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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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 ...
Barring/Bar Technique
This technique consists in pressing several strings at once with one finger of the left hand; the point being that you can press every single note on a fret with only one finger, allowing your ...
Playing Major Pentatonic Scales
A major pentatonic scale consists of five notes (1 2 3 5 6) which are separated from each other by the following intervals: 1-1-1½-1-1½ (Ex. in C: C-D-E-G-A). If you transpose it into a ...
Slap Grooves: First Steps
These first slap basslines are aimed primarily at bassists who have just discovered this specific technique. They are particularly accessible because they concentrate only on the two principal ...
Slow Rock & Ballad Basslines
This all-embracing assortment of slow basslines covers everything from slow pop to rock ballads, following the style of Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, The Scorpions, U2, Coldplay and many ...
My First Basslines #4
These basslines are aimed at beginners ... with some experience. They are accessible, but not easy because they only use three rhythmic values: the half, the quarter and the eighth note. The half ...