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...
How to Clean Your Bass Guitar… Bass Guitars can get really dirty and guitar maintenance is important. Master Luthier John Carruthers will show you the best...
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...
How to Install a Hipshot Drop D Tuner on your Fender Bass… Master Luthier John Carruthers shows how to install a Hipshot Drop D tuner on...
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...
Cleaning Your Bass Electronics… Volume and tone pots need cleaning? John Carruthers shows us how to clean the electronics on your bass. Tools needed: • Phillips-head...
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...
How to Tune a Bass Guitar… Jeff Suta from Ibanez shows us how to tune a bass guitar. Check out Elixir Strings online at elixirstrings.com/products
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,...
How to Upgrade the Tuners on your Fender Bass Guitar… Master Luthier John Carruthers upgrades tuners on a Fender bass by installing a set of Hipshot...
