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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Slow Blues Basslines
This assortment of slow blues basslines – major and minor – recalls the great standards of this style as well as the roots blues. Slow and ternary grooves consisting of pointed quarter notes, ...
Funk Basslines #1
This assortment of funk basslines is inspired by some of the greatest players, namely James Brown, Prince, Sly & the Family Stone, The Meters, and many more. As the funk bass primarily focuses on ...
Playing Dead Notes
Dead notes add a percussive and dynamic quality to grooves and therefore play an integral part in the bass. Dead notes are played by muting the strings with your left hand; this can be achieved ...
Finger Stretching
Finger stretching exercises are absolutely essential for a large number of basslines; this is illustrated by numerous musical examples included in the course. By forcing yourself to reach notes ...
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 ...
Swing Jazz Basslines
In this assortment of swing jazz basslines, the bass assumes a supporting role; it plays walking basses which mainly consist of quarter notes. Eighth notes and the rhythmic figure “dotted 4th ...