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Percussive Technique to Add to Your Grooves

Date Added 7/29/2022

MINI LESSON – TIP WHEN LEARNING MODES

Date Added 7/22/2022

“Them Changes” by Thundercat Chord Breakdown

Date Added 7/8/2022

Technical Development | Correct your bad habits | Beginners

Date Added 6/17/2022

Fix Your “Plucking” Technique | Plucking vs Pulling

Date Added 5/20/2022

Tracking Your Progress | Tips to help along the way

Date Added 4/9/2022

Chord Changes | Why You Need to know Modes

Date Added 4/1/2022

16th Note Triplet Slap Bass Pattern

Date Added 3/11/2022

Bass EQ Course pt1 Analyzing Frequencies

Date Added 3/2/2022

3rd & 4th Finger Isolation Exercise w/Jacob Smith

Date Added 2/11/2022

3 Tips to Learn Songs Quicker

Date Added 2/9/2022

Run for Cover – Marcus Miller Slap Groove

Date Added 2/5/2022

5 Pentatonic Shapes

Date Added 1/30/2022

Fretboard Navigation – Never lose your place when playing a lick

Date Added 1/28/2022

The Minor 11 Chord in 3 Voicings

Date Added 1/22/2022

Classical Warm Up with Alan “Snoop” Evans

Date Added 1/8/2022

Major and Minor 6 Chord Rule

Date Added 12/27/2021

Paradiddle Slap Bass – Beginner Rhythm Techniques

Date Added 12/17/2021

Bass Note Substitution with Jacob Smith + Backing Track

Date Added 12/10/2021

How Jacob Smith gets his “Raspy Tone”!

Date Added 11/26/2021

Major Vs Minor 9 Chord

Date Added 11/20/2021

Next Level Improv – Dominant Chord Soloing

Date Added 11/14/2021

Pinky Strength Exercise!

Date Added 11/6/2021

4 Exercises for 5 String Bass

Date Added 10/30/2021

Learn Every Note on the Fretboard – Circle of Fifths

Date Added 10/23/2021

Minor Pentatonic Raking Exercise

Date Added 10/16/2021

Plucking and Muting Tips – Beginners

Date Added 10/9/2021

2 Octave Triad Shift Exercise

Date Added 10/1/2021

“I Gotcha” Breakdown – Active Listening Series

Date Added 9/25/2021

The Upstroke Pattern – Double Thumb Tips

Date Added 9/11/2021

Funk Slap Lick Breakdown

Date Added 9/6/2021

Using Octaves – Plucking Hand Exercise

Date Added 8/27/2021

Beginner Funk Slap – Fight the Power

Date Added 8/23/2021

Live Bassline Breakdown

Date Added 8/14/2021

Double Thumb with Ghost Notes

Date Added 8/8/2021

Groove Elements & Ideas | Filling up the bass line

Date Added 7/30/2021

Classical Thump Breakdown w/ Notation

Date Added 7/24/2021

Briggs Blues Fest

Date Added 7/16/2021

How and Where to Play Minor 7 Flat 5

Date Added 7/12/2021

Speed & Precision Exercise

Date Added 6/25/2021

2-5-1 Progression and Improvisation

Date Added 6/19/2021

Come On Come Over – Quick Lick

Date Added 6/14/2021

16th Note Exercise

Date Added 6/6/2021

“The Process” Learning a Song

Date Added 5/28/2021

First Gig Experience w/Tips

Date Added 5/22/2021

Ghost Note Exercise

Date Added 5/14/2021

Rhythmic Values Crash Course – Beginners

Date Added 4/30/2021

Descending Mixolydian Groove

Date Added 4/23/2021

Beginner Workout – Triads Exercise in D Major

Date Added 4/17/2021

Transcribing Tips

Date Added 4/10/2021

Master the Bass Modes

Date Added 4/3/2021

G Major Pentatonic Modes Exercise

Date Added 3/19/2021

3 Triad and Arpeggio Shapes

Date Added 3/12/2021

Relative Major Minor Lick Lesson

Date Added 3/5/2021

Add Vibrato To Your Playing

Date Added 2/27/2021

Chromatic Crisscross Exercise

Date Added 2/19/2021

Playing What You Hear

Date Added 2/12/2021

Bass Vs. Treble Clef

Date Added 2/5/2021

Mode Finger Positions

Date Added 1/29/2021

SlapTips – Bass Hangout Answers

Date Added 1/22/2021

Basic Rhythms for Beginners

Date Added 1/15/2021

Master Finger Independence – Beginners

Date Added 1/4/2021

Bass Line Alternatives – 9 Chord on the 4

Date Added 12/26/2020

6 Levels of Slap

Date Added 12/11/2020

Melodic Minor “Modes” Breakdown

Date Added 12/5/2020

251 IDEAS – Solo & Modal Exploration

Date Added 11/28/2020

3 Levels of Playing Exercises

Date Added 11/20/2020

Where to Use the Melodic Minor Scale

Date Added 11/13/2020

Pentatonic Slap Exercise and Groove

Date Added 11/6/2020

Improvisation & Slap Tips – Raul’s Response

Date Added 10/23/2020

Harmonic Minor Positions

Date Added 10/16/2020

Bass Intonation Crash Course

Date Added 10/9/2020

Modes Breakdown Live

Date Added 10/2/2020

Play Pentatonics Faster – Video Q&A

Date Added 9/26/2020

Melodic Minor Maddness with Alan “Snoop” Evans

Date Added 9/18/2020

10th Interval Exercise with Jacob Smith

Date Added 9/11/2020

Fret Jumping Lesson – Part 2

Date Added 9/4/2020

Interview With “tiffsbass” Tiffany Lloyd

Date Added 8/28/2020

Understanding Bass Chord Tones

Date Added 8/28/2020

Alternating Triad Inversions

Date Added 8/21/2020

G Major 3rds Stretch Exercise

Date Added 8/14/2020

Fretted vs Open String Grooves Lesson

Date Added 7/31/2020

Insane Gospel Dexterity Exercise

Date Added 7/24/2020

Minor Key Improvisation

Date Added 7/10/2020

Transcribing Sharay Reed’s Gospel Bass

Date Added 7/5/2020

Mystery of Gospel Bass with Justin Raines

Date Added 6/26/2020

Mastering the Double Thumb Technique

Date Added 6/19/2020

Two String Major Motif Shifting Exercise w/ Jacob Smith

Date Added 6/12/2020

Applying Pentatonic Inversions w/ Groove!

Date Added 6/5/2020

Pop Song Bass Lick Challenge

Date Added 5/29/2020

Open String Groove

Date Added 5/23/2020

4 Elements to Enhance Your Groove “The Payback” breakdown – James Brown

Date Added 5/16/2020

6 Different Exercises to help with RH & LH Technique w/ Jacob Smith

Date Added 5/15/2020

Melodic Minor Soloing

Date Added 5/9/2020

Jacob Smith Interview

Date Added 5/1/2020

Secret Trick To Learning Gospel Lines

Date Added 4/27/2020

Minor 9 Chord Exploration

Date Added 4/25/2020

Alan “Snoop” Evans – Floating Thumb Technique

Date Added 4/24/2020

Hanon Style Exercise

Date Added 4/18/2020

Crazy Bass Lick – Justin Raines Style

Date Added 4/11/2020

Throwback Groove Breakdown – Licks

Date Added 4/3/2020

Justin Raines Lesson – Funky Thumping

Date Added 3/27/2020

Harmonic Minor Exploration – Minor 2-5-1

Date Added 3/20/2020

Playing Scales in 4ths

Date Added 3/13/2020

3 Practice Elements for Scales

Date Added 3/6/2020

Frank Brunot Interview – The Process

Date Added 2/28/2020

Beginner Blues Part 3 – Walking

Date Added 2/21/2020

Beginner Blues Part 2 – Triads

Date Added 2/21/2020

Beginner Blues Scale Lesson – Part 1

Date Added 2/14/2020

4 Ways to Maximize Practice

Date Added 2/7/2020

Transcribing Iconic Bass Lines – “Do I Do”

Date Added 1/31/2020

Major Pentatonic Scale Exercise

Date Added 1/24/2020

Bebop Style Bass Lick from “Soul”

Date Added 1/16/2020

Chromatic Dexterity Exercise

Date Added 1/10/2020

Jamming for Beginners Part 2

Date Added 1/3/2020

Jamming for Beginners Part 1

Date Added 1/3/2020

Ultimate Practice Tool

Date Added 12/28/2019

Odd Time Exercise For Dexterity

Date Added 12/20/2019

Learning Your Fretboard for Beginners

Date Added 12/13/2019

Bass Line Creativity – Sir Duke

Date Added 12/6/2019

Gospel Fill Lesson

Date Added 11/29/2019

Creating Exercises Using Chords

Date Added 11/22/2019

Classical Thump Breakdown Exercise

Date Added 11/15/2019

What’s My Practice Routine?

Date Added 11/8/2019

Ear Training Tips For Beginners

Date Added 11/1/2019

3 Tips To Get That “Jaco” Sound!

Date Added 10/25/2019

Slap Like Snoop

Date Added 10/18/2019

Harmonic Minor Arpeggios

Date Added 10/11/2019

Maximize Your Practice Sessions

Date Added 10/4/2019

Harmonic Minor Triads

Date Added 9/27/2019

Harmonic Minor Exercise

Date Added 9/20/2019

Introduction to the Harmonic Minor Scale

Date Added 9/12/2019

Simple Exercise For Dexterity

Date Added 9/6/2019

G Major Double Stop Exercise

Date Added 8/30/2019

More Fretting Hand Control

Date Added 8/24/2019

Create Your Own Riffs For Beginners

Date Added 8/16/2019

Understanding Chord Symbols

Date Added 8/9/2019

Triplet Exercise in 4ths

Date Added 8/1/2019

Increase Your Fretboard Reach (Mixolydian)

Date Added 7/26/2019

HOW TO READ TAB

Date Added 7/19/2019

Quick Lick – Gospel Triplet

Date Added 7/12/2019

Walking Bass Line Basics

Date Added 7/4/2019

Quick Lick – Diminished Lesson

Date Added 6/28/2019

2 Octave 5 String Major Scale Lesson

Date Added 6/21/2019

Frank Brunot Bass Tips | Funky Slap Groove Techniques

Date Added 6/14/2019

Half Vs Fully Diminished

Date Added 6/7/2019

Practice Routine Over C Major Chord

Date Added 5/31/2019

Fretboard Navigation Tips For Beginners

Date Added 5/24/2019

Fix Weak Fingers Exercise

Date Added 5/17/2019

Justin Raines w/ Daric Bass Lesson (concepts)

Date Added 5/10/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 7 – Ear Training Pt2 (Intervals Continued)

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 6 – Ear Training (Intervals)

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 5 – Intervals Introduction

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 4 – 7th Chords/Arpeggios

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 3 – Triad Chord Tones

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 2 – Number System/Triads

Date Added 5/4/2019

Bass Theory for Beginners – Part 1 – Scale Formation

Date Added 5/4/2019

C# Minor Pentatonic Groove W/Chords

Date Added 4/26/2019

Odd Time Signature Exercise

Date Added 4/19/2019

Simple & Effective Major Scale Exercise

Date Added 4/12/2019

Funk Challenge Breakdown Part 3

Date Added 4/5/2019

Funk Challenge Breakdown Part 2

Date Added 4/5/2019

Melodic Minor Triads

Date Added 3/26/2019

Melodic Minor Scale Explanation

Date Added 3/23/2019

How to Memorize Bass Lines

Date Added 3/15/2019

Kanye West Breakdown Lick Part 2

Date Added 3/8/2019

Kanye West Breakdown Lick Part 1

Date Added 3/8/2019

5 Exercises to JUMP START your Slap Technique

Date Added 3/1/2019

Arpeggiated Triad Exercise

Date Added 2/23/2019

3 Positions of Each Triad Lesson

Date Added 2/14/2019

Applying Triads – Part 2

Date Added 2/2/2019

Applying Triads – Part 1

Date Added 1/25/2019

251 Solo Ideas

Date Added 1/18/2019

Stevie Wonder – “Do I Do” Lesson

Date Added 1/11/2019

Focus Group 2

Date Added 1/7/2019

Increase Your Bass Vocabulary

Date Added 1/4/2019

Play Portrait of Tracy with 1 Chord!

Date Added 12/28/2018

CRAZY Gospel Double Thumb “Snoop” Lick

Date Added 12/21/2018

Hammer Ons & Pull Offs

Date Added 12/14/2018

Chromatic Criss Cross Exercise

Date Added 12/7/2018

16th Note Exercise Breakdown

Date Added 11/30/2018

How to Play Triads

Date Added 11/23/2018

Building Bass Lines with Chromaticism

Date Added 11/16/2018

How to Use Pentatonic Inversions

Date Added 11/9/2018

Quick Gospel Lick – F Minor Triad

Date Added 11/2/2018

Applying Theory To Grooves – Bass Soloing Tips

Date Added 10/26/2018

How to Play 251 Chord Progression Inversions

Date Added 10/16/2018

Think Outside of the Box While Grooving

Date Added 10/12/2018

Right & Left Hand Exercise for Stamina & Dexterity

Date Added 10/5/2018

How to Play Relative Major and Minor

Date Added 9/26/2018

1 Arpeggio in 3 Positions (Minor 7)

Date Added 9/21/2018

How to get rid of the DREADED “String Ring”

Date Added 9/14/2018

Optimize Practice w/ Exercise Variations

Date Added 9/7/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 15 – Intro To Arpeggios

Date Added 8/31/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 13 – Wholetones & Semitones

Date Added 8/31/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 12 – Dampening Techniques

Date Added 8/31/2018

Quick Lick – Latin Style Groove

Date Added 8/24/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 11 – Learn scales in different positions

Date Added 8/13/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 9 – Timing & rhythm development

Date Added 8/13/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 7 – Learn the notes and C major scale

Date Added 8/13/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 4 – Fretting hand position and technique

Date Added 8/13/2018

BEGINNERS COURSE – Part 1 – How to choose a bass

Date Added 8/13/2018

Develop Deeper Groove With Octaves!

Date Added 8/10/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 9 – Never Sacrifice the Melody

Date Added 8/3/2018

How to Apply What You Practice in Your Grooves!

Date Added 7/19/2018

Understanding the Minor Key

Date Added 7/13/2018

Be Your Own Drummer – BeatBuddy (Drum Machine) Pedal Demo

Date Added 7/11/2018

Good Technique vs Comfortability

Date Added 6/28/2018

Take Control of Your Tone

Date Added 6/21/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 6 – Major and Minor 6ths

Date Added 6/15/2018

Mixolydian Concept & Exercise – Jaco Style!

Date Added 6/8/2018

How To Get Rid of Fret Buzz

Date Added 5/31/2018

Creating Your Own Exercises – Master The Fretboard

Date Added 5/25/2018

Step Up Your Bass Fill Game!!

Date Added 5/18/2018

Quick Trick To Learning The Fretboard

Date Added 5/11/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 5 – Time to Get Funky

Date Added 5/4/2018

“Connect the Dots” Fretting Hand Exercise

Date Added 4/27/2018

Beginners Guide to Bass Guitar

Date Added 4/20/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 4 – Major and Minor 7ths

Date Added 4/18/2018

DOUBLESTOPS!! & Bonus Exercise

Date Added 4/6/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 3 – Inversions Continued

Date Added 3/29/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 2 – Inversions

Date Added 3/21/2018

CHORDS COURSE – Part 1 – How to play chords

Date Added 3/16/2018

SLAP COURSE – Part 2 – Slapping and picking transition

Date Added 3/9/2018

HOW TO PROPERLY PALM MUTE

Date Added 3/2/2018

How to Practice with a Metronome

Date Added 2/23/2018

Quick Lick Breakdown – Blues Lick

Date Added 2/16/2018

What is the Number System?

Date Added 2/9/2018

4 Most Important Chord Shapes

Date Added 2/2/2018

5 Tips for Beginner Bass Guitar Players

Date Added 1/24/2018

Walking Bass Line for Beginners – Over a 2-5-1 Progression

Date Added 1/19/2018

Bass Guitar Fretting Hand Technique ~ Nail The Note Every Time!

Date Added 1/12/2018

Bass Technique Custom Feedback ~ Video Q&A Sample

Date Added 1/11/2018

BEGINNER MODES COURSE – Ionian Mode – “The 1” – Major

Date Added 1/8/2018

Optimize Your Practice Routine With This Tool

Date Added 1/5/2018

Melodic Minor Scale

Date Added 12/29/2017

Minor 2-5-1 Progression

Date Added 12/22/2017

Useful String Skipping Exercise

Date Added 12/15/2017

TONE & EQ SETTINGS ON YOUR BASS

Date Added 11/17/2017

How To Play A 2 Octave Minor Scale

Date Added 11/10/2017

What To Think While Soloing

Date Added 11/3/2017

Bass Guitar Grooving Techniques

Date Added 10/27/2017

The Major Pentatonic Scale + Positions

Date Added 10/20/2017

Diatonic Triads Exercise

Date Added 10/13/2017

What Does Diatonic Mean?

Date Added 10/13/2017

Fretting Hand Mistake & Correction Exercise

Date Added 10/6/2017

Funky Christmas NOTATED!!

Date Added 10/6/2017

How to Play the C Minor Scale

Date Added 10/6/2017

The Dominant/Mixolydian Scale (The Funky Scale)

Date Added 10/6/2017

Learn To Play Scales In Different Positions

Date Added 9/28/2017

Using the New Video Player Tutorial

Date Added 9/19/2017

Ultimate Warm Up Exercise – Alternating Arpeggios

Date Added 9/15/2017

How To Play Theoretical Funk

Date Added 9/7/2017

Enhance Your Chording On A 5 String Bass

Date Added 8/31/2017

The “Spider” Exercise

Date Added 8/24/2017

Funk Challenge #4

Date Added 8/18/2017

HOW TO BUILD AND PLAY CHORDS ON BASS

Date Added 8/17/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 7 – Super fast slap bass technique (16th note triplets)

Date Added 8/11/2017

The Difference Between Major & Minor 3rds w/ Exercise

Date Added 8/6/2017

What is an Arpeggio?

Date Added 8/6/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 6 – Hammer ons and pull offs

Date Added 8/4/2017

Funk Challenge – Slap Groove Breakdown!

Date Added 7/21/2017

Modes Crash Course!!

Date Added 7/14/2017

Quick Lick – Dorian Lesson

Date Added 7/7/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 5 – Hammer on technique

Date Added 6/23/2017

MASTER YOUR FRETBOARD

Date Added 6/16/2017

The Speed Demon! “Bubby Lewis” Exercise

Date Added 6/9/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 4 – Double thumb slap technique

Date Added 6/2/2017

Quick Lick – E Major Pentatonic Lick

Date Added 5/26/2017

Bass Solo Tips over 2-5-1

Date Added 5/19/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 3 – Crucial slap bass exercises

Date Added 5/11/2017

Learn the Blues Scale on Bass

Date Added 5/5/2017

Funk Challenge #3

Date Added 5/2/2017

SLAP COURSE – Part 1 – Introduction to slap bass

Date Added 4/28/2017

Play The 2-5-1 Progression Like A Pro

Date Added 4/18/2017

The Best Melodic Excercise Lesson

Date Added 4/14/2017

Mixolydian Continued: What was that lick?

Date Added 3/31/2017

Four or Five String Bass?

Date Added 3/29/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 8 – Understanding Aeolian

Date Added 3/22/2017

Mixolydian Groove Breakdown

Date Added 3/17/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 7 – Understanding Mixolydian

Date Added 3/8/2017

“Don’t Be The 3 Finger Guy”

Date Added 3/1/2017

Funky A Minor Groove

Date Added 2/17/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 5 – Understanding Phrygian

Date Added 2/6/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 3 – Understanding Ionian

Date Added 1/27/2017

Brain Teaser Exercise

Date Added 1/18/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 2 – The Last Three

Date Added 1/13/2017

MODES COURSE – Part 1 – The First Four

Date Added 1/5/2017

Shuffle Groove Breakdown Part 1

Date Added 12/30/2016

Rockin’ Bassline Groove Lesson

Date Added 12/23/2016

Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” Bass Line Groove Lesson

Date Added 12/15/2016

Minor 3rds & 6ths Exercise

Date Added 12/1/2016

Shuffle Groove

Date Added 11/27/2016

Killer Triplet Exercise

Date Added 11/22/2016

Right Hand Technique & Groove

Date Added 11/17/2016

Minor Inversions Lesson

Date Added 11/10/2016

Diatonic Intervals Lesson

Date Added 11/2/2016

Whole Tone Scale Lesson

Date Added 10/20/2016

Major Inversions Lesson

Date Added 10/12/2016

Two Octave Major Scale

Date Added 10/4/2016

Major 3rds & 6ths Exercise

Date Added 9/29/2016

Extended Arpeggio Exercise

Date Added 9/22/2016

Minor Pentatonic Groove

Date Added 9/15/2016

Ascending Arpeggios Lesson

Date Added 9/8/2016

Fretboard Basics Lesson

Date Added 9/1/2016

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