to the ninth fret (3rd position) and finally from the ninth to the twelfth fret (4th position).
Inside you will find 101 exercises that will take you through all the positions on the bass in a structured, logical sequence. These exercises will also get you playing in different musical styles, using the most common melodic and rhythmic patterns of popular basslines.
As the book is primarily aimed at beginner and intermediate players, you won’t find any of the more demanding techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills etc. However, each exercise has been written for a specific playing situation and is immediately applicable to music practice.
I’ve paid close attention to melody, clear phrasing and of course playability.
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