A good way to spice up your lines and add a melodic twist to your phrasing when soloing over the II m 7- V7- I major...
The 43 ESSENTIAL Rhythmic Subdivisions You Need to Know… Welcome back, friends! In Music Mechanics 15 we’ll review the definition of “common” rhythms, discuss the improper...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to cover, Miles Davis – “All Blues”! “All Blues” is a jazz composition...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… Music Mechanics 14 continues with rhythmic notation, discussing time signatures, a waltz, 4/4 (common time), 2/2 (cut time), ties,...
I was in a recording studio a couple of years ago and was just practicing the song I was about to record. My bandmate was looking...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… Music Mechanics 13 continues with the Circle of Fifths, “cheats” to quickly determine a key signature, the correct method...
This month we are going to cover, No Doubt – “Hella Good”! Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! “Hella Good” is a song by...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… In Music Mechanics 12 we will explore parallel major and natural minor scales, key signatures, relative major and minor...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… In Music Mechanics 11 we’ll discover the natural minor scale, the natural minor scale formula, minor scale fingerings, enharmonic...
Bass Lines: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”… Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going...
New Online Funk Bass Course… Tim Fletcher takes a look at a new online funk bass course from Dan Hawkins. Dan has been hard at work...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… In MM10 we’ll explore the major scales, correct fingerings on the piano, enharmonic scales, scale degrees, and scale degree...
This month I will share 9 Ways To Improve Your Bass Playing… 9 Ways To Improve Your Bass Playing… We can sometimes get into a rut...
What do guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt and Muddy Waters have in common? How about piano players like Elton John, Erroll Garner and Jerry Lee...
Thumb Position… In this issue we’ll take a look at the upper register of the upright bass, often called thumb position. A link to my book...