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How To REALLY Learn Your Scales – Spelling Drills
This week we’re looking at how to learn your scales more thoroughly by note using Spelling Drills! By now, you probably know how to play a major scale as it is a fairly common scale and one that most musicians learn first. When learning scales on bass, we tend to learn a pattern that we…
Active Vs Passive Bass Guitars – Which Is Best?
This week we’re looking at Active Basses vs Passive Basses. Which one is best? Or more importantly, which one is best for YOU!? What’s The Difference Between Active & Passive? So first of all, what’s the difference between passive and active basses? Well, It’s all to do with the pickups or more accurately the electronics…
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Top 3 Methods For Learning Notes On The Bass Fretboard
This week we’re looking at three methods for learning the notes on the bass fretboard Method #1 Exercises: Test sheets are a great way of learning the notes on the bass fretboard. As an example, here is a simple test for the notes on the 3rd, 5th and 7th frets of the E string: This…
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thanks , mark ! it really helps me .