This week we’re looking at arpeggios, specifically two octave arpeggios. If you’ve ever tried learning a two octave arpeggio you’ll have probably encountered the popular ‘stretchy’ fingering starting on the 1st finger. That’s fine, but it’s not the most comfortable of lines. So in this lesson we’re going to breakdown a 2 octave Major Triad…
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 previous lessons we’ve looked at triads, seventh chords and many other types of chords. But today we’re going to look at the four most common 7th chords you’re likely to encounter and look at them as both block chords and as arpeggios with the aim of learning them as a ‘sound’. The Four Essential…
In this lesson we’re going to look at arpeggios within a scale and an exercise that will be sure to twist your fingers and your mind. Arpeggios From A Scale What do I mean by the arpeggios within a key? In any key or scale for that matter we can build arpeggios from each note. …
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 going to take a look at Pentatonic Scales and a simple approach for playing up and down the fretboard rather than across the fretboard. The Major Pentatonic Scale As a refresher, to build a major pentatonic scale just take a major scale and remove the 4th and 7th. C Major Scale: C…
This week we’re looking at how you can inject some awesome juice into your bass fills, runs and solos by using an intervallic approach to shedding scales. Getting Away From The Norm! Many beginner to intermediate bass players see scale runs in a very linear, up & down fashion. You run up the scale and…
This week I’ve got a preview lesson from the upcoming Scale Essentials course! This lesson is from module 3 and we’re looking at the 3 basic scale patterns we can generate from any single root note fret. This is the foundation for building a map of the entire fretboard for any scale. The Three Positions…