This is a review of the iPad version of a book The Bass Players Guide to Scales & Modes written by Stuart Clayton and published by Bassline Publishing...
Stuart Clayton Interview by Rhayn Jooste… Stuart Clayton is one of the UK’s most respected and industrious bass players. An endorsee of Zon basses he has worked...
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...
Theory and Technique Three by Rhayn Jooste… Chord : a unit of two or more sounds Harmonic: overtone/s above a fundamental note Theory This month we are going...
Prelude by Bach, a Bass Transcription by Rhayn Jooste… The piece for this month is the Prelude from Cello Suite II. This is of course by the...
Pattern: a regular form or sequence. Scale: a series of sounds in alphabetical order. Theory Music is math, or to put it another way music is made-up of...
Tetrachord : scale series of four notes Legato: Bound, smooth; even passage of notes Theory If you have ever played scales, then you are unwittingly playing tetra chords; chances...
The song/lesson for this month is The Lesson. It’s inspiration is taken from Victor Wooten’s Palmystery album (2008). The key is Bb major; however beginning with...
The song/lesson for this month is Higher Ground written by Stevie Wonder. It’s inspiration is taken from Marcus Miller’s Marcus album (2008). The key is E...
The song/lesson for this month is the standard Body and Soul (Cuerpo y Alma) – music by Johnny Green. It’s inspiration is taken from Esperanza Spalding’s...
