Something that I never think to post about here is the savings you can find on courses such as Teach Me Bass Guitar, or other online music lessons such as guitar and piano by using coupons offered by the official merchant websites. For instance, Teach Me Bass Guitar frequently offers a 5% off coupon code. It doesn’t save you hundreds of bucks, but it can basically cover the cost of shipping for the course.

This popped into my head because recently I’d been searching for a Jamplay coupon code to use for my own personal membership renewal. I wad been on a month-to-month membership over there but the credit card I had on file expired so my membership was cancelled. When I went back to renew it I decided to search for a coupon code to see how much I could save. What I found were two different codes. One was 25% off for the first month and the other was 10% off your entire purchase. It made sense to me that if I was going to use the 10% off coupon I’d use it for the full year membership, but I wanted to do the math first to see if it was worth it.

It turns out I was going to save over $100 bucks by doing the annual membership and using the 10% off coupon rather then paying on a month-to-month basis for a full year. Seemed like a no brainer to me?

So what’s my point in all this? Well before you buy or join any online music lessons or purchase a DVD course check to see if there are any coupon codes available. You might find that you can save yourself a few extra bucks along the way.

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Bass Guitar Blues Jam

by admin on May 3, 2011

If you’ve been following along with the last 7 days or so of videos you’ll know that we covered the 12 bar blues, Dorian and Mixolydian modes and minor chords. We’re going to see a demonstration of all these combined today with a jam track.

There’s nothing for you to necessarily learn so you can sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy the demo today. If you did watch the previous videos then you should be able to pick out the different pieces he’s playing through out. It’s really neat to hear how he pieces it all together to create a full blown jam that you can play with.

If all this seems a bit advanced for you then you may want to start at the bottom with some beginner bass lessons. There are some fantastic courses you can use for self study that we compared on the home page of our site. Any of these 3 courses will provide you with a solid primer and education on the electric bass guitar.

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More Walking Bass Lines with Passing Tones

May 2, 2011

If you watched yesterdays video on walking bass lines over the C 12 bar blues and got that under your fingers then you’ll enjoy todays video. We’re going to take it all one step further today and introduce some passing tones to the mix. A passing tone is simply a note that doesn’t fall into [...]

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Learn to Play a Walking Bass Line

May 1, 2011

In this video you’ll learn how to take the modes you’ve learned from the C major scale and combine that with the I IV V progression for the 12 bar blues and play a walking bass line over the progression. If you’re not familiar with what a walking bass line is you’ll know it as [...]

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Learning Minor Chords on the Electric Bass Guitar

April 30, 2011

In today’s video tip you’re going to learn how to play a minor chord which is based on the Dorian mode we looked at yesterday. RECAP: The Dorian mode is a sub scale of the major scale which starts on the 2nd degree of the scale. In yesterday’s video we looked at an example done [...]

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More with Modes – Dorian Mode of the Major Scale

April 29, 2011

I introduced you to modes in a previous video this week. We talked about the Mixolydian Mode which was a sub scale of the major scale starting at the 5th degree (the 5th note of the major scale). Today we’re going to show you another Mode within the major scale. Again we’ll be using the [...]

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Soloing over the 12 Bar Blues with a Mixolydian Scale

April 28, 2011

I love todays video. While the concept of a mixolydian scale might seem a bit over whelming it’s not that bad. It’s the name that’s long If you watched yesterdays video which was a primer on the 12 bar blues then you know how the 12 bar blues progression works and you should have a [...]

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Playing a 12 Bar Blues Scale on the Bass Guitar

April 27, 2011

The 12 bar blues is one of the most popular patterns you’ll play on the electric bass, the guitar or any other lead instrument. Understanding not just the sound and how to recognize it but also the musical theory behind the concept is a key to your learning progress. In today’s video you’ll learn the [...]

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Modes on the Bass Guitar

April 26, 2011

A musical mode is basically a scale within a scale using more or less the same notes. In this video the instructor gives you an example of how this works within the C major scale. You can think of Modes as a variation of the major scale, not using different notes but starting at a [...]

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The Major Scale – Building Blocks of All Music

April 25, 2011

I know I’ve posted a previous video on major scales before. That video was by Roy Vogt of the Teach Me Bass Guitar course. What I’ve got for you today is a different instructor giving you his take on the scale and also teaching it to you. The important part that you should take from [...]

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