Hello and welcome back. This month will be our last look at bass chords, and it will involve some of the 7th chords we’ve looked at...
I am fortunate to have an appointment to meet with an amazing teacher each week. This teacher has the remarkable ability to show me positives of...
This tune is a dedication to the band’s amazing drummer Dennis Chambers. This tune is from the 1997 CD by John McLaughlin called “The Heart of...
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...
This month’s transcription is Jimmy Garrison’s Bass line from “Crescent”, off John Coltrane’s album Crescent. Open rescent – Coltrane Pt 1 I started the transcription at...
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 I chose to write about a phenomenal bass player, who is one of my major influences. He does not need any introduction, but I will...
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...
Used for educational reasons This is my bass line transcriptions from the musical RENT (Which I was assistant director for in Hollywood). Rent is a musical with...