About this course
Perfect for absolute beginner bass guitar licks players.
Contains over 190 Bass licks in the styles of Rock, Blues, Heavy Metal, Funk, Reggae, Jazz, Latin etc. Also includes harmonics, arpeggios, slapping, two-handed tapping etc. This dynamic course features step-by-step guidance with real music examples, and comes complete with audio and video resources to make learning easy and enjoyable. Explore exciting topics like Chord Progressions, and master new skills with every engaging piece.
Introduces fundamental bass playing styles and techniques from top musicians, featuring over 190 licks and exercises for improved skills.
This course in a printable PDF format
Staccato, hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs, and tapping guitar techniques are covered.
Tablature is a notation system used to indicate notes on a fretboard, with this instruction covering its reading and creation.
Accenting first and third beats, simple chord progressions, and eighth-note rhythms are emphasized.
Pentatonic scale and hammer-on techniques used to create a distinctive blues sound.
Heavy Metal music's evolution is examined, tracing influences from Hard Rock to Classical styles.
Covers fundamental techniques for playing shuffle rhythms in Rock and Blues styles, emphasizing groove and feel.
The origins and distinctive features of Jamaican reggae music are examined, highlighting its characteristic emphasis on off-beat rhythms.
Reggae shuffling techniques and ghost notes application are covered.
Triplets and syncopation are used to create complex rhythms in music.
Triplet feel, advanced rhythms, and harmony are explored, featuring walking bass lines.
Accenting one and three, staccato feel, syncopation, and anticipation are key elements of funk music covered in this section.
Fuses Rock and Funk influences to enhance rap techniques and artistic expression.
Straight Latin rhythms, emphasizing off-beats and incorporating salsa and Afro-Cuban styles, are covered.
Harmonics and fretted notes are combined to produce distinctive tonal variations.
Off-beat accents and Afro rhythms define a 16-bar blues progression.
Afro rhythms and sixteenth-note patterns in African-inspired music are covered.
Recognizes and plays musical patterns featuring uneven time signatures with odd numerator values.
Timing manipulation through time displacement techniques creates rhythmic variations.
Developing your ability to seamlessly transition between two contrasting rhythmic patterns, incorporating timing and groove variations.
Expands finger dexterity and playing skill through keyboard stretching exercises.
Techniques for mastering runs and arpeggios, as well as melodic approaches in blues and rock styles.
Vibrato shake technique involves a rapid shifting motion between notes to create expressive and nuanced pitch variations.
Advanced keyboard techniques and styles covered: blues, rock, and bass lines.
Musical styles covered include rock, jazz, funk, salsa, and Afro-Cuban rhythms, with a focus on harmonies and Latin-inspired beats.
Detuning the E string to D is explored, with applications across diverse musical genres.
The art of creating complex rhythms and funk-inspired sounds is achieved through mastery of the slap technique.
Tapping techniques and voicings for Major, minor, and dominant seventh chords are covered.
