This week we’re taking a look at the cycle of fourths and how you can memorise it in around 20 to 30 seconds with this super fast hack! The Cycle Of Fourths The circle of fifths and fourths is an incredibly important part of music theory for beginners and all reading musicians learn both cycles…
Today we’re going to look at a little jazz harmony/music theory and delve into the Tritone Substitution! What Is A Tritone Substitution? First of all what’s a substitution? A substitution is a chord we substitute for another chord. Both chords will have some common notes and share a similar function. When we substitute one chord…
This week we’re delving a little deeper into the Charlie Parker tune Billie’s Bounce. We’re going to breakdown the chord progression and look at applying the chord tones/arpeggios to bass guitar This is an essential part of learning a Jazz Standard and creating walking bass lines or solos. Billie’s Bounce Practice Tracks
In this lesson we’re going to look at the Major Arpeggio – how it’s constructed, a few basic ‘patterns’ and then some tips on learning how to REALLY learn them without the need for mindless patterns and shapes. The exercises included will help with developing your fretboard knowledge and your fundamental harmony knowledge. What Is…
This week we’re looking at Triad Inversions played as Arpeggios. We’ll look at what they are, how to play them and how they can be used in your bass lines. What Is An Inversion What is an inversion? To understand inversions we first need to understand chord construction and, for this lesson, the construction of…
This week we’re looking at arpeggios and chord construction. Specifically Seventh Chords. For a further deep dive into Chord Construction and Harmony, Click Here To Check Out The Chord Tone Essentials Course! When you start out learning chord tones, it’s common for teachers to limit exercises to a few common patterns such as the Major…
In this lesson I’ll be looking to explain everything you’ll ever need to know about intervals in less than 15 minutes. We’ll look at the basic set of intervals derived from the major scale, minor intervals, augmented and diminished intervals, compound intervals and inverted intervals. Interval Basics First let’s lay out three basic points regarding…
In this video we’re looking at the Harmonic Minor scale and how it can be used in creating a Minor key. This video is a preview lesson taken from the upcoming Scale Essentials For Bass course here at Talkingbass. Enjoy! Natural Minor vs Harmonic Minor The harmonic minor scale is the same as the natural…