Arpeggios are an important area of study for any musician, including bass players. But while you might have heard the term, you might be unsure what it means. An arpeggio is essentially a chord, played one note at a time. These arpeggio notes – also known as chord tones – are essential building blocks when […]

In the first part of this course you learnt three basic arpeggio types – major, minor and diminished. You’ll also have learnt how to harmonise the C major scale to create a series of diatonic arpeggios. In this course we’ll be continuing to work with the harmonised major scale. This time we’ll be doing this […]

If you’ve successfully worked through the Beginner Level scales and arpeggios material, this course is the next logical step. In this series of lessons we’ll be diving deeper into the ‘content over patterns’ methodology of learning scales. In doing so, we’ll be learning to play the major and minor scales all over the fingerboard, without […]

This video course is for students who have successfully worked through the first three parts and are now ready for the next step. In these lessons we’ll be revisiting the circle of fifths, focusing this time on the flat keys. By the end of this course, you will be comfortable with the theory behind the […]

If you’ve successfully worked through the previous parts of this course, you will now be comfortable with playing major and minor scales on the bass. In this course we are going to look at some additional exercises that you can use to deepen your fretboard knowledge and fluency with the scales. These exercises are also […]

In the Beginner Level Arpeggios courses we learnt three basic arpeggio types: major, minor and diminished. We also harmonised the C major scale to create chords from each degree of the scale, which we then played as a series of arpeggios. We eventually expanded this exercise – the harmonised major scale – to two further […]

This video course covers some very significant next steps in learning to play – and understand – arpeggios on the bass guitar. Not only will we begin looking at playing arpeggios over two octaves, but we’ll also be adding a new note into the mix: the seventh. Including the seventh in each of the basic […]

If you’ve successfully worked through the previous four parts of the Arpeggio courses, you should have a solid understanding of harmony. You’ll hopefully also be proficient in playing major and minor scales and the harmonised major scale exercise in all twelve keys. This course presents some new exercises which are designed to deepen your understanding […]

This course is a deep-dive into a very popular and useful scale – the major pentatonic. As you’ll learn from the course, the major pentatonic is derived from the major scale and works well in all styles of music. As bass players, the major pentatonic is an important scale for us to learn. With that […]

If you’ve successfully worked through the first part of this course, you’ll be familiar with the major pentatonic scale. This course is for bassists who are comfortable with the scale in all twelve keys, as the exercises presented here are written in a variety of different keys. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button […]