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Fantastic Fingerstyle Funk – Josh Cohen

Fantastic Fingerstyle Funk – Josh Cohen

Feeling the funk?  Join Josh Cohen in an epic exploration of fingerstyle funk tunes! Favorites from Bootsy, Rocco, Dart..
Tuesday, Nov. 1st, 2022 Watch rerunFunk-fun!Live with a Guest Tutor
Beginners Bass Practice Group <br>Ongoing Live Practice Group

Beginners Bass Practice Group
Ongoing Live Practice Group

Just starting out or feeling like you are? Let Ari guide you in a Beginners Bass Group! It's easygoing and effective!
45 Minutes • 4 Fridays/month • Start anytime! Watch rerunStep by step!Live with Ari
Music Theory Practice Group <br> Ongoing Live Practice Group

Music Theory Practice Group
Ongoing Live Practice Group

Just starting out or have some theory holes to plug? Join a group of peers and put theory into action!
45 Minutes • 4 Thursdays/month • Start anytime! Watch rerun🚀Live with Ari
Pattern System <br> 10 Week Live Classes

Pattern System
10 Week Live Classes

Intermediate ready to level up?  Master the fretboard and express yourself freely! A game-changing method to creativity.
October 7th, 2022 Watch rerunGame Changing!Live with Ari
Ear Training & Transcribing <br> Ongoing Live Practice Group

Ear Training & Transcribing
Ongoing Live Practice Group

This method will set you on the path to fearless ears. Cherish the confidence that comes from good ears!
January 30, 2023 Watch rerunHop on/off anytime!Live with Ari
Jazzy Jazz Tunes <br> 10 Week Live Classes

Jazzy Jazz Tunes
10 Week Live Classes

Love the Great American Songbook and want to learn Jazz bass? Get ready for your jazz jams with Ari! We make it swing!
10/21/2022 Watch rerunFeel is everything!Live with Ari
Ari’s Rhythm Matrix <br> 10 Week Live Classes

Ari’s Rhythm Matrix
10 Week Live Classes

Groove not tight? Dropping beats, losing the 1? Learn to feel rhythm in your body with Ari's revolutionary Rhythm Matrix!
Sept 22nd Watch rerunGame Changing! Live with Ari
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Latest Blog

  • Practicing Hacks

Motivation for Practicing: What Students Often Ask Me

Motivation for Practicing – Is this You? Hi Ari, I still love my bass and playing it, it just isn’t as much a priority for me that it’s been since I

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Fred PucciAugust 25, 2022
  • Theory and Improv
  • Practicing Hacks

I Haven’t Come as Far as I’d Hoped…

A cool thread on talkbass.net discusses learning and expectations in the learning process. The OP took our Music Theory for the Bass Player course. And he mad

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Ariane CapAugust 14, 2022
  • Teaching Videos
  • Technique

The Alternate or Rake Debate!

To Alternate or to Rake? With your plucking hand, do you alternate, rake, or just wing it?  I am pretty well known for my stance on that – alternat

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AriJuly 21, 2022
  • Rhythm Matrix and Groove

Sweet Emotion… Sweet Bass Riff!

Sweet alright yet not an easy one to get under your fingers. In this episode of Talking Technique, I show you a few strategies for tackling this – and a

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AriJune 16, 2022
  • Gear and Setup

Unboxing Video: Which Microphone Are You Using, Ari? (Lewitt Flex!)

Unboxing a Lewitt Flex! So much fun! Isn’t it so lovely when a fresh piece of gear arrives in the mail from B&H or Amazon… Since many of you h

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AriJune 9, 2022
  • Technique

Slapping… What do you think?

After our last newsletter on slapping, I got an email from a cherished reader…  I will call him “T” here. He announced his unequivocal displeasure

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FredJune 2, 2022
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