Ideas, tips and practice advice on jazz double bass and bass guitar.
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Thinking about lessons?
Answers to the questions I hear most often before someone books a first lesson.
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What Is the Five Elements Method?
The five areas I focus on with every student, and why working on them together helps you sound like a jazz bassist faster.
The library
Everything I’ve written about playing jazz bass
Technique & Sound
Tone, intonation, the right and left hand, and getting a big sound on upright and electric bass.
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Walking Basslines
How to build walking lines that swing and outline the changes.
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Improvisation & Harmony
Soloing, chord tones, vocabulary and the harmony behind jazz standards.
Practice & Mindset
How to practise, set goals and keep improving.
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