What does it mean to be a bassist?
To Become a Master
Setting Goals
How to Practice/Practice Routine
Intro to Basics
Fingering Hand
Parts of the Bass Guitar
Parts of the Upright Double Bass
Standing/Sitting With the Bass Guitar
Standing/Sitting Pizzicatto
Right Hand Pizzicatto
Thumb Placement, Left Hand (Upright Bass)
Right Hand/Left Hand/Damping
Left Hand Thumb Placement (Electric Bass)
Damping With the Right Hand
Muting With All Four Fingers
Damping With Both Hands
Good Technique
Bad Habits, Things to Avoid
Fingerstyle
Using a Pick or Plecktrum
Left Arm Almost Perpendicular to the Neck
Bow Grip
Bow Placement, Drawing the Bow, Tone Production
Standing ARCO Position
Bow Arm
Tuning the Bass
The Value of Reading Music
Learning to Read Music
Basics
Note/Rest Values
Counting Notes/Rests in 4/4
Triplets
Sixteenth Rests
Open String Rhythm Studies
Note and Rest Values Combined
Open String Exercises
Repeat Brackets
Open Strings
Time Signatures
Dotted Note Values
Dotted Rests
The Tie
G & D
The Beat or Groove
Vamps
Right Hand Exercise
Time and Rhythm
Time
How to Practice Time
Time and Rhythmic Accuracy
Syncopations
Rhythmic Notation of Common Bass Grooves
Theory
Key Signatures
Circle of Fifths
Key Signature Chart
Intervals of the Chromatic Scale
Major Scale Construction
Minor Scale Construction
Intervals of a Major Scale
Interval Piece
1st Position
First 5 Notes on the E String
Exercises on the E String
First 5 Notes on the A String
Exercises on the A String
A Major, Exercise on the E and A String
Walking Blues, Bass Lines A & E
First 5 Notes on the D String
Exercises on the D String
Walking Blues, Bass Lines D & A
Crossing Strings
First 5 Notes on the G String
Exercises on the G String
Enharmonic Spelling
Enharm's Way
Walking Blues, Bass Lines G & D
Tie Exercises
Never Say Never
Drunken Sailor
Question and Answer
Battle of Jericho
1st Position 2nd Finger
Basic Slap Style, Right Hand
G Funk Blues
Never Been Better
God Bless America
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Ear Training
Musical Ears
Ear Training: Rhythmic Dictation Exercise #1
Ear Training: Rhythmic Dictation Exercise #2
Ear Training: Pitch Exercise #1
Ear Training: Pitch Exercise #2
Ear Training: Harmonic Rhythmic Dictation
Pentatonic Scales
E Major Pentatonic Scale
Pentatonic Piece
Note Finder
Fingerboard Diagrams
Music vs. the Fingering
Note Finder Diagrams
Variations on a Funky Theme
Roots, 5ths, Octaves Basic
Chord Chart Reading
Rhythmic Notation With Chord Symbols
Intervals in Position
Roots and Fifths
Bb Blues/Roots Only
Bb Blues/Roots and Fifths
Blues
Reading Basic Chord Charts
Intervals in Position
Roots, Fifths and Octaves
A Minor Bossa Nova
6/8 Latin/Roots, Fifths and Octaves
Grooves/Vamps with Roots and Fifths
110 Scales/Modes, 216 Chord Arpeggios in 1st Position
Major Scales in 1st Position
Minor Scales in 1st Position
First Position Chord Arpeggios From Open E
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 1st Fret F
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 2nd Fret F#
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 3rd Fret G
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 4th Fret Ab
First Position Chord Arpeggios From Open A
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 1st Fret Bb
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 2nd Fret B
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 3rd Fret C
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 4th Fret C#
First Position Chord Arpeggios From Open D
First Position Chord Arpeggios From 1st Fret Eb
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