Premium Bass Courses
The premium paid courses are designed to be in depth and to take your bass playing to the next level. They are at the top of this page. From Beginner To Bassist is my flagship beginners bass course.
Each course is tailored to a specific subject and will take you from A to B in a well explained fashion!
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52 Lessons - Intermediate
In this course I teach you how to play forty killer funk bass grooves. Along the way, you will learn: Essential funk bass techniques (alternate plucking, raking, rolling, hand shifts, hammer-ons. pull-offs, bends, slides, vibrato, slap, plectrum, Bernard Edwards chucking) How to develop speed, accuracy, stamina, coordination, and strength The scales, modes, and arpeggios commonly found in funk bass playing How to make up your own lines Playing with patterns How to develop a rock-solid sense of rhythm and groove If you want to learn how to play some cool funk bass lines then this is the course for you. However, it goes much deeper than that. By the end of this course, you will have learned so much more that will dramatically improve your bass playing. LEARN MORE
Free Bass Courses
These courses are a great intro into the core concepts you need to become a great bassist.
4 Lessons - Easy
An introduction to basic rhythms and rests, how to read notes, and counting with exercises.
4 Lessons - None
Learn how professional musicians approach improvement, practice, and taking music seriously. Learn practice tips and how to approach learning the bass seriously.
4 Lessons - Easy
Music Theory can open so many doors for your bass playing. You can use it to work on your ear, create bass lines, understand the jargon musicians use, and improvise to name a few things. Learn some basics you will use for a lifetime including The Minor Pentatonic Scale, The 7 Arpeggios From C Major, and how to use triads, arpeggios, and scales.
2 Lessons - Easy
Groove is one of the most important areas for any bass player to focus on. Learn why feel, groove, and timing should be high on your list of things to practise then get to work with some metronome exercises and some bass lines in different feels.
2 Lessons - None
Learn how to play a 12 bar blues as well as how to play nine famous beginner bass guitar riffs.
4 Lessons - Easy
Get the basics down with this short bass technique course. Learn how to hold the bass and what to do with both hands so you can start playing bass lines the right way.