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Rhythm Reading Bootcamp Volume 1: Rhythmic Fundamentals
Putting the fun back into the fundamentals of rhythmic notation.
New to reading notation, or just looking to brush up on the basics? This book is for you!
Rhythm Reading Bootcamp Volume 2: The 16th-note Language
Want to play funky, syncopated basslines like Rocco, Jaco, and Pino? Learn how to effortlessly read, count, and play any complex 16th-note rhythm by working through more than 80 structured exercises.
Better Bass Practice
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut with your practice? Or maybe you worry that your playing isn’t going anywhere? Isn’t it time to take a step back and take a closer look at how you practise?
Free Video Lessons
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John Patitucci – Stella by Starlight
John Patitucci’s walking bass masterclass Here’s a great clip of upright and electric bass virtuoso demonstrating some foundational walking bass concepts during a clinic. In the video, he plays though the standard ‘Stella by Starlight’ several times – first unaccompanied, and then with guitarist Jay Azzolina – to illustrate the different concepts he uses when…
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Groove Of The Week #56: Don Blackman – ‘Yabba Dabba Doo’
Don Blackman’s debut album (1982’s Don Blackman) is one of a handful of discs that falls into the category of ‘Records I Wish I’d Discovered 10 Years Earlier’, along with Donny Hathaway’s Extension of a Man, Pleasure’s Future Now, and Chaka Khan’s Naughty. Not only does Don Blackman feature forward-looking, genre-hopping compositions, a roll-call of…
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Boss BF-2 Flanger Bass Demo
What is it? It’s a flanger. It, well, flanges things, you know? Flangers belong to the same family of modulation effects as chorus and phaser. The Boss BF-2 was produced by the company between 1981 and 2002, after which it was replaced by the BF-3 pedal which is still in production today. What Does It…
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How Joe Dart Got His Groove
Imagine my excitement in discovering Joe Dart’s Berklee College of Music bass clinic on YouTube; over 100 minutes of potential wisdom and grooves to steal! Now, imagine my disappointment in discovering that the whole thing had been mixed by the drummer’s right foot. But fear not, funk bass fans, for poor audio fidelity will not…
