Top 10 best-selling Bass Guitar Music Books

Inside this comprehensive guide, bassists will find countless exercises to help warm up and hone their coordination, nail pentatonic scales, major and minor scales and arpeggios.

From Billy Eilish and Lizo to U2 and Coldplay, 'First 50 Pop Songs You Should Play on Bass' is a great songbook for beginners but also for more experienced bassists.

Jon Liebman's 'Bass Aerobics' includes 52 exercises Liebman conceived exclusively for bassists. The various playing techniques and styles are extensively covered and come with access to 52 online audio workouts.

The Electric Bass Method Complete Edition compiles all previously published Hal Leonard Bass Method lesson books into one all-encompassing edition aimed at anyone who's interested in learning how to play on bass.

Bassists interested in jazz will get a great deal from this book. It focusses on bass guitarists and double bassists who want to start playing walking basslines over jazz standards.

The Real Book Multi-Tracks songbooks have been compiled for musicians who want to study styles like jazz, blues and funk. Vol. 5 Jazz Funk contains ten lead-sheets for C, Bb and Eb instruments and parts in the key of F - including multi-track accompaniments.

Written for young beginner bassists, this book helps kids get to know their instrument by offering clear exercises and introductions to classic bass lines from songs by legends like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Bob Marley and U2.

In Voggenreiter's English-language book Electric Bass Basics, you will find the main basics of the electric bass guitar as well as various playing techniques, scales and finger exercises.

Voggenreiter's book 173 Easy Rock Bass has been one of the standard works in teaching bass guitar for years. The simple concept is well thought out so you can make quick progress even with self-study.