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The Best Sight Reading Books for Bass

Bass Player’s Book Club Part 2: Sight Reading Have you ever wondered what the best sight reading books for bass are, or how to practise sight reading? Episode 2 of…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged anthony vitti, bass players book club, Bellson, bottesini, dotzauer, instructional books, james jamerson, john patitucci, sight reading, Simandl

The Bass Player’s Book Club #1: Chops

I’m a musical self-improvement addict, a condition which has manifested itself in my tendency to buy – and hoard – tons of books, instructional videos (including some very dubious Hot…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged bass fitness, bass lesson, bass players book club, bass technique, chops, instructional books, left hand technique lesson, one finger per fret

How To Transcribe Bass Lines

As someone who runs a bass transcriptions site, you’d expect that figuring out bass lines by ear and notating them is something that comes naturally to me. It doesn’t. After…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged ear training, functional ear trainer, jamerson, louis bellson, ran blake, ron gorow, sibelius, transcription

How Habits Happen: 7 Ways to Maintain New Behaviours

How To Form Positive Habits (and Make Them Stick) One of the things that I have consistently tried and failed to do is adopt and maintain a set of positive…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged daily rituals, habits, how to practise, meditation, productivity, Tim Ferriss, time management

Self Preservation vs. Self Perfection

This post is a continuation of the ‘How To Practise’ series – if you haven’t already checked them out, then you can access all 5 articles here. I’d like to…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged goal setting, how to practise, joe hubbard, motivation, self perfection, self preservation, time management

Removing Obstacles to Practice

Getting Out Of Your Own Way This series of posts on how to practise has already dealt with how to get your brain back on track, refine your posture, find…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged bass lesson, how to practise, lessons, on practising, practice, time management

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