From Associate Editor Rick Suchow… I’d like to introduce a new regular feature in Bass Musician Magazine beginning this month. Ed Lucie is the Associate Professor of the...
Cool tapping tech on min 9 chords!
This month’s article won’t be a long one, and it will be dedicated to emphasizing which, in my opinion, is the most important aspect within the...
Inversions can be a real fun way of using the fourth and fifth elements of the bass line hierarchy (from my column back in November). If...
HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS! HOW ARE YOU? HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT SUMMERTIME! NOW AS SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER, WE CAN RESTART TO STUDY OUR EXERCISES…...
BASS LINES BY JAIME VAZQUEZ: THE SIXTEENTH-NOTE GROOVE PART IV – Rocco Prestia’s STYLE… Hello BMM and Community! I know that you’ve been waiting for the...
Finding Your Own Voice Cross Pollination part 2: Shadow Voice by Jimi Durso… Last month I spoke (or rather wrote) on finding inspiration in other styles....
Jazz Improvisation with Andrea Fascetti: Bebop Lesson 4… HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES! HOW ARE YOU? ARE YOU STILL PRACTICING BEBOP STUFF? I HOPE YOU’RE...
Guide Tones by Joshua Barnhart… Welcome back it’s been a while. This time we’re going to jump into ‘Guide Tones’. “What are guide tones?” you ask. Well...
Creating Bass Lines – Part 2 by Rhayn Jooste (View Part 1) Connecting the Dots Now comes the fun part, connecting the changes. Once you have...
Creating Bass Lines by Rhayn Jooste… This series of articles is in response to a question I had on twitter that I was not able to formulate...
BASS LINES BY JAIME VAZQUEZ: THE SIXTEENTH-NOTE GROOVE PART III – DAVE ELLEFSON’S STYLE… Hello bass players! Welcome to the third part of the article devoted...
Finding Your Own Voice – Cross Pollination by Jimi Durso… One great way to expand what you’re musically capable of (and thus find out what you really...
JAZZ IMPROVISATION WITH ANDREA FASCETTI – BEBOP LESSON NUMBER 3… HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS! HOW ARE YOU? HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING BEBOP LINES? I HOPE YOU...
Hello BMM and Community! It’s summertime and here it is, Part II! For this edition, I have some grooves from my BMM colleague and 6 string bass virtuoso,...