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🏁 Let's Get It Started - Black-Eyed Peas

158 and assorted challenges, this time inspired by a Black Eyed Peas song, so let’s get it started in here! Also: to one finger per fret it or not?

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🕺Get On Up

I wonder if you are ready to “do your thing”, you know, James Brown Style!? Iconic bass courtesy of both Fred Thomas and Bootsy Collins. The goal becomes to play more freely using these funky sixteenth-note shapes. Bootsy varies this a lot.

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🫛 Pass The Peas

Pass the Peas from the album "Food for Thought" gives us lots to work on: rhythm, feel, what makes it funky... as always we are looking to learn far beyond the Song!

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💧🌹 My Favorite Things

In 9 sessions, we talk about walking in 3, chords, melody, multi-bass collabs, and solo bass playing using this song from the 1959 musical The Sound of Music (Rodgers/Hammerstein).

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🤷‍♂️ So What? • Miles Davis

"So, what if the tune has only two changes? So, what if it's all modal? Or if for once the bass plays the melody? So What is up this week - feel the Kind of Blue vibe and learn this iconic standard that puts the bass front and center

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🧞‍♀️ I Wish • Stevie Wonder

I Wish you all will enjoy the awesome, ultra groovy, slidey goodness that is I Wish by Stevie! This "Songs in the Key of Life" classic is sure to capture your desire to be able to groove just as hard as Nathan Watts. Enjoy!

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🕺 Soul Man • Sam and Dave

Are you a Soul (Wo)Man? An epic and iconic groove with more cool slides to practice and more rhythmic practice. Duck Dunn has Dunn it again. Fun song, basically not too hard, yet 16th notes at 112 warrant a bit of kung fu! Looking forward to...

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🎷 Groove Me • King Floyd/Knock on Wood • Eddie Floyd

Analyzing classic bass lines from (and in the style of) Duck Dunn. Simplicity combined with emphasis on upbeats make these lines so good!

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💃 Mamacita • Joe Henderson

Is it Jazz? Is it RnB? Is it a Blues? Is it a Bossa? The answer is yes. This Joe Henderson tune is a favorite in many jam sessions (it's easy for the horns and fun for the rhythm section). Let's talk a cool rhythm, effective jamming, nailing pesky...

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🙌 Give up the Funk • Parliament Funkadelic

One of the most iconic bass lines of all time. We can learn so much from its simplicity - and how making tiny variations can keep it interesting but oh, so funky!

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🚘💦 Car Wash • Rose Royce

Whether you want to learn that one for its cool funky slap riff or the fun groove, it's a favorite in many cover band programs!

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🎸 One Way Out • Allman Bros

A true classic rock song that features a driving, rhythmic bass line over a standard blues form.

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🥁 Rhythm Challenges: Oh Lord, We Praise Your Name • Daughtry Close to You • The Cure

What to do when the rhythm is tough? Here is a challenging gospel tune for us to tackle this question. One of the reasons why is a rhythmic syncopation that is more often than not done a slight bit differently. Let's explore!

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💿 As • Stevie Wonder

A song from the legendary 1977 Songs in the Key of Life album with some mighty funky bass from Mr. Nathan Watts! Try this one for challenging funkiness!

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🌊The Tide is High • Paragons / Blondie

"The Tide Is High" 1967 rocksteady John Holt/Duke Reid “The Paragons” from Jamaica. We are taking on the Blondie version.

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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 We are Family • Sister Sledge

An iconic song driven by an iconic bass line that features octaves with string crossings at a fairly quick tempo.

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🌡️ Fever • Peggy Lee

Learn how to swing a tune like Fever.

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🧟‍♀️ She's Not There • The Zombies

This is an easy-going tune with some great opportunities to practice the modal interchange! There will be soloing, reductions, overlays, and more, based on this tune.

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🌠 Shining Star • Earth, Wind & Fire

Ready to Shine? Here we go.... get ready! Amazing bass line using tenths and more!

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📏 Cissy Strut / People Say • The Meters

People Say it's time to get your Funk on as we will do not just one but two Meters tunes this week! As always we learn the tune and go way beyond it. These tunes are a great study for • what makes funky funky • straight versus shuffled 16th notes..

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🎆 Wild Night • Mellencamp/Ndegeocello

One of our students posted himself and his band having a go at this tricky tune. Great technique workout and fun quirks in the bass line! Lots to work on here.

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🕺 Smooth Operator • Sade

A beautiful bass line and a great example of an effective bass solo part that's become as much a characteristic of the song as the other parts of it. Enjoy!

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🪩 Boogie Oogie Oogie • A Taste of Honey

An iconic tune on bass. Some love it, some hate it, but you cannot evade the fact that that bass intro is just amazing. Don't forget the open strings!

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🛞 Stuck in the Middle • Stealer's Wheel

I love the feel of that bass line! Just the right note length makes this one shine. Oh and did you knwo that it was meant as a parody? Some songs become hits and it wasn't planned!

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🌞 Sonnymoon for Two • Sonny Rollins

This Jazz standard is a favorite at jazz jams. If you have never done a Jazz tune, give it a go!

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🪶 Shake a Tail Feather • Ray Charles

This one works not only your fingers but also your smile muscles!

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🧍‍♂️Stand by Me • Ben E. King

Stand by me - a great easy going tune in a single session. We had so much fun we went a little longer. I don't think you'll mind...

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🔫 Peter Gunn • Henry Mancini

You are under the gun with this one - Peter Gunn that is. 2 classes, a good choice for an easy-going practice day!

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🎙️🎷 Lady Day & John Coltrane • Gil Scott Heron

A student requested that one. Lovely tune!

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🚇 Memphis Underground • Herbie Mann

Sources do not specify whether it's Tommy Cogbill or Mike Leech on bass, but they do specify it's Fender bass. A cool very fun tune that you will surely encounter on a jam.

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🌶️ Californication • RHCP

Amazing bass line and a beautiful bass solo. You want to be a fly (or should I say flea?) on the wall on this one. Bring your bass!

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🥖 Minor Swing • Django Reinhardt

"Minor Swing" is a gypsy jazz tune composed by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. It was recorded by The Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1937. It is considered to be one of his signature compositions. (Wikipedia)

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🎹 Song for my Father • Horace SIlver

A beautiful and popular bossa, you will learn the grooves and the melody; Pull off Permutations prepare you for the cool embellishments to play the head, and you will be soloing using a guidetone line!

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🧙‍♀️ 🪄Pinball Wizard ∙The Who

Fun song, fun story, and a great bass line! One session, sure to challenge your technique!

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🏍️ Low Rider • War

Where major and minor collide. Seems so simple but has some cool unexpected twists!

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💘 Stir it Up ∙ Bob Marley

Practicing triads never stirred up so much joy! Single easy-going session.

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💔 Rollin' in the Deep • Adele

We are going pop today and talk about the power of eighth notes in that context. If you like Adele, you will enjoy this single-class session.

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🙏 Mercy Mercy Mercy • Joe Zawinul

A surprise hit in 1967 and still going strong today. Learn this cool Zawinul tune and suggest it at a jam!

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🇹🇳 A Night in Tunisia • Dizzy Gillespie

We take a look at the challenging bits. Not a comprehensive study of the tune, but lots of tips for the technically challenging bits

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💝 Beautiful Love • Victor Young

As beautiful a love as a tune. Will come your way in jams often.

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👣 Footprints • Wayne Shorter

A classic.

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👧 My Girl • Temptations

A must-know tune that puts a smile on everyone's face. Enjoy!

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🎼 The Wanton Song • Led Zeppelin

That opening riff will work your technique! If you want to rock out while getting a good work out, this is the one!

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🎣 📆 Reelin' in the Years • Steely Dan

A student was struggling with the bass line of that one, so I created a bunch of drills. Great training! One single session.

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☯ Good Times, Bad Times • Led Zeppelin

A longer form exploration of this tune. Busts your chops!

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📢 Hey Joe • Jimi Hendrix

Theory never rocked so hard!

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🎶 Expansions • Lonnie Liston Smith

Expand your horizons with this challenging and cool bass line. A student asked for help with stamina for this long jam song and for getting this one up to tempo. No kidding, great training!

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🇯🇲 Baba Boom • The Jamaicans

A superfun tune by the Jamaicans! Enjoy! One single beginner friendly session.

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⬛️ Back in Black • AC/DC

Up for that tricky bit in the beginning? Get ready for a finger twister! (And yes, that's how Cliff Williams plays it!)

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🇬🇧 Louie Louie

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🎄 Silent Night Solo Bass

Ari teaches Silent Night as a solo bass performance.

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🎻 The Bach Teachings

The master of bass lines long before the bass even existed... enjoy an ever growing series of Bach pieces! Easier entry points, TAB provided!

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #01

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sound Classes (tense or harmonious or open) • Call and Response ear training • Pros and cons of Ear Training Apps

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #02

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sound Classes (tense or pretty or bland) • Chord Progressions • Identifying scales

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #03

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Diatonic Chord Progressions • Cadences (Identifying keys)

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #04

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sound Classes (tense or harmonious or bland) • Building Chords • Chord Progressions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #05

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Improvising over F#m track (call and response) • Hearing Chord Progressions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #06

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Hearing: Chord Progressions • Hearing: Diatonic notes or not • Modes discussion

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #07

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training - major/minor scales • Inversions • Hearing Chord Progressions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #08

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • The effect rhythm has on perceiving pitches • Call and Response Drills - and identifying the theory behind the notes

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #09

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sus Chords • Rhythm (how it affects how we hear sounds)

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #10

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sounds classes (harmonious, bland, tense) • Short sequences of melodies and putting them in context (different roots) • Playing in the context of the key

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #11

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training - hearing scale degrees • Improvising - landing on the different scale degrees on downbeat • Inversions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #12

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • How repeating notes retain their sound qualities • How intervals can get “milder” with the addition of 3rds & 6ths • Improvising over I-VI using different starting notes

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #13

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training - hearing scale degrees • A touch of reharmonization

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #14

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Rhythm drills • How pitch influences perceptions of rhythm (and vice versa) • Common chord progressions in a variety of voicings

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #15

EarTraining bass in hand. In this session, we practice • Singing with the bass • Sus chords (sus2 and sus4) & bassist’s role • Functional ear training- hearing intervals as they relate to the root • Major vs minor chords- context makes the difference

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #16

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • All about the modes; down and dirty tips • Functional ear training exercises

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #17

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Secondary dominant (substitutions) - hearing and using • Functional ear training - identifying intervals

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #18

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: •Recognizing chord progressions •Tetrachord explanation and application; plus hearing the scale degrees •Improv over a dom7 chord using a minor pentatonic, and mixolydian

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #19

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional Ear Training - Start with root and identify scale degree being played • Functional Ear Training - hearing intervals in your head / singing them

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #20

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Reviewing sound classes (sweet, tense, open) • Functional ear training: Identifying and hearing intervals (incl overtone series) • A symetric scale (mode) - Dorian

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #21

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Identifying Rhythms • Hearing the different sounds classes: sweet, tense open • Tritone (bluesy sound class)

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #22

EarTraining, bass in hand in a musical context. In this session, we practice: •Chord progressions & hearing the different inversions •Hearing how notes sound within chord progressions •Tips on knowing which scale notes work best in chord progressions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #23

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Looking at repeating intervals • Contrasting diminished vs augmented, vs reg major/minor • Chord progressions and hearing the different inversions

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #24

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Working scale degrees • Noodle-Stay drill • Practicing different tonalities as they go with D minor scale • Rhythm and prioritizing the downbeat

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #25

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training in the context of a tune • Tips for minor solos - start on the downbeat with any scale degree (ex 6) • Sus chords, major vs minor

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #26

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training with a variety of tracks: major, minor, lydian, melodic minor • Improv using 1, 2 and 3 notes with the scale fabric

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #27

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Ear Training: hearing sounds in context is everything (more than just interval training) • Improvising over chord progressions using guidetone lines

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #28

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training: Practicing 2 random intervals & adding a third one • Rhythmic studies - feeling the funkiness of 16th notes • Value of writing down rhythms

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #29

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Learning a song by ear • Recognizing 2-5-1’s and how to use/add it and other substitutions to a chord progression

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #30

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional ear training • Chord progressions using modal interchanges; borrowed chords • Improvising over I-IV starting on the 3rd

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #31

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Rhythmic studies • A Look into the Modes and how they relate to the roots

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #32

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Rhythmic Studies • Common Notes between chords • Advanced functional ear training with 2 notes

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #33

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Rhythmic dictation using 3 and swung • Using triplets • Using skips on different beats • Recognizing scales in context of a chord/track

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #34

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Soloing over a major 7 chord • Differences of Rhythm • Rhythms can sound different based on context (what comes after)

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #35

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Review of lydian versus ionian • Hearing the downbeat note - third=stable, 6=colorful; • Finding the parent scale of lydian • Coming up with grooves for a kick pattern

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #36

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Blues Scale • Mixolydian • Major Blues Scale - improv using dom 7 chords

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #37

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Context is everything • Improvising over min7 chords - starting on various notes (eg 2, b3, & 4) • Recognizing differences with pentatonic, minor pentatonic and blues

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #38

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • G# minor tonality (using the downbeat for an improv exercise) • 6/8 time (quarter notes; dotted quarter notes; eighth notes; sixteenth notes)

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #39

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Sussing out Sus chords (open sound) • What to play over sus chords and soloing tips • Sus 2 can have a minor context

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #40

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • 2-5-1-6 progression; istinguishing between the minor 6 and the dominant 7 (secondary dom) • Working up some static notes that happen above the chord changes

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #41

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Hearing Seconds • Importance of understanding rhythms

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #42

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Shedding pentatonics • Finding scale degrees in rhythm • Finding scale degrees in context • Improv exercises

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #43

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Finding chord progressions • Secondary dominants • The dominant field, using all dominant chords and making that work using root-5-8, blues scale, major pentatonic

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #44

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • C7 Chord - Putting in major and minor pentatonics, and blues scale • Wedging major and minor blues scales together; creating a "donut" • Sus Chords • Mixolydian scale

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #45

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Improvising using Triads • Sound qualities between major, minor & diminished chords • Tritone substitutions • Line cliches

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #46

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Functional Ear Training and identifying common chord progressions • Identifying scales and modes • Starting and ending on common (non-root) chord tones

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #47

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Hearing the differences between triads, minor 7, major 7, and dominant 7 chords • Improv and practice of such chords over 2 octaves

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #48

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Major Pentatonic • Importance of Phrasing, Volume, Rhythmic Templates • Call & Response Exercises

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #49

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Major and Minor chords • Using Pentatonics • Incorporating Rhythms • Getting comfortable with feeling and minor pentatonic

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #50

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session, we practice: • Extending ear training into creativity training • Using Pentatonics • Call & Response Drills (simple phrasing) • Adding rhythm to create more interesting phrases

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #51

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session we practice: • Identifying Chords & Chord Qualities • Soloing over Dominant 7 Chords • Functional Ear Training

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #52

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. In this session: • Improv playing non-root notes - 3rds, 6ths, and 2nds on the downbeat • How to make them sound good by using slides • Functional Ear Training • Scalar studies / Intervalic jumps

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #53

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. Train your ear for real-life situations, from rhythms to pitches, from grooves to melodies. Ari teaches you what to listen for, how to hear details and when to "get the gist" of a section.

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #54

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. Train your ear for real-life situations, from rhythms to pitches, from grooves to melodies. Ari teaches you what to listen for, how to hear details and when to "get the gist" of a section.

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #55

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. Train your ear for real-life situations, from rhythms to pitches, from grooves to melodies. Ari teaches you what to listen for, how to hear details and when to "get the gist" of a section.

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🎧 EarTraining Mondays #56

EarTraining, bass in hand, in a musical context. Train your ear for real-life situations, from rhythms to pitches, from grooves to melodies. Ari teaches you what to listen for, how to hear details and when to "get the gist" of a section.

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Rapid Results Practice Beginner #01

Drilling minor triads and what good posture looks like.

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Rapid Results Practice Beginner #02

Right Hand Tech Shedding, Using rhythm to create grooves, feeling up and down beats and down-and-dirty tricks to create a working groove that drives!

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Rapid Results Practice Beginner #03

Focus on the fretboard with note naming, whole steps and the whole tone scale up and down the neck.

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Rapid Results Practice Beginner #04

Dialing up Diatonic approaches for your creative toolkit.

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Rapid Results Practice Beginner #05

An easy-going, beginner-friendly session - follow along with Ari!

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #01

Learning from Louie, Louie: Rhythm and Theory bits.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #02

More ways how to get a scale down. In this case the scale of F major! It will produce some lovely sounds you can use to turn some heads! Technique is a bit of yoga for the fingers, no kidding!

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #03

Tricks for Reading. Working through the 5 major Pentatonic patterns.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #04

Drilling technique using hammer-ons and pull-offs. Improv using the pentatonic scale.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #05

Fun with fourths! Using that interval to tie together technique, theory and patterns. Plus some reading tips.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #06

Zig-zagging our way to improve technique and learn to look less at fretboard. Reading tips and improv drills.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #07

Back in Black... 'nuff said! The Technique and Theory behind the epic riff.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #08

Permutation drills for the right hand and left hand, plus some speed-building exercises and some rhythmic training to help you feel the downbeat.

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Rapid Results Practice Intermediate #09

All about the Pentatonics - major and minor. Improv using groups of three notes.

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Rapid Results Practice Advanced #01

Triads over two octaves! Finger busting, mind busting, powerful!

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Rapid Results Practice Advanced #02

Find the notes on the fretboard without looking! In this session , we use the augmented scale to "augment" your fretboard knowledge!

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Rapid Results Practice Advanced #03

Groove and Fill using the 5 Shapes from my Pattern System plus some improv using Pentatonics (hint: they are just shapes within the 5 shapes!)

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Rapid Results Practice Advanced #04

Deep dive into Triads. Discover what happens when we don't start on the root - inversions and the cool shapes they create!

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Rapid Results Practice Advanced #05

The value of learning my Pattern System. What is can help with... and what it can't help with (spoiler alert: poor charts!)

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Bass Blitz 001 ⚡️ Soloing Tips

It's a lovely bossa and I'd say most jam sessions the world over feature it at least once, especially if it's a jazz jam: Song for my Father Even if Jazz isn't your jam, you want to check this out. I show you a frequently used trick for soloing.

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Bass Blitz 002 ⚡️ Technique Perms

Technique Permutations built off of the classic Gil Scott Heron homage to Lady Day (Billie Holiday) and John Coltrane.

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Bass Blitz 003 ⚡️ Diatonic Dynamite

Joe Zawinul's Mercy Mercy has provided generations of jam sessions with delight and fun! It provides us. with a perfect example of how to use the diatonic cycle as an effective practice tool.

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Bass Blitz 004 ⚡️ Find your Place (w/o Looking!)

Technique (we will train the traffic finger and shed the fretboard while at it - if you ever were interested in learning how to look less at the fretboard while playing, this is a great drill!)

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Bass Blitz 005 ⚡️ Shed a Scale the Creative Way!

Here is some tech practice that doubles as a scales drill.

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Bass Blitz 006 ⚡️ Same Changes / 3 Styles

Three tracks with the same chord changes, but with three different styles/feels. Reggae, Swing and Shuffle. Feel, hear and see the differences on the fretboard.

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Bass Blitz 007 ⚡️ Technique Drills for the Win!

Great Technique drills using theory concepts and familiar shapes and scales.

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Bass Blitz 008 ⚡️ Kung Fu Technique Shedding

Shedding permutations kung fu style to improve technique

All Courses, Goodies

Musician's Tech Tools

A variety of tech tools, tutorials, bass-specific workspaces, keyboard shortcuts, bass customizations... download Ari's favorite resources and files she has created (some with her geeky partners)! Technology can help you learn.

All Courses, Music Theory, 😁 Playing Level Beginner

Beginnerfriendly Masterclass

Follow along with the book through technique and theory to Chapter 4 and apply the learnings in fun and creative ways! Perfect if you just got the book and want to explore musical applications.