Develop your sense of time and time keeping skills.
Tags: time keeping, metronome, groove, rhythm, E major, exercises, bass lesson, count beats, beat, playing in time, timing control, bass playing developmentLet's put the spot light on our plucking technique and cover some new approaches!
Tags: plucking, double stops, alternate fingerpicking, string crossing, muting, positioning, finger alternating, bass technique, learning to play bass, bass basics, anchoringLearn how to connect scales and chords to improvise walking bass lines using 7 notes.
Tags: scalar approach, 7 notes, walking bass, improvisation, A mixolydian, mixolydian mode, fingerstyle, bass lines, bass phrasing, A blues, 12 bars blues, dominant 7, minor 7, scalesLearn how to instantly improvise walking bass lines in 1 day!
Tags: bass lines, jazz bass, following the chords, improvisation, arpeggios, chord notes, F Major, Tension and release, strong notesVarious playing and non-playing exercises for warming up before practice session.
Tags: warming up, bass technique, exercises, stretch, chromatic, fingerstyle, slap, walking up the neck, stretching, practice session, bass routine, slappingLearn some valuable exercises to develop your left and right hand technique and time keeping skills! In this lesson we'll cover string transitions, alternate finger picking and fretting hand positioning.
Tags: string transitions, exercises, alternate fingerpicking, technique, fingerstyle, bass playing, one finger per string approachLearn 7 modes of the major scale and how to match them with chords for successful improvising!
Tags: C major scale, scales, chords, improvising, Ionian mode, Dorian mode, Phrygian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, Locrian mode, modal, C major, fingerstyleEnhance your slap bass lines with these new and cool techniques!
Tags: slap bass, thumping, bass technique, groove, exercise, dead notes, ghost thump, pluck, hammer on, percussive, victor wooten, stuart hammLearn how to improvise a bass groove to a Chicago blues type of progression!
Tags: chicago blues, blues bass improvisation, fingerstyle, mixolydian scale, G mixolydian, C mixolydian, D mixolydian, bass rhythm, 12 bars blues, G majorLearn how to compose a smooth ballad rock bass track incorporating various groove concepts and walking bass ideas.
Tags: rock bass, walking bass, ballad feel, groove, upbeat, fingerpicking, C Major, arpeggios, syncopated rhythms, 8ths groovingIn this lesson you're going to learn the "Pachelbel's Canon in D". It's the most famous piece by Johann Pachelbel written in about 1680. I did a special version for two bass guitars.
Tags: bass version, canon, rock, tapping, solo, slide, alternate picking, arrangementThis is a step by step tutorial on how to change strings on a bass guitar.
Tags: bass guitar, restringing, changing strings, cleaning, tuning, bass strings, set upRock in style of the band Muse and their bassist - Christopher Tony Wolstenholme.
Tags: open strings, distortion bass, , A minor, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, alternating fingerpicking, Christopher Tony WolstenholmeHow to play chord shapes on a bass guitar. It's not very common to play chords on bass but it can be a very good tool in your bass playing arsenal.
Tags: chords shapes, slap bass, left hand dexterity, triads, following the chords, percussive, fingerstyle, fingerpicking, following the chords, bass line, arpeggiosTeaches you the modes of the major scale.
Tags: major scale, modes, left and right hand alternating, dexterity, fretboard knowledge, C Major, fingerstyle, modal, learning the fretboardSeries of exercises that will expand your left and right hand technique. These are variations that will in total give you a 144 exercises workout to fill your daily practice plan!
Tags: alternating finger picking, left hand strength and dexterity string crossing, technique training, cross strings, routing, bass technique