HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT EAR TRAINING. THE EXERCISE I SUGGESTED LAST TIME IS THE FIRST PART OF...
The last two lessons I’ve presented in Bass Musician Magazine have hopefully made it clear that you can use the harmonic minor scale for the ii/V/i...
Reader Submission: Rob Collier, May 2011… The Hand That Rocks the Radle With bass virtuosos, session super-heroes, and low end innovators from Jamerson to Jaco getting...
Welcome back to part 3 of our Chords for Bass Lesson. This lesson is really a continuation of last months lesson where we focused on 7th...
The last few months we have been working on chord voicings in the C-G-D-A altered tuning. In our continuing look at that tuning it’s time to...
Welcome back to Bass Lines! Here it is, Part II. Thanks a lot for your comments and for the appreciation of Part I. This time I...
This month’s article will address, which in my opinion, is probably the most important asset that we the bass players have when it comes to exercising our profession…...
HI MY FRIENDS!!!! IT’S REALLY COOL TO BE HERE AGAIN. I’M AMAZED TO BE AMONG THIS AWESOME STAFF; BASS MUSICIAN MAGAZINE IS REALLY GROWING FAST! I...
Building the ultimate musical instrument would be a noble goal for any inspired craftsman. Such an instrument would need to have multiple sonic capabilities and an...
Welcome back to my lessons on world domination. This month we’re going to look into open chord triads, as opposed to last month were we looked...
Meet Steve Gregory – The other day, I heard a recording of an Elvis performance that went horribly, horribly wrong. The band went one direction, “the...
Meet Andrea Fascetti – HI MY FRIENDS, IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT MY LESSONS. REMEMBER THAT...
Meet Bill Harrison – Last time (http://tinyurl.com/minorkeymystery) we had a quiet little chat about using the harmonic minor scale as our “go to” choice for V...
Meet Joshua Barnhart – Very recently I complied a list of the 23 most common Jazz chords. Maj6 Maj7 Maj9 Maj#11 Maj13 Min6 Min7 Min9 Min11...
Meet Joshua Barnhart – Welcome back to the third installment of our chord studies. This month we’re going to just look at 7th chords. In most...
