Bass on the Lake

Bass on the Lake is my new week long "intensive" bass course, focusing on learning bass and music using the concepts of language. Up-to-date information can be found on the Bass on the Lake webpage.

Lessons

1. Getting Started
2. Playing Scales - Part 1 - Techniques to learn how to play scales better while increasing mastery of the basic vocabulary of music and knowledge of the instrument.
3. Playing Scales - Part 2 - Getting deeper inside the scales
4. The Drummer's Right Hand - Part 1 - Applying Drummers' Rudiments to Bassists' Slap Technique
5. The Drummer's Right Hand - Part 2 - Applying Double Thumbing/Popping to the Drummers' Rudiments from Part 1

Materials

Reviews of some materials I've used in my teaching

• Slap Bass Lines by Rick Santerre
• A Dictionary of Bass Grooves by Sean Malone
• Slap It!: Funk Studies for the Electric Bass by Tony Oppenheim