Old Schools Bass Rocking

April 24, 2011

I’ve dug up a gem from the past today for you. It’s an amazing demonstration of what you can do using a 5 string bass. This is just bass and guitar and the bassist playing that 5 string bass is none other then Roy Vogt of the learn bass guitar course Teach Me Bass Guitar. [...]

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Unique Picking Technique – Pick, Pluck, Thumb and Tap at Once

April 23, 2011

If you’ve every used a pick to play the bass then you know it’s difficult to play with a pick and still be able to pluck. Actually it’s down right impossible if you’re using the standard format of holding the pick between your thumb and first finger. After all you usually rotate between your first [...]

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Kung Pow Bass Tutorial

April 22, 2011

Well if you’ve been following along with me then you know I’ve been posting a ton of content and sample clips from the Teach Me Bass Guitar course. In today’s bass guitar lessons I’ve got a tutorial taken from Lesson #14 of the full Teach Me Bass Guitar course. I’m posting this for you today [...]

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Play Along Sample from Teach Me Bass Guitar

April 21, 2011

This is the play along video track I said I would post yesterday. Just a bit on the play along tracks from the Teach Me Bass Guitar course. There are a variety of these play along tracks included with the course. There are a couple of tempos included and also with and without bass. You’ll [...]

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Sample Song from Teach Me Bass Guitar

April 20, 2011

I’ve posted a lot of sample content from the Teach Me Bass Guitar course the past couple of weeks. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Today and tomorrow will end off most of it and I’ll get back to posting some other tips and videos for both beginner and intermediate bass guitarists. Today’s video though I [...]

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3 Note Sequence using the Pentatonic Scale

April 19, 2011

If you got a chance to watch yesterday’s video (if not there’s a link to the post at the bottom of this page) then you would have learned the 4 note sequence that Roy taught using the Pentatonic Scale. Today we’re going to be taking a look at a similar skill but this time it’s [...]

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Sliding Fingering for Pentatonic Scales

April 18, 2011

Today I’ve got a really funky lesson video for you from Teach Me Bass Guitar. Yesterday’s video was teaching you the basics of a pentatonic scale. Now that you’ve learned the basic fingering Roy is going to introduce you to a sliding fingering style to play the same pentatonic scale up the neck. This sounds [...]

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It’s Time for Pentatonic Scales

April 17, 2011

At the Beginning of this lesson Roy walks you through some more basic warm up exercises. I like the one he shares with you in this lesson (Which is take from lesson 14 of the full Teach Me Bass Guitar course). Steps up and down between his first and fourth fingers, One and three and [...]

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Amazing Grace on the Bass

April 16, 2011

If you love the bass guitar and don’t know who Victor Wooten is then it’s possible that you’ve been living under a rock. Form the best selling band BelaFleck Victor has been known for his unique playing style, busy hand movements and colorful solos during live shows. He is a great example of what a [...]

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Taking the Blues to the Stage

April 15, 2011

I’ve said it before on the blog that jamming is an important part to learning the bass as much as it is to having fun. Playing basic exercises and scales is fine but really getting to jam along with a drummer and guitarist will bring out a lot more excitement. Today I’ve got another play [...]

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