Regardless of whether you’re new to the bass or an experienced bassist, regardless of your musical preference – be it blues, pop, rock, jazz, hard rock, heavy metal, funk, world music, or so forth – rest assured that on this website you will find the right courses to learn bass and make steady progress. To view the bass guitar courses you are interested in, select the respective themes in the adjoining menu and a complete list of relevant courses will be presented to you.
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Pop Rock Basslines
This assortment of pop rock basslines covers the entire pop rock spectrum – from the acoustic pop ballads to the most energetic electric rock. In slow tempi the bass plays simple rhythmic ...
Playing Sixteenth Notes
An important aspect of playing bass is learning to handle sixteenth notes. They enable you to divide the beat into 4 equal parts (as four sixteenth notes make up a quarter note) and by doing so ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "16th-16th-8th"
The rhythmic figure called “2 sixteenth notes/1 eighth note” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 2 and 3. As a ...
Accentuation
An accented note is a note which is played more loudly than the others, bringing out the bassline, giving it dynamic, colorful and expressive qualities. Accentuation is indicated by the symbol ...
Slapping & Dead Notes
Dead notes can be combined remarkably well with slapping: they reinforce the percussive and energizing effect of this technique. They can be achieved either by releasing finger pressure on the ...
Finger Independence
Training the left hand fingers to move independently of one another is an essential part of learning bass guitar. This will make you feel more at ease with your instrument and will help you ...