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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
This post presents some different techniques you can use to add flavor to your bass playing.
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
To help me know my way around the bass, I visually map out the bass neck using arpeggios and pentatonic scales. This really helps me find the right sounding notes, and gives me confidence that I'm not going to hit a clunker.
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Click Scale Exercises to view pdf notation.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I was in London last year, catching up with some old acquaintances. One person I was really looking forward to seeing was Dill Katz. In London, Dill is like the father of the electric bass. Besides being an excellent bassist himself, playing on countless significant recordings, Dill is a great ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
This post is in two parts
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
How do you play like Jaco, Marcus Miller, Richard Bona or Victor Bailey? You have to learn to be able to instantly transfer the musical ideas you have, to your instrument. How do you learn that? Practical ear training excersises really help.
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