Walking bass lines can be an absolute mystery. Someone shoves a chord chart in your face and expects you to know exactly how to get through it. In theory, it’s easy. You just have to play 4 notes per bar, right? In reality, it can be a lot trickier than it sounds. The conventional wisdom […]
“Minor Scales On Bass – Which Ones Should I Use?”
Aeolian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Locrian, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor – there are so many options when it comes to minor scales on bass. Which ones should you use? And more importantly – WHY? This can be an endlessly confusing and frustrating question if you’re just starting out. Even if you do understand how the modes work, […]
How And Where To Use The Modes On Bass
If you’ve checked out the previous lesson all about how to play the modes on bass, you would have learned how the modes work and that they’re all related. But what now? You might be wondering, “If the modes are all the same set of notes, why bother with them at all? Won’t everything just […]
Finally – Bass Modes Explained (In Simple Terms)
Bass Modes When I was first starting out, one of the biggest hurdles for me was starting to learn the modes on bass. People could kind of explain them to me – they kind of made sense, I could see the shapes – but it was still confusing. Some people even told me not to […]
Bass Chord Pro
Bass Chords sound amazing!!! There’s just something about chords on bass that’s just so much more satisfying than when a guitar player plays them or a piano player plays them. Maybe it’s just because you’ve heard a million guitar and piano players mess with chords – but very few bassists. Well we’re going to have […]
