This week I’m going to give you a quick little tip for incorporating some quick little ghost notes into your bass lines using only one finger. So we’re looking at efficiency in our playing and economy of motion. Ghost Notes Ghost notes are those dead notes that we get by holding our hand against the…
This week we’re looking at the left hand. I’ve got a few simple exercises you can use for developing your legato technique and your overall dexterity. We’re looking at hammer ons and pull offs and focusing on good form and consistency of tone. Enjoy! Exercise #1 First of all let’s look at some simple hammer…
This week I have another technique exercise for the left hand. This time we’re looking at high speed – wide stretch lines so take things slowly! One Tough Fretting Hand Exercise First of all let’s work through the basic line in C Major: Work Through The Cycle Of Fourths Once you have the exercise under…
This week we’re going to look at a great exercise I devised for working on a whole bunch of different technical problems. It’s based around the opening few bars of Widor’s Toccata in F Major and works through the complete Circle Of Fifths Widor’s Toccata In F Major The opening line of this Toccata is…
This week we’re looking at one of the biggest problems I see in students. The left hand pinky. But it’s not always a problem with Pinky Strength. It’s often a problem with technique and leverage. So this week we’re looking at a technique I call Joint Barring! The Riff This riff is just a straightforward…
This week we’re looking at a cool riff you can use for working on your 16th note articulation and your ghost notes. There are also a few tricky octave patterns in there. So buckle up and get ready for a workout!! Let’s Get To Work! This riff is a typical 16th note funk line making…
Playing bass with a pick can seem quite tricky if you’ve spent your whole life playing bass fingerstyle.So this week I’m going to give you a crash course in bass picking technique from the basics of holding the plectrum to palm muting. The Pick First, let’s look at the pick. There’s a whole bunch of…
In this week’s lesson I’ve got a kickass major scale exercise for you that will help to develop both your technique and your muscle memory when playing sequential scalar lines. Position Shift Workout This workout is a variation of the C major scale that includes a position shift to extend it past the octave. Try…