Should you get bass lessons? Or should you just go it alone and teach yourself bass instead? What’s the right answer? I’ve had a lot of experience with both. I’ve had some incredible teachers and spent a lot of time learning for myself. Both have their upsides and downsides and a lot of people have […]
Blues Scale On Bass – From Beginner To Pro In 9 Minutes
I’m a huge fan of the blues scale on bass. It can work nearly in so many different situations, it sounds great, and it’s pretty easy to get started. However, it’s also super easy to sound horrible using it, even if you use the ‘right’ notes. How can this be?!?! Well it turns out that […]
The Formula For Creating Major Scales On Bass
Last lesson, we talked all about how you don’t necessarily need to know all of the individual notes of each major scale. Instead, you took one shape and plugged it in all over your bass. This is fantastic because it lets you play all 12 major scales without much thought. However, the shape method doesn’t […]
The Easiest Way To Learn The Major Scale For Bass
The major scale is everywhere – there’s no way of avoiding it. That also makes it one of the most useful sounds to know and to be able to play. Not only is it useful by itself, but from the major scale you can also make chords and the ‘modes‘ of the major scale. Most […]
4 Ways To Learn Your Bass Fretboard Faster
So you kinda know your fretboard? At least, some of it, right? Do you catch yourself searching for notes now and then? Maybe you’ve been trying to learn your fretboard – maybe even seeing some progress – but it’s not as quick and effortless as you like. Well in this lesson, you’re going to learn […]
Learn Your Bass Fretboard – All Of Your Notes
Last lesson, we talked about the Musical Matrix and the sequence of notes that all music is made from. This lesson, you’re going to use that Matrix to find and name every single note on your bass. This is where you’ll start to really start seeing all of the notes on your bass and being […]
