Essential Bass Skills Lessons 1–5

INTRODUCTORY TV SHOW

1. Building a rock groove You are introduced to quarter notes and the concept of root notes. You will develop the ability to play A and G in rock grooves so that by the end of the lesson you are able to play along with music.

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2. Introducing eighth notes In this lesson, you learn how to create rhythm using different notes. You will start to develop your right hand picking technique. You will play a series of rock grooves with varied rhythms, along with backing tracks.

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3. Introducing new notes and string crossing You will develop a good understanding and performance of rhythm and how to read rhythm on the musical stave. You will learn two new notes to play with your existing notes by the end of this lesson.

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4. Developing rhythm for rock grooves This lesson brings together all the notes and rhythms learned so far. It helps you to develop a good level of performance. You will be challenged to further develop your left hand fingering technique in this lesson.

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5. Developing finger control This lesson contains challenging studies to develop your fluency of performance. There are more rock grooves for you to read and play.

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MORE BASS LESSONS?

No need to stop at Lesson 5. The complete Gigajam course spans a full 30 lessons of guitar, bass, keyboard and drums.

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