“How can you play a walking bass line if there are 2 chords in the bar?” A student asked this on a live stream not too long ago, but I thought it was a great question and worthy of its own dedicated video. Walking through chord progressions with multiple chords in a bar is trickier […]
Hate Playing Modal Songs Like “So What”? Make Boring Walking Lines Beautiful! (3 Tricks)
One of my most watched videos is a lesson about walking bass line formulas. Maybe you’ve seen it yourself. I LOVE giving out these formulas! They’re unbelievably helpful when you’re learning to walk, so I give them out to every student of mine who needs to learn to play walking lines quickly and confidently. However, […]
How To Get An Upright Bass Sound On Electric Bass
Sometimes you just need that upright bass sound. Maybe it’s when you’re playing some walking jazz bass lines, a bluegrass 2-feel or if you just want to feel like you’re rocking a stadium with Mumford And Sons. It’s alright – there’s no judgement here… However, even though an electric bass and an upright share the […]
Chord Charts For Bass
Do you use chord charts? If you have no idea what I’m talking about or avoid them because they’re crazy confusing, you’re not alone. Not too long ago, I got an email from Trevor, one of my subscribers. It turns out we had actually met in real life many years ago and he’d stumbled across […]
The Ultimate Fretboard Exercise For Bass
This fretboard exercise for bass is one of my favorites. Not only will it help you master your entire fretboard and help you break out of playing the same shapes you always play, but it’s more like a game than an exercise which makes it a bunch of fun. It’s an exercise I learned from […]
The Modes Vs. The Pentatonic Scale: The Critical Difference
If you’re a beginning bass player, you’ve probably at least of heard of the ‘modes’ and of the pentatonic scale shapes. You may have even learned both of them. But how are they different, and where should you use each of them? The confusion usually crops up around the purpose and use of the modes […]
