Natural/Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chords, Hybrid Minor Diatonic Chords (Borrowed), Melodic Minor In this episode of Music Mechanics, we delve deeper into the minor scales with a...
Modes Part 3 – Major, Natural and Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chord Formulas, Academic Terms NOW it’s getting interesting!! Ever wonder where those numbers like I –...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to close with the fifth part on how to create a bass line...
Modes Part 2 – Interval Formulas, Construction, Characteristics, Parent Scales, Minor Modes We continue with modes in Episode 27 and learn two different possible interval formulas...
Setting Up Your Bass Guitar – Nut Action Height Adjustment… John Carruthers shows us the proper way to adjust the Nut on a bass guitar. This...
Setting Up Your Bass Guitar – Bridge Action Height Adjustment… John Carruthers shows us the proper way to adjust the Bridge. This video is step 2...
Omitted Chord Factors, Modes (Part 1), Modal Music, Monophony, Polyphony, Final In Episode 26 of Music Mechanics well explore how to properly notate omitted chord factors,...
5 Ways to Create a Bass Line – Part IV… Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to continue with the...
Setting Up Your Bass Guitar – Adjusting The Truss Rod… John Carruthers shows us the proper way to adjust the bass truss rod. This video is...
Bass Hanon… Bass Hanon offers 75 Exercises to Build Endurance and Flexibility for Bass Guitar Players. If you want to work on your bass guitar chops,...
A lesson on how to adjust your left hand on the neck of the bass to have a more fluid motion. Follow me on YouTube
m9th Avoidance, Consonance/Dissonance, Sus Chords, Add Chords, 6/9 Chords, Intro to Extensions In Episode 25 we’re going to finish up with drop voicings, discuss the minor...
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...
Closed and Open Position Voicings, Register Voicing Tendencies, Drop Voicings In this episode we’ll talk about closed position voicings as well as open position voicings, voicing...
Part III of 5 Ways to Create a Bass Line… Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we are going to continue with...