Our company manufactures an unusual musical instrument called the 'Mobius Megatar'. This is a new type of electric bass and guitar in one instrument. On its wide neck are mounted six bass strings and six higher-pitched melody strings.
A NEW WAY TO PLAY!
By touching or tapping upon these strings with the fingers of both hands, you can play music. This method makes piano-like technique possible -- such as playing a left-hand bassline or chords, and simultaneous right-hand chords or melody.
BOOK THREE -- PLAYING MELODY
In Book One (Easy Touch-Style Bassics) we presented a new method of play, both simpler and more powerful than other methods from the past. We learned the easy way to train both hands -- at the same time -- to play chords, and we introduced "Rhythm Bass," which means playing basslines and simultaneous rhythmic chords.
The key to rapid progress in this new method book was shown to be that each hand can operate in exactly the same manner to produce exactly the same notes.
The breakthrough given in this new method book is that, with the simple approach spelled out in that book, you can use each hand in exactly the same manner to produce exactly the same notes. Once you've learned to play a scale (or a chord) with each hand, you can then practice with both hands simultaneously. And this "doubling up" during your learning time almost halves the time required to learn to actually play some music. Or, put another way, you learn twice as fast. Half as much time to learn to play twice as fast? That's a good thing.
Then, in Book Two (Easy Touch-Style Rhythm) we revealed powerful bassline-plus-rhythm-chords techniques that can be quickly learned and easily done. We showed how easy it is to read rhythm in standard music notation, and how to use simple rhythms (some on your bass notes and some on your chord notes) to create complex and satisfying bass plus rhythm for any song.
We showed you how to play Walking Bass using only four simple rules. This book simply expanded on what you'd already learned to make bass-playing easy.
SO LETS PLAY SOME MELODIES!
Since you know the basics and the bass, it's time to play melodies. We've made this as easy as can be.
Some musicians feel timid about learning to read, because it can seem like a big deal. And, done wrong, it can be less than perfectly clear.
But we've made it simple and easy. Starting with the notes you already know (from Book One), you'll learn string by string, how to read. Three notes on this string, and some practice. Then three notes on the next string. Some practice. Three notes on the next string, and then three notes on one more string.
And now you can actually read and play simple songs. It's easy when you break it down like this. And because you learned about reading the rhythm in Book Two, you only have to think about one thing. What note goes on what string.
That's what we've done, and that's what you can do.
Then we show you some songs -- real songs, not Farmer in the Dell stuff -- and, wonderful news! You can now play these songs.
No longer does a musician need to be illiterate in music, because for the first time, there's an easy method for learning to read and play.
PLUS THE FAMOUS 'REAL BOOK!
The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time.
Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces.
The Hal Leonard company has created the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time!
Includes 400 songs: All Blues • Au Privave • Autumn Leaves • Black Orpheus • Bluesette • Body and Soul • Bright Size Life • Con Alma • Dolphin Dance • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • Easy Living • Epistrophy • Falling in Love with Love • Footprints • Four on Six • Giant Steps • Have You Met Miss Jones? • How High the Moon • I'll Remember April • Impressions • Lullaby of Birdland • Misty • My Funny Valentine • Oleo • Red Clay • Satin Doll • Sidewinder • Stella by Starlight • Take Five • There Is No Greater Love • Wave • and hundreds more!
EASY, STEP-BY-STEP GRADIENT
The basic key to rapid learning is to find the most useful building blocks, and to have each step build upon the last step in a clear step-by-step manner. This method began in Book One, and continued through Book Two.
You may not have been aware of it, but we arranged (in Book One and Book Two) to show you what you need to know ahead of time, so when you get to Book Three, you will be surprised how simple and clear it is.
For this reason, Bok Three should be studied *after* Book One and Two.
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HEAR EXAMPLE SONGS --
To hear songs played with the "touch-style" technique given in the Easy Touch-Style Melody method book, click on the recordings listed below. In differing styles, these songs were played on the Mobius Megatar instruments which we manufacture, using the two-handed touch-style method. When you hear a "bass" and "guitar", or a "guitar duet" it's just one musician playing both parts simultaneously! And the surprising thing is ... it's actually easier to learn than piano or guitar!
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PRESENTED IN EASY-TO-LEARN "BASS-BOTTOM" TUNING
This method assumes that you are using a specialty tapping instrument. (The techniques can be adapted to other kinds of bass or guitar, but is easiest on specialty instruments.)
As we will show, of all the tunings favored by touch-style musicians around the world, the tuning known as the BassBottom tuning appears to be the simplest and most powerful. In the bass region, strings are tuned the same as a normal 6-string bass, from Low-B up in fourths. In the melody region, strings are tuned in straight fourths, and slightly lower than normal 6-string guitar (for best tone). The dual straight-fourths tuning means simplified scale and chord-form layout, providing faster learning through simplicity.
This simple method permits you to place your left hand on bass strings, and your right hand on melody strings (much like a piano player does), and you can train your hands simultaneously on scales or chord forms, to make your learning very fast.
However, if you are using some other tuning, for example, the "Inverted Fifths" bass strings favored by Chapman Stick players, or if you're playing on an 8-string bass, a set of fretboard maps is provided in the appendix to make any notes you need, but Remember -- The melody strings in these other tunings are in the same fourths, and it's just as simple to learn reading the melody strings on a Chapman Stick as on a Mobius Megatar. There is no difference in learning to read melody on melody strings. It's easy either way.
THESE ARE PRINTED BOOKS
Both Easy Touch-Style Melody and the Hal Leonard Real Book Volume 1 are clearly printed on white paper, and have a 'comb binding,' so that the books will lie flat on your study table or music stand.
NOTE: Volumes 2 and 3 of the Real Book are available separately.
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BONUS! -- $20 Discount Certificate!
As a special bonus, our company has included a Discount Certificate, good toward the purchase of any Mobius Megatar touch-style guitar and bass, worth twenty dollars. The certificate is good for one calendar year from the time you purchase the Easy Touch-Style Rhythm method book, and can be applied toward any Mobius instrument purchased either through our EBay "Megatar Store" or any custom instrument purchased through our factory website! Need we point out that the Discount Certificate gives you more than you paid for the method book?
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GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION
As with musical instruments and most other items sold by Mobius Megatar, this book-on-CD is sold under the Mobius Megatar GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION: "If less than completely delighted with Book Two, Easy Touch-Style Rhythm, simply return (in same condition) within seven days for immediate refund of your purchase price, exclusive of shipping costs."
INCLUDED WITH YOUR PRINTED BOOKS
Book Three, your Easy Touch-Style Melody method book, contains 188 pages and over 300 charts and graphics and reading-practice measures, and 37 complete songs arranged for easy reading.step-by-step, plus over 50 pages of bonus and appendix sections, with additional bonuses on the CD ...
- (1) the method book includes a songbook of 37 practice songs
- (2) some of the sample songs are also recorded as MP3 files and included on the CD
- (3) An easy-to-understand harmony analysis method, additional (optional) how-to-read-in-any-key techniques, and blank chord graphs are provided
- (4) a History of Touch-Style is included, with pictures of specialty instruments and notable players
- (5) a complete Mobius Megatar Owner's Guide, with additional information about the Buzz Feiten Intonation System (or how to set standard intonation yourself) is included on CD
- (6) One-year discount coupon good for a $20 discount on any new Mobius Megatar specialty touch-style instrument
- (7) seven-day Universal Guarantee of Satisfaction
SHIPPING
Your printed books will be shipped within 3 business days, via the US Postal Service.
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Would you like to learn more about the Revolution of the Touch-Style method, and about the specialty instruments manufactured by Mobius Megatar?
Happily, it's far easier than you might imagine to play bass and guitar at the same time, using the new "Touch-Style" method, on an instrument specially manufactured to make the method easier. This instrument is called the "Mobius Megatar". The Megatar contains both a set of bass strings and a set of melody strings on one wide neck, and these strings can be played just by touching the strings with your fingertips. It's like playing piano on bass and guitar, and it's actually somewhat easier to learn than piano, or guitar, or bass!
For more information about the method see our "MEGATAR STORE" right here on Ebay! Be sure to click the "quick-tour" links at the top of the Megatar Store, and get the surprising facts about the Touch-Style method, about the revolutionary Mobius Megatar instrument, and about the Megatar Store where we stock instruments available for immediate shipment.
See you at the Megatar Store!
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