Music Theory For The Bass Player

What is all the buzz about this course?

In short: it gets results!

Ariane Cap's Complete Music Theory Course

Basic Building Blocks, Interval Carneval, More Intervals, Fun with Scales and Chords, Cycle, Modes, and Pentatonic.

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176 Videos Full of Tips and Tricks to Master Music Theory for the Bass

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Part 1 - Units 1 - 5

Basic Building Blocks Interval Carneval

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  • 27 PDF's
  • 28 Jamtracks
  • 5 Hours 10 Minutes of Video

Part 2 - Units 6 - 10

More Intervals

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  • 23 PDFs
  • 31 Jamtracks
  • 6 Hours 3 Minutes of Video

Part 3 - Units 11 - 15

Fun with Scales'n Chords

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  • 32 Jamtracks
  • 5 Hours 7 Minutes of Video

Part 4 - Units 16 - 20

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Cycle - Mode - Pentatonic

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Creating breakthroughs...

for thousands of students of all skill levels!

Our students have grown their skills by taking our courses. Here are just a few of their stories.

Shocked, stunned...

I am amazed, shocked, stunned at the amount that I learned. The course in combination with your book Music Theory for the Bass Player is an excellent value. They offer an enormous amount of information for the dedicated student.

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by Carmie Hull

Best investment of my life

Hi Ariane, as a self-taught bass player for many years I strongly believe that I did the best investment of my life buying the course.

For the first time, I hear myself playing exactly what I want, nothing more, nothing less.

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by Adrian Pop

Make actual progress

I think Ariane's approach to Theory is masterful and that it allows students to make actual progress that gets them to a place where they know their fretboards and the basics well so that when they tackle the more theoretical aspects of music

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by Dave Dickens

Now I look forward to practicing!

I look forward to practicing and am developing a more purposeful approach to practice.

It seems like I am having breakthroughs every time I sit down with the instrument.

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by Jesse Perez

Making you feel comfortable regardless of your learning pace...

Ari's personality and passion for bass, and for you as a player and a person, shines through in abundance, making you feel comfortable regardless of your learning pace .

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Al Bader

Time after time, I return to Ari’s courses.

Over the past six years, I’ve tried many different teachers with their different teaching methods, and time after time, I return to Ari’s courses.

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Laura Ballance

Opened up a whole different way of thinking

I realized you're never too old to learn and I have definitely enjoyed the journey. You absolutely get more than what you pay and its a great lifetime investment.

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Paula Warren

Why Music Theory for the Bass Player, you may wonder.

I will explain. But first let me tell you that if you have found us, congratulations. Likely it means that you are a growth-minded musician, ready to step it up a few notches! Welcome!

Can you imagine being confident all over the fretboard, relaxed and musically free? Expressing your own ideas and gaining respect from your bandmates and friends and fans?

No matter where you are in your bass journey – this course teaches you all you need to know about music theory as a bass player!  

And you want to know because Music Theory enables you to:                            

What does knowing Music Theory do for your bass playing?

  • Understand how music is put together —> creativity soars! 
  • Ditch the TAB and use your ears —> confidence comes! 
  • Your intuition tells you: music operates in part on formulas —> nail it and clear up confusion! 
  • Use and apply the theory in grooves, fills and improv —> become a real bass musician! 
  • Feel like a real musician rather than a copy cat —> much more fulfilling!    

Theory and Technique - a great combo!

  • Think of theory as collections of notes that produce certain sounds  okay, not hard! 🚀
  • These notes produce certain shapes on the fretboard  you likely already intuit this! 🎯
  • These shapes work best if using consistent fingering   that’s a shortcut!! 👍
  • While discussing best fingering, you might as well address proper technique  cool package! 😎
    

What happens when you focus on these two skill sets (Technique and Theory)

  • Your technique improves. You’re more aware of what’s going on in your fingers, your hands, your entire body. Even your posture, your breathing, and your thinking become an intentional part of your playing.
  • You begin to notice the bad habits that are slowing you down as we help you overcome these roadblocks that have been holding you back for years!
    You reach a point where you can just pick up the bass and jam– spontaneously creating your own bass lines and grooves as you play better than you ever imagined!
  • You start to understand music theory in a new way. Soon it becomes intuitive, and then, instinctive. Applied theory becomes a regular part of your growing skill as a bass player.
  • Before long, your playing feels free and spontaneous. As exercises become natural movements, you can simply groove without thinking about it. You’ll know theory in your hands as well as in your head!
  • You know the feeling… when the music just flows through you, and you know exactly what note to play next and everything fits in perfectly. You can learn to play this way more consistently!

This will not happen overnight… but, if you are willing to invest in yourself with a bit of discipline, courage, and an open mind… it will happen for you!                            

Worried it will take away the feel?

  • The opposite will happen because knowledge enhances feel. 
  • With knowledge you become much more relaxed, confident and free. 
  • This leaves more room to feel the music rather than be chasing the notes. 
                                       

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Frequently Asked Questions

The book (get it on your country’s Amazon or order it in bookstores). TheBookDepository has free shipping worldwide!) Email and an internet connection! This is all online. Exclusive content will be streamed straight to you. Your bass
This course was first published in July 2016. Since then we have made numerous additions and improvements, we moved to a brand new platform with lots of bells and whistles and have added a lot of support and additional, very helpful content. If you were an early bird or an early adopter – you received all the upgrades at no additional cost. We would have had many reasons to charge “upgrade” and “premium” fees. We chose not to. Our commitment to you is firm and ongoing. It does not stop with you paying the tuition. We are there for you to help you succeed! And we are near obsessed with making this course the very best it can be for you! So, make the investment in yourself. Click on the signup button below and take the big first step in becoming the bass player you always wanted to be! in yourself! So trust me when I say: learn theory first (shapes! shapes! shapes!) My course combines that with good technique. After this course, we do the Pattern System, Reading and Rhythm, and then some advanced theory, and you are truly unstoppable! After this course, reading becomes a breeze! Boom! What a shortcut! Do it this way around, not the other way. Utilize your strengths rather than fight against your weaknesses.
While I can’t practice for you, there is a lot that we can do to support you. Performance and learning psychologists study peak performance and motivation for obvious reasons and we borrowed from them heavily: The more accomplished you feel after a practice session the easier it will be to do more of it. We have designed the course to foster continued growth as you follow along by making you use the theory material in specific ways. We show you focused practice techniques that can accomplish surprisingly fast results if you choose to accept the challenge. Bite-sized learning units – just the right length. Engaging quizzes ! Reminders – emails to keep you on track! Reviews – constant review sessions ensure that you stay on top of everything! Rewards – after you finished a unit you receive a reward email. Community support – everything is easier “with a little help from my friends”. Progress tracking – it is motivating to see the progress bar near completion! Coaching questions – research has shown that if you write down your goals by answering specific questions you contribute massively to making your dreams a reality! Motivating videos with reminders to keep a supportive mindset. More than likely, you have never seen all these listed items mentioned or considered in an online course. That’s what I mean when I say this is a comprehensive course. And that an open mind is a great way to go into the course!Yes, at this time you can start anytime (we are experimenting with cohorts and groups soon however so this may change). Once you sign up you start getting your course materials with more to come each week (fast track) or every other week (steady track). Once unlocked, the material stays open to you so you can review to your heart’s content. This course is a time- and student-tested method!
Yes! You will be creating and playing your own Basslines, licks, grooves & fills, and even solos! Usually along with a jam track, and trading off with me! This is really at the core of this course. And mighty fun, too!
Yes!! This course contains lots more information, exercises, and concepts than the book. It refers heavily to it, but it goes way beyond it. Lots of additional material, videos, and applications that can best be shown in videos. And, the core of it: the step by step approach, with each unit building upon the next, using the material in the book in more and more challenging contexts and applications.
Yes, if you are motivated and enthusiastic. If you are just starting out you will need to pace yourself and go at a slower pace. A good rule of thumb is to allocate at least two weeks for each unit. I have included a beginner crash course as well and instructions as to how to proceed through the course if you are a novice.
Yes! Intermediate to advanced players who are looking to improve their theory and technique will find a treasure trove of useful exercises here.
Yes, at this time you can start anytime (we are experimenting with cohorts and groups soon however so this may change). Once you sign up you start getting your course materials with more to come each week (fast track) or every other week (steady track). Once unlocked, the material is accessible to you to come back to anytime. You have lifetime access to it!
If you select the Fast Track option, new content opens up for you once a week. you get a reminder email and you can also directly access your next unit from the dashboard. The Steady Track option is the exact same course, just slower. We noticed that most people said it took them two weeks to finish a unit and it would be easier to keep in step at a two-week pace. Hence the steady track was born – slow and steady wins the race! Tuition for both tracks is the same. Steady track allows for a very relaxed payment plan of 39.97 per month. And remember: With either option you retain life time access! With either option you can, in fact, always go slower than what the emails say, however, 49 % of our participants said they preferred to stay in sync with the reminders and over 80% of participants said it typically took them two weeks to finish a unit. Slow and steady wins the race! So go ahead and choose what’s right for you
es, we offer an unconditional 20-day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied for any reason, do not hesitate to email for a full refund. Buy completely risk-free and you get lifetime access to the material once the tuition is paid in full.
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