Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs You can really spice up a groove by adding hammer-ons and pull-offs. As always I like to practice things in a systematic fashion.
The Diminished Scale In this Bass Bit I will walk you through another sequence of seconds – in this case major and minor seconds alternate.
The Whole Tone Scale Fun to Play and Sounds Great! In my book (Music Theory for the Bass Player) I describe the whole tone
Lower Register Fitness: one-finger-per-fret Tips for Getting Your Fingers in Place Some bassists have a bit of a hard time getting the one-finger-per-fret position going in
Get up to speed – Coordination Training Harmonic Minor Style Coordination exercises need not be unmusical or boring. Here is one that is fun, practices
String Jumping Exercises really pay off. Many grooves have fourths in them and if you are able to execute those string jumping movements with ease and
Let’s Talk Technique of the Right Hand… In this episode (number 4) of Talking Technique it is all about the right hand technique. Fast fingers… maybe
Chromatic Scale Shedding This is one of the most freeing and fun exercise imaginable – shedding the chromatic scale in a musical way using a
Jumps on the fretboard (Talking Technique #3, notreble.com) Talking Technique 3 is up on notreble.com. In this episode I tackle a few ways to practice
Seconds Part 1 In this segment I show you fingerings and concepts of the minor and major seconds, how to hear the difference and more. Hear and