I know I’m guilty of this… I’ll be teaching some concept or idea and say something like, “It’s just the pentatonic scale…” and then play something that I think sounds really cool. But then some students will try to do the same thing and play the pentatonic shape and it just ends up sounding… Un-musical… […]
Mode Mapping On Bass [2 Part Formula For Bass Lines/Fills/Solos]
Have you ever come across a chord progression ‘in the wild’ and been completely stumped as to what you could play over it? Sure – you might be able to scrape by if you just stuck to root notes, but what if you needed to come up with a more creative bass line, or your […]
Sweet Pentatonic Exercise For Bass
You’ve probably heard of the pentatonic scale, right? You’ve probably even played it on your bass once or twice (or a couple of thousand times…) Today, I want to share a new way of using the pentatonic scale on bass to make some super cool music. It’s one thing to just run up and down […]
The Modal Switch Trick
Ever felt like you were just playing the same tired old licks over and over when you’re improvising on bass? You might be playing over a song that you’ve played *dozens* of times before and you just can’t help it. 1st chord, you automatically play something you’ve heard yourself play thousands of times. The 2nd […]
Every Version Of The Major Scale You’d Ever Need
Do you know what an NPC is? If you’re not a video game nerd like me, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of it. In video games, NPC stands for ‘non-player character’. It’s basically any character in a game that’s not you: the player. NPCs usually only have a set amount of things […]
Play Bass By Ear – How To Get Started
When you know how to play bass by ear, everything changes and your life gets so easy. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to get started playing bass by ear.
