This course covers an important fingerstyle technique – raking. This is a technique that most players begin to use very naturally, but which can make playing from string to string much easier. This course breaks down the mechanics behind raking and has ten exercises that will help you to perfect the technique. Don’t forget to […]

Several of the earlier courses covered notes on each of the four strings of the bass. These notes were not randomly chosen, they were specifically selected because they are commonly played notes in keys that are often used for rock and pop songs. Throughout the next few courses, you will learn all of the notes […]

This video course covers the remaining notes on the A-string, within the first five frets. These notes are the A#/Bb at the first fret, and the C#/Db at the fourth. It also includes some exercises that combine these new notes with some of the others that were covered in the previous courses. Don’t forget to […]

This course will introduce you to the remaining notes on the D-string, within the first five frets. These notes are the D#/Eb at the first fret, and the F at the third. The exercises in this course will combine these new notes with some of the others that have been covered in the previous courses. […]

This course will introduce the remaining notes on the G-string, within the first five frets. These notes are the G#/Ab at the first fret, and the A#/Bb at the third. The exercises in this course will combine these new notes with some of the others that have been covered in the previous courses. Don’t forget […]

The previous eleven courses have covered a significant number of notes on the fingerboard and put them all to use in a series of simple basslines. In this video course an important new rhythm is added into the mix, one that is commonly used by bass players regardless of what style they play. With a […]

This video course introduces a musical device that’s hugely important to us as bass players – the octave. Octaves have been briefly mentioned and used in previous exercises, but this course will break them down in detail. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF worksheet and audio […]

If you’ve worked through all of the previous thirteen courses in this series, you’ll have made fantastic progress with the instrument, and you’ll hopefully be hungry for more. The next few courses will cover some important topics including a new method for tuning the bass, as well as strategies for learning the remaining notes on […]

As you now probably know, the fingerboard of the bass guitar contains a great deal of symmetry and repetition. With this being the case, it stands to reason that there will be certain useful combinations of notes that fall naturally under the fingers wherever you are on the instrument. This video course – the first […]

The previous video course covered the first ‘box shape’, an extremely usable group of notes that fall easily under the hand at any point on the fingerboard. This course will take this concept a little further, adding one more note to the existing shape. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order […]