I was watching Roundabout by Yes on YouTube the other day.Chris Squire's iconic bass line is amazing and also quite technically difficult. It got me thinking about a bass guitar exercise to get the fingers moving and the hands coordinated.In ...

This bass guitar exercise is truly EPIC! But it's also more than just another technical workout. The exercise runs through the arpeggios of four scales: Major scale Natural Minor scale Harmonic Minor scale Melodic Minor scale If you learn the ...

This is a great little bass guitar exercise that works on:DexterityHand shiftingSpeedAccuracyScroll down to download the free PDF.Dexterity Bass Guitar ExerciseIn this bass exercise, you work your way across the neck using triad pairs.These are two adjacent triads from a ...

In this slap bass guitar tutorial, you will learn four minor pentatonic slap bass grooves.There's a 120BPM drum beat to play along with once you get the hang of it.There's also a pretty cool bonus at the end of the ...

This bass guitar tutorial features the common chord progression of Am to C. Over this simple harmony you can play minor and major pentatonic scales. They sound incredible! You can use these ideas to work on your technique plus to ...

This bass guitar etude is based on the beautiful harmony of the harmonic minor scale.Harmonic Minor Harmonised Arpeggios For Bass GuitarScroll down for the free backing track and PDF.Harmonic Minor Bass Guitar EtudeIf you like this kind of etude then ...

I'm all about making bass practice sound fun and avoiding boredom and frustration. If you play music that sounds good, you'll enjoy yourself more. In fact, I wrote a whole book of musical sounding bass guitar exercises. I've got loads of ...

In this lesson, I'll teach you how to play a few different arpeggio types on bass:MajorMinorAugmentedDominantInversionsThey sound amazing, they're used a lot in music, and you will get a serious technical workout at the same time.Scroll down for the free ...

A few weeks ago, I published a bass guitar exercise that I've used for 30 years. It's no exaggeration to say that this single exercise has done more for my understanding of music theory, analysing bass lines, and writing my ...

I really have used this exercise for over thirty years now.I use it to hone my technique, I use it make bass lines up (more or less my day job), and I've used it to work on my ear and ...