Lorenzo Feliciati’s New Book “Bass Geography” Maps Triads and Quadriads Across the Neck
After decades of playing and teaching, bassist and educator Lorenzo Feliciati has released his first instructional book. Bass Geography: Geography of the Triads and Quadriads helps to map out the fingerboard by using colorful diagrams. The aim of the book is to familiarize players with the entire neck, not just the old, familiar positions.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or an experienced bass player: sooner or later, we’ll realize that there are areas on the fretboard where we struggle to memorize or even know which notes are available,” the author explains. “Consequently, these are areas we try to haunt as little as possible, thus excluding the possibility of simplifying certain passages, easily connecting the chords of the composition we’re playing, and more generally making the most of the possibilities that geography on the bass fretboard offers us.”
Triads and quadriads are three and four-note chords. The book opens with basic theory on how they’re built and why they’re so important before diving into the patterns. Feliciati is extremely thorough in the examples, making this a master manual for finding chord tones across the neck on four and five-string basses.
“By the end of this book, you will have achieved a superior awareness of the bass fretboard and the ability to fully exploit the theoretical concepts studied,” the book description states.
Bass Geography is available now in paperback and kindle formats.
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
