Is Music Theory Important for Bass? It depends! What I mean by that is the level of music theory to learn. There are many life situations...
Inversion Chord Symbols, Slash Chords, Voicings, Voices, Doubled Factors, Typical Voicings In this episode of Music Mechanics we’ll discuss how to write chord symbols for inversions,...
After going through the process of learning all the different varieties of chords and arpeggios in root position on your instrument, the next step is to...
Chord Symbols for 7th Chords, Reasons for Good Notation Practices, and Chord Inversions Welcome back, friends! In this episode we’ll talk about chord symbols for seventh...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to continue with the second part on how to create a bass line...
7th Chord Formula Shorthand, the 7th Chords, Tertian/Non-Tertian 7th Chords, Other 7th Chords In Episode 21 we’ll discuss shorthand notation for the seventh chord formulas, how...
Major/Minor/Augmented/Diminished Triads, Enharmonic Triads, Chord Factors, and Seventh Chords In Music Mechanics 20 we’ll cover how to create a triad on any root, the major/minor/augmented/diminished triads,...
Interval Inversion, Transposition, Chords, Harmony, Triads, Dyads, Chord Symbols Welcome back, friends! In Music Mechanics 19 we’ll cover interval inversion, harmonic and melodic interval inversion, how...
5 Ways to Create a Bass Line – Part I Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to cover the...
Intervals (Part 2) – Simple & Compound Intervals, Shorthand, Steps & Skips… Music Mechanics 18 discusses how to handle problematic interval identifications, shorthand notation for interval...
“The Maw” Bass Play-through, featuring bassist Tyler Capone-Vitale… Bass Musician Magazine premiere…”The Maw” Bass Play-through from the recently released album Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction,...
Double Bass Scales… Discover Double Bass founder Geoff Chalmers has just released a great learning tool, Double Bass Scales, that at first seems applicable for upright...
Intervals (Part 1) – Number, Quality, and the Interval Formula… Music Mechanics 17 introduces the beginnings of harmony with intervals, including an interval’s number, quality, major/minor/augmented/double...
Kefas – “Lo Que Es Vivir” Bass Line… Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to cover, Kefas – “Lo...
Permutations of the 43 ESSENTIAL Rhythmic Subdivisions You Need to Know… Welcome back, friends! In Music Mechanics 16 we’ll cover permutations of the 43 common subdivisions,...