Apr 17 2013
Lately I have come to realize that I have trouble practicing effectively. I have every good intention to practice, but tend to procrastinate before doing so, looking for any excuse to delay my start. Of course this is a terrible thing to do as it cuts into my already limited practice time. Part of the …
Apr 10 2013
The official student prep work has begun for Roy Vogt’s Fantasy Bass Boot Camp, which I am excited to be a part of this July. Back in December Roy Vogt and the good folks at The Learning Dock and Teach Me Bass Guitar, sent out a survey to us campers to learn a bit more …
Feb 27 2013
Lesson 13 It has been a long time coming, but here at last is my humble review for Lesson 13 of Teach Me Bass Guitar. Coming in at just under an hour, Ashley kicks us off by telling us we will learn all about Diatonic Modes, how to use them, plus how to transpose into …
Jan 23 2013
As you may have noticed, I have slowed way down on my progress through the Teach Me Bass Guitar course. While I admit I have been a bit lax as of late on my studies, I am indeed still working on my lessons, specifically lesson 13. A few months ago I decide it was time …
Here’s a clip of me playing along to the backing track for the tune “Turn Down” from Lesson 12 of Teach Me Bass Guitar.
Posted on:
January 21, 2013
Jul 18 2012
Funny thing happened to me while studying music theory, after a certain point things stopped making sense to me. I was fine with Intervals, Triads, Seventh Chords, and have even improved my music reading ability, but when I started studying modes I began to feel lost. After reviewing modes a few times, and still not …
Jun 04 2012
Venturing into the upper deck, frets 9-13, Lesson 7 of Teach Me Bass Guitar has us getting funky in the phone-poles. This is the lesson where things really start to progress rapidly, I had to watch the video a couple of times before I could grasp it. We are definitely into the intermediate section of …
Jun 01 2012
A while back I signed up for the “Music Theory for Bass” course on the International Institute of Bassists website but failed to complete it due to lack of time. … Putting Teach Me Bass Guitar on hold is not something I really want to do, but feel that if I want to get the most out of the last 7 lessons, I need to bring my music theory comprehension up to a much higher level than it is currently.
May 28 2012
Lesson 6 of Teach Me Bass Guitar is where we really start digging deeper into jazz. Filled with “Shuffle” and “Swing” style playing, plus a bunch of Jazz licks to get us going. Can’t say that I ever played any jazz before lesson 6, so it was a bit of challenge for me, but I …
May 21 2012
Looking back at Lesson 5 of Teach Me Bass Guitar it’s no wonder that I have recently decided to pause and reflect on all that I have learned thus far. Jam packed with arpeggio’s, seventh chords, syncopations and mixed rhythms, Lesson 5 has a lot to absorb. We also learn to use the foot tap …
