Free online courseBass

Duration of the online course: 10 hours and 49 minutes

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Course Description

Embark on an enriching musical journey with the Bass course. With a duration of 10 hours and 49 minutes, this comprehensive course is designed to transform your bass playing skills, regardless of your current level of expertise. Garnering an impressive average rating of 5 stars in a 1 to 5 rating system, its quality and effectiveness are well-acknowledged by bass enthusiasts and learners alike.

This course belongs to the Instruments and Vocal category, and more specifically, is centered on the Bass subcategory. It is meticulously structured to cover a wide range of subjects essential for mastering the bass guitar. Starting with an introduction to the bass guitar, it gradually advances through various crucial topics, ensuring a holistic learning experience.

Initially, you’ll get acquainted with the basics, including tuning the bass guitar, understanding playing positions, and ensuring proper strap adjustments. As you progress, foundational techniques such as plucking, fretting, and coordinating the left and right hands will be closely examined. These early lessons lay the groundwork for more advanced topics, ensuring that your technique is solid and capable of supporting more complex bass lines and exercises.

One of the significant aspects of this course is the deep dive into musical theory concerning the bass guitar, providing you with the knowledge to understand scales, modes, and key signatures. You will explore the major scale and its corresponding exercises, enhancing your daily practice routines. Following this, the course delves into modes such as Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Locrian, each addressed with meticulous detail and practical exercises.

Notably, the course also covers the practical application of this theoretical knowledge, teaching you how to construct bass lines, groove with pentatonic scales, and utilize various improvisation tools. The II-V-I progression is especially emphasized, providing essential insights into this common chord sequence used in numerous musical genres. This focus ensures that you not only learn how to play but also understand the underlying structure and how to creatively adapt scales and modes into your playing.

By the end of the course, you will have gained a thorough understanding of minor triads and minor 7th chords, along with effective techniques for creating compelling bass grooves. With extensive practical exercises, you’ll harness your new skills, reinforcing your ability to play complex bass lines and improvise with confidence.

The Bass course is ideal for anyone looking to elevate their bass playing, combining technical skills with musical theory, and practical application. Dive into this immersive learning experience and transform your bass guitar journey today.

Course content

  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Introduction to the bass guitar 09m
  • Exercise: What is the function of the truss rod in a bass guitar?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Developing basic technique 07m
  • Exercise: What is an important factor in improving bass playing technique?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Tuning 08m
  • Exercise: What is the purpose of the 5 fret method in tuning a bass guitar?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Technique Plucking 09m
  • Exercise: Which technique is emphasized in mastering bass guitar?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Technique Fretting 07m
  • Exercise: What is the key technique to improve efficiency in fretting notes on the bass?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Learning the notes of the fretboard 08m
  • Exercise: What is a semitone interval between two natural notes without a sharp or flat note in between?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - 4 fret technical exercise 11m
  • Exercise: What is the main purpose of the described exercise?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Co-ordinating left and right hands 07m
  • Exercise: What is the term used to describe a series of notes a semitone apart?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The World of Scales 07m
  • Exercise: Why are scales fundamentally important for bass players?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The major scale 11m
  • Exercise: What is the root note of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - the 12 major scales 07m
  • Exercise: How many major scales exist for the bass guitar?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lesson - Key Signatures 07m
  • Exercise: What does a key signature determine in music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lesson - The Major Triad and how Scales are linked to Chords 10m
  • Exercise: What are the chord tones of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Introducing Arpeggios 09m
  • Exercise: What is an arpeggio in music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Extending the Major Triad 09m
  • Exercise: What is the new four-note chord called in music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Major Scale exercises to use in your daily practice routine 12m
  • Exercise: What is a key exercise to improve coordination and finger independence using scales?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Modes 08m
  • Exercise: How many modes does the Major scale have?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - the Dorian mode 09m
  • Exercise: What is the second mode of the D major scale called?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lesson 19 - The Dorian Mode 13m
  • Exercise: What is the chord created by the chord tones of the D Dorian mode?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The Dorian Mode 2 13m
  • Exercise: How does the Dorian mode help in creating bass lines?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The Mixolydian Mode 11m
  • Exercise: What is the fifth mode of the major scale called?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The II-V-I 11m
  • Exercise: What is the 251 chord sequence in the key of C major?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Understanding Key Signatures Using the II-V-I 09m
  • Exercise: What is the typical role of a perfect cadence in music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Constructing Basslines Under a II-V-I 12m
  • Exercise: Which musical interval is used to spell out harmony?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Some more II-V-I ideas 14m
  • Exercise: What is the main purpose of using ghost notes in a walking bassline?
  • Video class: Learn Bass - The Aeolian Mode 09m
  • Exercise: What is the sixth mode of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Relative Major and Minor Scales 11m
  • Exercise: What is the relative minor key of C Major?
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 10m
  • Exercise: What is the purpose of using the A minor pentatonic scale in constructing a bass line for a chord sequence in A minor?
  • Video class: Learn Bass - The II-V-I Essential Improvisation Tools 09m
  • Exercise: What chord progression is commonly used as a 1625 sequence in C Major?
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Phrygian, Lydian & Locrian Modes 17m
  • Exercise: What is the third mode of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - Phrygian, Locrian & Lydian Modes 03m
  • Exercise: What characterizes the Lydian mode uniquely from the major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Phrygian, Locrian & Lydian Modes 04m
  • Exercise: Which mode is the third mode of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part D - Exercises with Pentatonic Scales 01m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - More Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 02m
  • Exercise: What technique is suggested for creating diverse basslines?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - More Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 03m
  • Exercise: How can key signatures help musicians when reading music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - More Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 03m
  • Exercise: What does the 'one six two five' chord sequence refer to in the context of modal music studies?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part D - Exercises - Pentatonic Scales 00m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 00m
  • Exercise: What is the key to recreate the baseline in the exercise?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 03m
  • Exercise: Which key is the 251 chord sequence derived from in the video?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - More Major & Minor - part C 02m
  • Exercise: What is the relative minor of the C major pentatonic scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - More Major & Minor - part B 04m
  • Exercise: What are the notes of the C Major Pentatonic Scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - More Major & Minor - part A 04m
  • Exercise: What is the relative minor of the C major scale?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part D - Exercises II V 1 Ideas 03m
  • Exercise: What element is often predominant in experimental or ambient music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - More II V 1 Ideas 00m
  • Exercise: Which musical modes are used for improvisation in this exercise?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - More II V 1 Ideas 05m
  • Exercise: What mode is used to accompany the A7 chord in the musical exercise?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A More II V 1 Ideas 04m
  • Exercise: Which mode is associated with a dominant 7th chord in a 251 progression?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - G Major Groove exercise 01m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Constructing Bass Lines using II V 1 chord progression 05m
  • Exercise: What is a common technique for creating baselines in jazz progressions?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - Key Signatures & the II-V-1 progression 05m
  • Exercise: What is transposing in music?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Understanding Key Signatures & II-V-1 04m
  • Exercise: What is the function of the 251 chord progression in music theory?
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - Creating Grooves - The Dorian Mode 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - Exercises Dorian Mode 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - The Mixolydian Mode 06m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - The Mixolydian Mode 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - Exercises Mixolydian Mode 00m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - Exercise The II-V-I Progression 00m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - The II-V-I Progression 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - The II-V-I Progression 05m
  • Video class: Bass Guitar - Part B - Modes 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Modes 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar -The Dorian Mode 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - The Dorian Mode 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Minor Triads & Minor 7th 06m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - Minor Triads & Minor 7th 06m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part A - Creating Grooves - The Dorian Mode 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part B - The Aeolian Mode 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - 4 fret technical exercise 11m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - The major scale 10m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - Tuning the Bass 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - Tuning the Bass 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Plucking Hand 05m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The Plucking Hand 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Fretting Hand 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - Fretting the Note 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - Notes on the Neck 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - Notes on the Neck 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Fretting & Plucking Hands 07m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The Four Fret Exercise 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Chromatic Scale 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The Chromatic Scale Exercise 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Tuning 07m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Notes of the fretboard 08m
  • Video class: Learn Bass - The major scale 10m
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Technique Plucking 09m
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Major Scale exercises to use in your daily practice routine 11m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Lessons - Grooving with Pentatonic Scales 09m
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Developing basic technique 07m
  • Video class: Learn Bass - Introduction to the bass guitar 09m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part C - Phrygian, Locrian & Lydian Modes 06m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - Accidentals & Key Signatures 01m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The Major Scales 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Major Scales 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 3 - The Major Scale 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The Major Scale 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The Major Scale 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - The World of Scales 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - The World of Scales 03m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - Introduction 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - Introduction 04m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 1 - Playing Position 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 2 - Strap Position 02m
  • Video class: Learn Bass Guitar - Part 3 - Strap Position 02m
  • Video class: 'Led Balloon' - Learn the Bass Guitar Part 02m
  • Video class: Learn Tapping Technique on the Bass Guitar 00m

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