If you’ve worked through all of the previous thirteen courses in this series, you’ll have made fantastic progress with the instrument, and you’ll hopefully be hungry for more. The next few courses will cover some important topics including a new method for tuning the bass, as well as strategies for learning the remaining notes on […]

As you now probably know, the fingerboard of the bass guitar contains a great deal of symmetry and repetition. With this being the case, it stands to reason that there will be certain useful combinations of notes that fall naturally under the fingers wherever you are on the instrument. This video course – the first […]

The previous video course covered the first ‘box shape’, an extremely usable group of notes that fall easily under the hand at any point on the fingerboard. This course will take this concept a little further, adding one more note to the existing shape. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to receive […]

This video course covers sixteenth notes, a new rhythmic element that will open up a lot of additional possibilities in terms of playing creative and interesting basslines. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to receive the PDF that accompanies these lessons! This course is 21 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, […]

Phrasing techniques are simple additions to your toolkit that will enable you to play smoother, more effective basslines. They’ll also allow you to add a more expressive edge to your playing, in turn enabling you to find your own unique voice on the bass. The phrasing techniques that will be covered in this course include […]

This course introduces a new rhythm – the triplet. This rhythm is a little different to the others that have been covered so far but is another important one to be aware of. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to receive the PDF that accompanies these lessons! This course is 15 MINUTES […]

The blues is one of the oldest of all musical styles, and many of today’s most popular musical genres take their origins from it. As bass players, it’s a style that we will be called upon to play often, so it’s important to have a solid grounding in the basics. To that end, this video […]

Learning scales tends to be one of the least popular parts of learning a musical instrument. Regardless, they are essential building blocks for harmony/music theory and whatever your aspirations as a bass player, you’ll need to have some familiarity with them. This course covers the basic major and minor scales. Don’t forget to hit the […]

At various points in these courses you’ll have heard the term ‘arpeggio’, which as you might already know, is the name given to the notes in a chord played one at a time rather than all together. Arpeggios are incredibly important to us as bass players and are the foundation of all good basslines. This […]

This study piece is the first of five longer pieces that will enable you to put everything you’ve learned on this course to the test. This piece is a rock bassline that for the most part, is built on simple eighth note patterns. You can play this piece with either your fingers or a plectrum. […]