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...
Ron Carter’s Cartography… If you have been under a rock you have probably never heard of Mr. Ron Carter however, I am betting that whether you...
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...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… Welcome to MM9! In this episode, we’ll discuss how to use the major scale formula to correctly create and...
How to Setup your Fender P-Bass Guitar, Step-by-Step… How to Setup your Fender P-Bass Guitar, Step-by-Step… MusicNomad and Geoff Luttrell team-up like no other FENDER Precision...
Led Zeppelin – “Kashmir” Part II Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! THIS IS IT! “Kashmir” Part II. Led Zep’s one-of-a-kind rock classic. (View...
The Nature of Sound, Music Theory Series… Hi friends! In this week’s episode, we’ll talk about notes, stems, flags, beams, rudimentary notation principles, half and whole...
Music Mechanics, the Music Theory Series… In Music Mechanics 7 we’ll cover the grand staff, the brace, 8va, 8vb, 15ma, 15mb, accidentals, an introduction to half...
The Power of One Note, Part 2… In my December 2020 column, I suggested that there is great power in using one note. This month I...
In this final three-part series of lessons on the construction and application of Thirteenth Arpeggios, I’ll cover additional sequence variations to apply to the seven basic...