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Using Tablature To Your Advantage – Bass Musician Magazine
This is a really good question and some people will say to never look at tabs while others will say it’s ok. WHAT IS TABLATURE? Tablature is music that is written where the fret numbers and strings are listed out (sometimes with the rhythms indicated). Basically a cheat sheet instead of listening or studying written…
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How To Play – D Minor Scale (Aeolian)
The D minor scale is used in a plethora of music (more notably rock/metal music) due to its slightly dissonant sound. In this lesson, I will be showing you how to play this scale in a couple positions on the fretboard and how to remember how to play it. I hope you enjoy this…
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Minor Pentatonic Scale Mash-Up “Paranoid” “Money”
This song is entirely in the minor pentatonic scale. The first song is an original followed by Paranoid by Black Sabbath and ends with Money by Pink Floyd. For full minor pentatonic scale lesson go here: https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2017/12/minor-pentatonic-scale-bass/
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Power Chord Examples
When learning to play any scales, techniques, and really learn your bass inside and out having songs to play along with helps. To get a better idea of how power chords are used, I have compiled a couple of songs that I wrote along with popular songs that utilize these chords. Now there are thousands…
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Bass line Creation Part 1: Getting The Basics Down
Creating your first bassline is exciting yet a little intimidating. You want to make sure that you are in sync with the other instruments in the group. But before delving into creating your first bassline let’s talk about a few things: Fretboard Basics Navigating your fretboard and understanding where your note equivalents are throughout the…
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Gifts for the Bassist In Your Life
It’s that time of year again where we spend our hard earned pennies on thoughtful gifts for our loved ones. But maybe there is a person (or people) in your life that are hard to buy for. I know that in my life I am a hard one to buy for because quite frankly I…
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LOCRIAN MODE
Locrian is our last and final mode but also the most complicated! It’s complicated in that it has the most changes making it nearly unrecognizable in the major scale. There are 5 note changes! The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th notes are all lowered a half step. In the key of C our Locrian…
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