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Bass Course Content

Lesson 1: Half Steps
  • Half Steps
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Left-Hand Muting
Lesson 2: Blues and Pentatonic Scales
  • Blues Scale
  • Major Pentatonic Scale
  • Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 3: Major Scale
  • Major Scale
Lesson 4: Diatonic Triads
  • Scale Degrees of the Major Scale
  • Diatonic Triads
  • Tenths
  • Fender Bass and the Motown Sound
Lesson 5: Time, Rhythm, and Groove
  • Keeping Time
  • Carol Kaye and Subdividing the Beat
  • Playing Ahead, Behind, and Bad
  • Charles Mingus: Rotary Perception
  • Slap and Pop
Lesson 6: Midterm Review
  • Scale Review
  • Song Form
  • Midterm Project
Lesson 7: Minor Scales and Their Triads
  • Minor Scales
  • Minor Triads
Lesson 8: Diatonic Harmony
  • Diatonic Triads
  • Bass Lines with Triads and Inversions
  • Modes
  • Arco Bass
  • Working with the Metronome
Lesson 9: Ostinato Bass Lines
  • Ostinato Bass Lines
  • Harmonics
Lesson 10: Compositional Techniques
  • Tritones
  • Pedal Points
  • Double Stops
Lesson 11: Articulations and Great Bass Lines
  • Techniques for Articulation
  • What Makes a Great Bass Line
Lesson 12: Final Project
  • Review: Time, Tonality, Timbre, and Taste
  • Final Project
  • Recommended Listening

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