Dubbed a “Lifechanging” Lesson to make Your Bass Lines Swing
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by Ariane Cap
2M ago
How to Make Your Walking Bass Lines Swing A commenter on YouTube said about this lesson on how to make your bass lines swing: “I want you to know that, @7:58 change my life. As a bass amateur with lots of dexterity from years of finger picking on a guitar, I always felt like I couldn’t understand this. You explaining it (the ornaments) being on the other string entirely made all the difference in the world. My technique is forever changed!” If you want to know, too, check out this lesson!  The focus is on how to make your bass lines swing, using proper subdivision and phrasing, and coo ..read more
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The Lightning Quick Thunderstruck Riff
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by Ariane Cap
5M ago
Thunderstruck by Bass Technique? (pssst: hey guitarists, we bass players can play that, too!)   AC/DC’s Thunderstruck provides us with a perfect opportunity to use that iconic riff to work on speed and technique.  It’s a bit intimidating at first glance, but employing the 8 tips and drills that I demonstrate in this Talking Technique episode, will get you past the “scary factor”. It will not only help you nail the riff, but it’s a practical blueprint that you can use to improve your technique and handle challenging lines on any tune with a quick tempo, like Thunderstruck. And by the ..read more
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Brief Maintenance on our Course Platform Tonight
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by Ari
5M ago
Our course host at righton.arisbassblog.com is performing brief and rare maintenance tonight. Course materials cannot be accessed between the hours of 8PM Pacific and 1AM Pacific (though they say they are likely done sooner)! Our Community Membership at community.arisbassblog.com is unaffected by this. Happy Practicing and thank you for being part of our community ..read more
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Two-Handed Tapping on the bass: Get started with Chords
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by Ariane Cap
7M ago
Here are a few ideas to get you started tapping chords on the bass. Transcription Want to try some chords, tapping style? Here’s a good way in. Groove gear fret wrap engaged. One hand has the root and the tenth. A tenth is a third up the octave. This is major [ Ari plays example ] and this is minor [ Ari plays example ] Good fingers for that are one and four for the major and one and three for the minor but other possibilities exist. The other hand – fifth and octave. Root 5 8 10. You can let them ring – or lift them. And it gets cool when you start coming up with a cool pattern. Here’s a ..read more
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One finger per fret bass fingering in lower register
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by Ariane Cap
8M ago
Two tips if one finger per fret is hard for you in the lower registers. Small hands? No problem! Transcription I love having the one-finger-per-fret position under my belt – but that doesn’t mean I always use it. If I have a groove like this, for example: [ Ari plays groove ] I’m not gonna bother… to play that. I don’t need any other fingers and if I should need them my hand’s right there. However, I do train myself to be able to do one-finger-per-fret in case I need it. And permutation drills are wonderful for that. If you have a hard time doing permutations like one, two, three, four in t ..read more
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Practice an A major scale on bass | Sounds great!
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by Ari
8M ago
These scalar drills off the A major scale not only get your fingers moving and that scale embedded in your mind, they also sound really neat! Hear me use them in a musical context… Transcription Scalar practice tip with Ari. When you practice the scale, break it down in the various intervals. For example, I’m starting with the easiest interval, thirds. Here’s an A major scale. [ Ari plays scale ] I’m going to extend it to include all of the notes that are part of the scale in this area. [ Ari plays scale ] Now, I’m going to break down the scale in thirds [ Ari plays scale ] Essentially ..read more
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Minor Third down – Song Beginnings
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by Ari
8M ago
Be wary of internet searches that lead you to believe that the descending minor third at the beginning of a song means the song is in a minor key. Here are a few examples to make the point that full context is always necessary to determine whether a song is in a major or minor key. Transcription One of my pet peeves is that on many, many lists that you find on the internet that tell you about the minor third descending, the context of the song they reference is actually in major. Fine that’s a minor third but – not so minor anymore. Minor third. It’s as major of a context that you can be. A d ..read more
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Ear Training w Ari: Context is everything
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by Ari
8M ago
Ear Training Tip: Have you ever heard somebody say that major sounds happy and minor sounds sad? In general – and in narrow terms, that would be correct. But in broader terms and in context, that may not be the case. Let me show you what I mean: Transcription Have you ever heard somebody say that major sounds happy and minor sounds sad? Okay, I can get on board with that somewhat. If you hear it back to back, minor… major yeah, I hear that this is a minor chord – sounds a bit sad. And this is a major chord – sounds happier. Okay fine. so far so good. Now gets a bit trickier if I mess with the ..read more
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Two-Handed Tapping on bass with Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
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by Ari
8M ago
If two-handed tapping on the bass flummoxes you, try this drill. With one hand stationary and the other hand moving up and down a mixolydian scale, you have a good start. Double up the tempo and keep the flow of the movement in the hands. Pull Hammer Hammer Pull… all the while just listen to the click! Transcription One minute tapping tip with Ari [ Ari demonstrates ] Pull-off/Hammer-on. Do not move this finger. It stays! Bring in the right hand – quarter notes. Move the right hand up and down. G mixolydian works well [ Ari demonstrates more ] Eighth notes Variation: double up the tempo and y ..read more
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Tapping Triplets on the Bass
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by Ari
8M ago
Want to tap into tapping on bass? Here is a cool drill to get you started by tapping triplets. Move the beat and you are cooking! Transcription Triplets: One and a two and a three and a for and a … [ ] Ari taps out triplets [ ] In this configuration, the beat is on this note… [ ] Ari taps out triplets [ ] but you can also set the beat to this note… [ ] Ari taps out triplets [ ] or to this one… [ ] Ari taps out triplets ..read more
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