Chromatic Major Sounds In Two Octaves… One of the most important guiding thoughts that can be used to ready yourself for serious low end learning is...
Triadic Mastery… This is an exercise for professional playing ability that will raise your skill set several levels. I guarantee that you are going to have...
It’s a funny contradiction to say so, but when you work to put dead notes into your bass lines you can add quite a bit of...
Bass In The Spirit – James Jamerson… In our small world of bass playing the life work of James Jamerson will always remain an undeniably rock-solid...
Chromatic Walking Bass Lines… Considering all of the things that you can work on to get an upgrade to your walking bass skills it’s hard to...
Summertime for Bass… When you are adding another tune to your repertoire, especially one that will stretch your abilities, it is best to build on something...
Pentatonic scales are a leaner, meaner version of their big brother scales that have more notes and they have a certain built-in advantage that you can...
Modal Color… If you take your time in music learning there are nice surprises that await your hearing senses. It would seem to be an obvious...
For many bass players, asking them to go fully academic for any substantial length of time is like asking them to head straight to the gallows....
The quarter-note occupies a deceptively modest place in the pecking order of musical rhythms. You might even think that since you are getting along rather well...
In the minds of musicians the world over it hasn’t quite been determined which sound rankles them more: a three-note bass chord wreaking havoc in the...
It would be hard to think of a bass groove that is kicked to the curb more often than a blues shuffle. At the same time,...
This month we will cover how to throw down a walking bass line… The Walking Bass Line… With all of the mania for chops, chops, and...
Groove Deconstruction… Underneath any knuckle-busting groove is a pulse that provides a solid foundation for everything that happens on top of it. But what do you...
Remember that great bass line you keep coming back to year after year and yet it’s still not where you want it to be? Your fingers...