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The Ultimate Bass Practice Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed! ~ Session Band App
Welcome to another lesson where we explore Session Band, an app that turns your iPad into a live backing band! We’ll walk through how to loop sections, adjust BPM, change keys, mute instruments (like bass), and even customize your mix. This is my go-to practice tool for scales, chord tones, and grooves, and it’s perfect for practicing in real time.
What we cover in this lesson:
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How to use Session Band for realistic practice
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Looping sections to work on tricky changes
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Adjusting tempo and keys instantly
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Muting bass to create space for your lines
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Using the built-in mixer for customization
✅ Try Session Band for iOS: [Search “Session Band” in the App Store]
If you’ve been looking for a better way to practice, this is it!
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Just purchased the app. 🙂
Awesome! It’s been a great practice tool! Let me know how it goes for you
Have you ever used iReal Pro? Same thing basically but with tons and tons of chord charts of famous songs. It’s all midi so it can sound a bit like an 80s video game BUT you can upload the midi tracks into GarageBand and change the instruments used for better sounding ones !
I only started using it lately
Yes! We’ve reviewed that a LONG time ago! That’s a good one as well. They are both good for different reasons. I actually recommend using both. Like you said, that sounds aren’t that great but it does the job for practice reasons. And that’s actually pretty cool with that GarageBand hack, never thought to do that 👌🏾What do you like using it most for?
I like to pick Jazz tunes that move a lot, with a lot of chords and key changes. I pick one section of the neck and try to play all the root notes of the tune in one position. Then I might change position and repeat the process and I try not to look at the neck.
I might then add 3rds, 5ths and so on.
I find it great also for discovering chords and trying to check out different inversions and flavours…