Fun Bass Course: Make Theory Stick With This Rad Trick!

Fun music theory course

Make Theory Stick With This Fun Trick!

A Fun Bass Theory Course

Find out why so many say Ari's teaching is a game changer

fun music theory course

In this fun bass course, watch Ari talk and demonstrate Theory, Technique, and Improvisation. Before you know it, you have learned a major pentatonic scale, piece by piece!

Find out what the fun trick “to make theory stick” is! Follow along and rewatch as often as you like. This course is chock-full of useful and inspiring information to get you off on the right foot – or as a refresher if you’ve been away from the bass for awhile.

Level:  Lower intermediate and up.

Tuition: $35.00 (instant access)

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Core Principles: A Foundational Music Theory Course for Bass Players

Core Principles

Core Principles: A Foundational Music Theory Course for Bass Players

A Foundational music theory course for bass players

47 Video Lessons

Core Principles is Jam-Packed with Theory, Technique & Groove Essentials!

No fluff – Just the good stuff! With this Core Principles course, you’ll get a primer on proper technique plus all the critical elements of music theory… presented in practical terms as it relates to the fretboard. Look forward to lots and lots of groove shedding, including several opportunities for you to play along with Wolf’s awesome jam tracks. It’s creative, refreshing and fun!

Imagine…

You go to a jam and the drummer kicks things off with a catchy beat. Then the guitar player drops in a few chords and that’s when you jump in with your own grooves and fills – totally on the fly and it feels amazing! Expressing your ideas in a manner that garners the respect of your bandmates, friends and fans alike and it feels amazing to be able to do that!

Okay, but why this Core Principles course… and why Ari? 

I'm ​Ariane Cap AKA "ARI"

I have been playing bass for over 27 years and have been teaching for the better part of 20 years. I’ve been featured regularly on Scott’s Bass Lessons, NoTreble, Truefire and the International Society of Bassists to name just a few.
I’ve been written about in leading industry publications like Bass Player Magazine, Bass Musician Magazine, Der Bass Professor, Riff Magazine and Bass Quarterly. I was also one of four winners of a Bass Player Magazine Reader’s Poll and even landed on the cover of Bass Player magazine, dubbed “The Education Guru”.

My book, Music Theory for the Bass Player, has sold thousands of copies and is a frequent Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Bass Guitar Songbooks category, with lots of overwhelmingly positive reviews!

I am an enthusiastic and encouraging teacher with a substantial track record of delivering real results for students just like you at every level in their bass journey. But, better that you hear from the folks who have taken the Course in there own words. Listen to what they have to say:

What they say about Ari

I just had another aha moment, (why I love your lessons, you allow us to figure it out, without giving it all away. Good way of learning permanently!)... Your teaching style is unique and how you present it, is in a building block manner and fun. You forment creativity. Thank you.
Antonio Lopez
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"Isn’t it funny how some teachers—–like you——–can make things simple——while others can make the same things complicated? There’s an old saying that a good teacher can show you the right way in 5 minutes or an hour, that would take years on your own."
Paul Brooke
Paul BrookeBassist
"I feel like I’m progressing with my understanding of music and how it relates to the Bass guitar. I look forward to practicing and am developing a more purposeful approach to practice. It seems like I am having breakthroughs every time I sit down with the instrument."
Jesse Perez
Jesse PerezBassist

With our new Core Principles course, you’ll learn

  • How to create your own grooves over back ground tracks
  • How improvising music theory shapes helps to make theory stick
  • Why technique is important for good tone
  • Various concepts to come up with your own grooves in a variety of styles
  • A Basic Groove Creation Recipe

20-Day Money-Back Guarantee on the online version. 100% refund for 20 days

No questions asked! The streaming version is $48.95

What's included

  • 47 brand new videos
  • Run Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes
  • PDFs and Jamtracks
  • Mind bending and fun quizzes

Explore Music Theory Shapes over Reggae, Rock, Disco, Bossa Nova and many other fun styles.

Our Groove Formula shows you what to pull out of your growing musical toolbox to make it sound great!

If you have tried to wrap your mind around music theory before and it just did not “click” how knowing scales and arpeggios is supposed to help your playing. This course answers that question… because it works:

Groove it to remember it!

This Course is available to stream online or as a data CD to play on your computer.

To purchase the Data CD version click the images*.
​To sign up for the online version click get started today

Introducing
CORE PRINCIPLES
Essential Elements of Music Theory

47 Video Lessons Jam-Packed with Theory, Technique & Groove Essentials

Who Is This Course For?

  • For anyone who enjoys shedding a variety of grooves using jam tracks while on a concrete assignment and mission.
  • This Course is beginner friendly!
  • Great for intermediate players!
  • If you are in our big “Music Theory for the Bass Player” Course you will enjoy these exercises and drills. All new material!
  • Develop great technique habits from the start.
  • For you if you want to be able to create your own grooves!
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Ear Confidence – 6 Paths to Fearless Ears

Ear Confidence

Ear Confidence – 6 Paths to Fearless Ears

Brand New Ear Training Course: Ear Confidence – 6 Paths to Fearless Ears

Ear Training – a Musician’s Compass!

The first review for the Ear Confidence course is in:

Hi Ariane,

Just wanted to let you know that I am getting so much out of the ear training course. I am on lesson #10, and I am becoming much more aware of how to distinguish the notes. I can see how this course is going to give me a game plan on how to listen better and be able to transcribe music and I’m really excited to do the exercises you suggested to really listen and describe what I hear. The sounds classification information is eye opening (maybe ear opening is a better description) but you know what I mean. Awesome stuff !

Jesse Perez, personal email June 4th, 2019

This Ear Confidence course streams online. Take it at your convenience. All you need is an internet connection!

Three requests I hear from my students more than any:

  • Having trouble taking tunes off a recording. I am lost without TAB or GuitarPro. Help me transcribe tunes!
  • Wanting to be able to jump right in on a jam!
  • I have all this music in my head and cannot get it out! Help!

I hear you and I agree these are vital skills for a musician. Maybe you tried a few ear training programs, dutifully stuck to exercises identifying intervals but felt when you were looking to transcribe a tune or playing on a jam, it didn’t really help! Or perhaps you are even duly doing your Functional Ear trainer Exercises (something I frequently recommend) but are still waiting for it all to click!

Ear training is so important and there are so many misunderstandings as for how to best train the ears that I felt compelled to create a course with ear training for the bass player as its main focus. As you know I have many courses coming, but this one felt so important I prioritized this Ear Confidence course.

There are excellent exercises one can do, but if used in isolation without applying a few key principles presented in this course, they will only help so far.

Here are a few common reasons why...

  • You maybe get confused when you listen to a song and don’t know what to focus on.
  • The exercises are nice and good, but if you look to isolate your bass line within a whole band arrangement, your ear gets overwhelmed.
    You get distracted by overtones.
  • Nobody has ever told you to appreciate and watch out for context. (A “sad” interval can sound “happy” if followed by a certain note, for example)!
  • You have learned the intervals without making them your own.
  • You never broke down rhythmic elements to understand how they affect your perception of pitch.
  • There is often a disconnect between what we think we are playing and what we actually are playing.
  • Considerations such as timbre, instrument ranges, or sound effects haven’t been brought to your attention.

I’m not going to promise you super fast results without you putting in any work.

Instead, however, I offer:

  • My 6 favorite ear training drills and their practical application
  • Multi-sensor awareness exercises that bridge the gap between exercise and bandstand
  • Explanations and examinations of common roadblocks and how to lift them
  • There are ways to understand something intellectually and ways to feel a sound and make it your own. We do both!
  • I differentiate between issues of ear training and issues of understanding how music is put together
  • I customize the exercises for bass players
  • Lots of resources for further systematic study
  • The Golden Ear Nuggets: tidbits and lifelines – a collection of tips to help you in the moment!

Here is a quick summary of what this Ear Confidence course covers:

We do a quick initial test to unravel a particularly negative stigma some musicians have been cursed with.

Then I guide you to open your perception of sound to include kinesthetic, emotional and visual elements. This is one huge step that will make ear training not only aurally exciting but also feel good. In this context, I will show you possible reasons why many of the ear training exercises you may have done left you puzzled and still unsure about your ear’s proficiency.

  • I introduce you to six crucial approaches to ear training that I have found to be the most effective.
  • I give you an overview followed by drills and practical examples – many applied directly to your bass.
  • I make an emphatic case for further drills providing useful resources and give you empowering tools to weather many situations.
  • You will not only listen and reproduce, but you will also “do” – on your bass.
  • You will learn to be your own coach and give yourself constructive feedback, which may just help you break through barriers on more than just musical levels.

Presented from quite basic to more advanced, this course is an amazing road map to better ears and more confidence on the bandstand.

It is my goal to make a persuasive case for the most effective ear training drills as well as help you understand how exactly to bridge the gap between theory and practice or drill and stage: sprinkled throughout the course are nuggets of information that will help you remember the awareness training we will be doing, that will enable you to detangle your confusion, to focus in on what matters and to throw you a lifeline.

PS: And yes, for those of you who are waiting for my other promised courses, all this is coming, too. This Ear Confidence ear training course just turned out too important to put to the end of the line! 

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Our 20-Unit Bass TheoryCourse

20 Unit Course Bass Ariane Cap

Music Theory
For the Bass Player

We've created a course
that goes through the book
and far beyond
Chris B
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I've been playing bass on and off since I was 15, but it never clicked for me. Your course and book have totally changed that. Things I could never visualize or fully understand are really starting to come together.

If the advice to "just play what you feel" doesn't do it for you...

then please know, it isn’t you!
This is simply incomplete advice!

And here is what you need instead….

Music Theory For The Bass Player - The Course

The Book that changed it all...

Finally a Music Theory Book specifically for bass players! 
This book has sold thousands of copies, has garnered over 1000 four and five star reviews on Amazon and changed the game on how to truly understand Theory on the bass fretboard:

  • applicable to the music you play
  • put straight under your fingers with fretboard diagrams
  • a solid foundation for the bassist
  • with fingering and technique tips      

Theory taught that way becomes relevant to you and the music you want to play! And the most exciting part is that this indeed helps you “feel the music” and “deepens the magic”. 

Whoever says to "just feel the music and play" ...

is either looking for an excuse – OR that person is advanced and has forgotten how they mastered the magic they do! And that is often because they learned from a very very young age.

If there is something capable musicians have that you don’t have it’s simply this:

 

  • A way to organize music in their minds (whether they use official theory terms or not)!
  • Excellent ears to make sense of it all
  • An understanding of how music and how the fretboard works!
  • Mind-blowing creativity

All this is within your reach - no matter your age or background

Read my book and follow along with my online course and you’ll see…

The Ari Way requires a bit of patience, but the payoffs are huge;
with the right tools you can unlock that mind-blowing creativity that is – indeed – already within you!

Learning theory the Ari Way does take a bit of practice, but it is hands down the fastest way to true improvement you (and others!) can hear and feel!

“Datrucks” David Ammerman
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This course is great! I’ll keep at it… I’m laughing to myself at how hard it is to keep up with you, I get a lot of value, going back over the bass Lab stuff… Livin The Dream, glad I signed up.
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Just wanted to let everyone considering taking your 20-week bass course that it is one of the best educational investments I have ever made. The weekly classes are loads of fun with plenty of variety and obtainable challenges.

The Course is based on the Book but goes far, far beyond

Whether you have 

  • already read the entire book
  • are dipping in for seconds or 
  • want to do the course while reading the book 

– it all works! 

Take the course and reach new heights!

 

Myth Buster

Learning hundreds of songs with TAB will not make you a better player somehow/maybe/hopefully!

In reality, all it does is turn you into a walking, breathing karaoke bassist – only able to play the songs verbatim, and only in the key the TAB was in. Originality, agency, or real musical skills will rarely emerge on their own like that. 

The way to get better is to get competent. To understand how music is put together. And it does not need to be hard or boring.
Do my fun theory drills that use improvisation and get the competence by creating theory with grooves to help you understand how you can make it all work. 

The way to get your fingers to cooperate is to learn to play with relaxation and feel, just like we practice it in my Finger Kung Fu sections in this course!

Find your creative self in the many groove and fill drills in this course that not only put skill at your fingertips, but a confident smile on your face. 

Real confidence requires real proof – and it comes from finally knowing what you are doing. 

 

Done the Ari Way, theory deepens the magic giving you more options, new insights, better ears and an enormous amount of understanding!
Theory creates true competence, confidence, and ability!

No matter where you are in your bass journey – my 20-Unit course teaches you all you need to know about music theory as a bass player and how to use the knowledge so you can start to sound musical right away!  

 

What will this course and learning music theory do for me?

  • Help you understand how music is put together —> your creativity will soar! 🦅
  • Allow you to ditch the TAB and use your ears —> confidence follows! 💪
  • It will deepen your musical intuition 🙋‍♀️
  • Use and apply theory in grooves, fills and improv —> like a real bass musician! 🎸
  • Finally feel like a true musician rather than a copy cat —> much more fulfilling! 🧡

Theory and Technique - a winning combo!

  • Think of theory as collections of notes that produce certain sounds ➡ okay, not hard! 🚀
  • These notes produce certain shapes on the fretboard ➡ you likely already intuit this! 🎯
  • These shapes work best if using consistent fingering  ➡ that’s a shortcut!! 👍
  • While discussing best fingering, you might as well address proper technique ➡ cool package! 😎

What happens when you focus on these two skill sets (Technique and Theory)

  • Your technique improves. You’re more aware of what’s going on in your fingers, your hands, and your entire body. Even your posture, your breathing, and your thinking become an intentional part of your playing.
  • You begin to notice the bad habits that are slowing you down as we help you overcome these roadblocks that have been holding you back for years!
    You reach a point where you can just pick up the bass and jam – spontaneously creating your own bass lines and grooves as you play better than you ever imagined!
  • You start to understand music theory in a new way. Soon it becomes intuitive, and then, instinctive. Applied theory becomes a regular part of your growing skill as a bass player.
  • Before long, your playing becomes free and spontaneous. As exercises become natural movements, you can simply groove without thinking about it. You’ll know theory in your hands as well as in your head!
  • You know the feeling… when the music just flows through you, and you know exactly what note to play next and everything fits in perfectly. You can learn to play this way more consistently!

Disclaimer

This will not happen overnight… or a weekend or two! However, if you are willing to invest in yourself with a bit of discipline, courage, and an open mind… it will happen for you!

Knowledge enhances the feel

  • With knowledge comes relaxation, confidence and freedom. 
  • And rather than chasing the notes you are now truly beginning to feel the music and express yourself!  
Jesse Perez
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I look forward to practicing and am developing a more purposeful approach to practice. It seems like I am having breakthroughs every time I sit down with the instrument.
Carmie Hull
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I am amazed, shocked, stunned at the amount that I learned. The course in combination with your book Music Theory for the Bass Player is an excellent value. They offer an enormous amount of information for the dedicated student.

Comprehensive Learning

  • Reserve 5 sessions or 45 minutes each week for this and you comfortably succeed in 8-10 weeks per part
  • Practice along with the videos! Just press play!
  • You get a thorough, comprehensive, step-by-step education
  • You get a Certificate of Completion after finishing all 20 units (all lessons completed)
Adrian Pop
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Hi Ariane, as a self-taught bass player for many years I strongly believe that I did the best investment of my life buying the course. For the first time, I hear myself playing exactly what I want, nothing more, nothing less.
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I think Ariane's approach to Theory is masterful and that it allows students to make actual progress that gets them to a place where they know their fretboards and the basics well so that when they tackle the more theoretical aspects of music

What exactly is in this Course?

  • There are 4 parts. 
  • Each part has 5 Units.
  • Each Unit has 7 sections, each with one or more videos  

The 7 Sections in each Unit

Here we set the tone – so to speak – for the week!

You get:

  • Overviews of the unit
  • A short reading assignment from the book which includes the relevant book videos
  • Thought-provoking coaching questions for you to answer – take them seriously, they are very powerful!

Finger Kung Fu is next and it’s all about technique.

I’ll give you practice regimens to get your fingers in shape and prepare you to conquer any foe: arpeggios, tricky grooves, fills or solos!

There are usually two to four videos in this section, including some that you just pop in and practice along with – I call them “Practice with me” videos!

We progress from easy to pretty tough. This section is very popular because it is so satisfying to sense your progress each week!

Theory Practice is the third section – this is where we marry the theory knowledge of the Intro to the fretboard!

And we do it in a way that makes practical sense by emphasizing shapes and patterns.

  • We’ll create grooves using a theory concept,
  • improvise on a new sound/shape we just learned,
  • or put the theory into practice by doing some fun improvisation.
    Often, we practice the new concepts all over the fretboard – putting theory into action! 1 to 3 videos each unit, with descriptions, PDFs, and custom composed jam tracks!

Now new:

Mindbending and challenging interactive quizzes! They are such a great way to double check yourself! Some are tongue in cheek, some make you think, some will make you laugh out loud. You can do them often, we have a large question bank so each time you do it, it varies!

This section gets the most thumbs up from our participants for fun factor!

Bass Line Lab follows the good grounding in theory. Here, you’ll be creating your own bass lines using the theory material we covered previously. Each week builds on the previous one, and we will do this in lots of variation

  • For example, there is one exercise I call “Groove and Fill” which helps you put the theory materials to great creative use. But watch out… this can be addictive
  • Another favorite is “Call and Response”. Can you follow along with the easier versions? How about the more advanced ones? (Hey, you can even slow down the video if it’s too fast at first!)
  • And improv, improv, improv! If you want to make a concept yours, improvise over it!

Jamtracks, descriptions and PDFs to help you out and make it super enjoyable! 1 to 3 videos each unit!

Combo Class is where you get a double bang for your practicing buck!

In particular, a series I call “Creative Notefinder” takes you through all 21 notes (Yes, twenty-one! That’s not a typo). All over the fretboard! In a systematic fashion!

Students say Combo Class doesn’t feel like practicing at all, but more like jamming with a friend, and that’s exactly what it is!

We switch it up each unit by using different time signatures and adding additional, progressively harder assignments. Wolf created a unique jam track for each note name, including wicked variations and rhythmic twists!

In later units, Combo Class turns into Styles Lab and that is all about various styles of grooves: we tackle pop, rock, reggae, funk, jazz, blues and more.

Descriptions, PDFs, jam tracks! 1 to 3 videos each unit!

Combo Class Sample

Combo Class Sample

Jamtracks, descriptions and PDFs to help you out and make it super enjoyable! 1 to 3 videos each unit!

The Hip Bit section is packed with cool stuff, fun stuff, the unexpected, sample licks, name-that-bassline drills, fills, grooves, songs… it is the icing on the cake!

PDFs, descriptions, jam tracks. You know the drill. Usually one video, sometimes more.

Wiz Bit

The Wiz Bit contains valuable practice tips and tricks! Read them, use them, and turbo-charge your practice time!

It’s short, and sweet, and very useful!

And finally, I send you off for the week with an Outro section which is much more than an outro:

  • It contains all the PDFs and jam tracks for easy download
  • as well as resources for your own practice logs,
  • and great looking unit overviews (“unit matrix” and the “Course Matrix
    With that many videos and assets staying organized is key and these visually appealing resources and practice planners make that easy!

All these goodies come in handy zip files so you can download them with one click

The 4 Parts:

Basic Building Blocks
Interval Carneval

27 PDFs • 28 Jamtracks • 5 hours 10 minutes of Video

Part 1:
Units 1 - 4

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[1 hour 16 minutes] of VIDEO • 8 PDFs • 5 Jamtracks

Intro:
Beginner’s Crash Course: [24.47]
Welcome Video: [3.12]

Finger Kung Fu:
Basic Set Up [3.07]
Permutation 5th fret [7.10]
Practice with me [3.10]

Theory Practice:
Note Name Drills with Visualization [3.13]
Note Name Drills on the Bass [1.49]
String of the Week: E string [3.49]

Bass Line Lab:
Groove and Fill Minor Pentatonic [8.24]
Groove and Fill w Call and Response easier [5.30]
Groove and Fill w Call and Response harder [4.11]

Combo Class:
Creative Notefinder E [3.52]

Hip Bit:
Blindfolded Notefinder [3.11]

[53 minutes] of VIDEO • 8 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Right Hand Finger Fitness [8.45]
Permutation 1243 4312 [2.49]
Practice with me [15.12]

Theory Practice:
String of the Week: A string [2.02]
Note Name Drill: Dots [6.06]
Rock the Prime [7.03]

Bass Line Lab:
Rockin’ Primes over Chords with a Twist [5.19]

Combo Class:
Notefinder C, F [1.44]

Hip Bit:
Rock this 6-bar Chord Progression [4.09]

 

[59 minutes] of VIDEO • 4 PDFs • 8 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Right Hand Spatial Orientation [5.31]
Permutation 1432 4123 [5.25]
Practice with me [17.24]

Theory Practice:
String of the Week: D string [2.36]
Note Name Drill: Top Down [3.28]
Practice Chromatic Scale on one String with Eartraining [4.47]

Bass Line Lab:
Chromatic Approaches Over a Blues Progression [9.48]

Combo Class:
Creative Notefinder w/Seconds G [4.41]
Creative Notefinder w/Seconds D [5.53]

Hip Bit:
Guess these Classics! [2.14]

 

[59 minutes] of VIDEO • 4 PDFs • 8 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost

Finger Kung Fu:
Right Hand Spatial Orientation [7.06]
Permutation 1324 4231 [4.45]
Practice with me (easier version) [20.40]
Practice with me (harder version) Permutation the whole note scale [7.32]

Theory Practice:
String of the Week: G string [3.48]
Beautiful Theory Practice Using Whole Tone Scale [3.44]

Bass Line Lab:
Grooves on Dots with Seconds [5.23]

Combo Class:
Creative Notefinder Bb [6.08]
Creative Notefinder Eb [1.42]

Hip Bit:
Grooves with Minor Thirds [5.35]
Grooves with Major Thirds [3.46]

[1 hour 3 minutes] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 4 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost

Finger Kung Fu:
Right Hand Spatial Orientation [7.06]
Permutation 1324 4231 [4.45]
Practice with me (easier version) [20.40]
Practice with me (harder version) Permutation the whole note scale [7.32]

Theory Practice:
String of the Week: G string [3.48]
Beautiful Theory Practice Using Whole Tone Scale [3.44]

Bass Line Lab:
Grooves on Dots with Seconds [5.23]

Combo Class:
Creative Notefinder Bb [6.08]
Creative Notefinder Eb [1.42]

Hip Bit:
Grooves with Minor Thirds [5.35]
Grooves with Major Thirds [3.46]

 

More Intervals

23 PDFs • 31 Jamtracks • 6 hours 3 minutes of Video

Part 2:
Units 5 - 10

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 [50 minutes] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 5 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Open Strings Practice [5.45]
Permutation 1342 4231 [2.49]

Theory Practice:
Creating Grooves using 6ths, 7ths 8ths & Pedaling 5th [9.14]

Bass Line Lab:
Going Disco [5.11]

Combo Class:
Notefinder in Ab [5.49]
Notefinder in C#m [3.19]

Hip Bit:
Chromatic Approaches [3.40]

[1 hour 12 minutes] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 7 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutation 4132 2314 [37.47]
Right Hand – Left Hand Coordination [4.48]

Theory Practice:
Whole Tone Jam: Tritones and Major Thirds [4.41]

Bass Line Lab:
Groove and Fill: Call and Response Minor Blues Scale [7.03]
Advanced Version Groove and Fill: Call and Response Minor Blues Scale [4.07]

Combo Class:
Groove and Fill with Slides [3.56]
Creative Notefinder C-Flat in 3/4 [4.18]
Creative Notefinder in D# in 3/4 [2.54]

Hip Bit:
“Flat5 versus Perfect5” [3.20]

 

[1 hour 14 minutes] of VIDEO • 5 PDFs • 7 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutation 3124 4213 Diagonally Practice with me! [33.58]
Coordination Exercises RH-LH: Legato Notes with Open Strings [4.17]

Theory Practice:
Inversions: What they are and Double Stops [7.50]

Bass Line Lab:
Grooves with Compound Intervals [11.36]
Grooves with 1-5-8-10 [3.42]

Combo Class:
Groove and Fill Slides [2.04]
Creative Notefinder E# Minor [2.41]
Creative Notefinder Db [3.53]

Hip Bit:
These are the Days of our Shining Stars [4.20]

[1 hour 34 minutes] of VIDEO • 4 PDFs • 6 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Scales with Root Pedal [14.52]
Permutation 2143 3412 Descending with Mirror Image Practice with me! [34.17]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales Groups of Three C. G [6.53]

Bass Line Lab:
Call and Response: Scale Fragments [10.20]

Combo Class:
Scales Through the Cycle with Improv [17.01]
Creative Notefinder in Fb in 6/8 [5.34]
Creative Notefinder in G# in 6/8 [3.38]

Hip Bit:
Major Scale Songs [1.21]

[1 hour 13 minutes] of VIDEO • No PDFs • 6 Jamtracks

Intro:
Welcome to Review Week [4.34]
Mind Gym “Say and Play” [9.36]
Ear Training Primer [19.08]

Finger Kung Fu:
Mystery Permutation Exercises [6.08]

Theory Practice:
Interval Review [17.39]

Combo Class:
Interval Grooving with Eartraining [15.59]

Fun with Scales'n Chords

42 PDFs • 32 Jamtracks • 5 hours 7 minutes of Video

Part 3:
Units 11 - 15

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[58 minutes] of VIDEO • 8 PDFs • 6 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs [15.04]
RH String Finding Exercises with LH Chord Strengthener [5.41]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales: Groups of Threes Reversed and Groups of Fours Eb F [8.24]
Triads Through the Cycle in Major (2 fingerings) [11.21]
Triads Through the Cycle in Minor [6.30]

Bass Line Lab:
Cycle Triad Improv in Major [5.49]

Combo Class:
Notefinder in G-Flat in 5/4 [2.50]
Notefinder in A# in 5/4 [1.52]

Hip Bit:
Songs from Triads [1.10]

 [1 hour 14 minutes] of VIDEO • 5 PDFs • 7 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutation 1234 4321 with Hammer-ons and Pull-offs Practice with me [19.08]
RH String Finding Exercises with LH Chord Strengthener [4.49]

Theory Practice:
Diatonic Triads in Order of the Scale [7.32]
Diatonic Triads in Order of the Cycle in Major [6.35]

Bass Line Lab:
Diatonic Triads in one Position [10.54]
Improvising through the Cycle in Minor [4.26]

Combo Class:
Notefinder in B# in 7/8 [6.10]

Hip Bit:
Cycle Tip [3.10]

 [51 minutes] of VIDEO • 8 PDFs • 9 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutation with Fixed 1 [14.38]
RH String Finder with LH Chord Strengthener, Inversions [5.27]

Theory Practice:
Diatonic Triad Cycle in A [5.44]
Diatonic Triad Cycle in C with Variations [4.52]
Skills for Scales Groups of Twos in C [7.22]

Bass Line Lab:
Sus Chords and Slash Chords [6.02]

Styles Lab:
Reggae Triads [5.28]

Hip Bit:
Mister Blister [2.04]

[1 hour 3 minutes] of VIDEO • 12 PDFs • 6 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutations with Fixed 4 [6.56]
RH String Finder with LH Chord Strengthener, Inversions 2 [6.35]

Theory Practice:
Diatonic Triad Cycle in D [9.14]
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Triads in G [10.35]
Skills for Scales Groups of Twos with Phrasing Bb [3.27]

Bass Line Lab:
Tritone Double Stops [10.37]

Styles Lab:
Funk [9.49]

Hip Bit:
Terrific Tritone [5.53]

[1 hour 1 minute] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 5 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutations with Fixed 2 [16.14]
RH String Finder with LH Chord Strengthener, Inversions 3 [2.49]

Theory Practice:
Diatonic Cycle in Bb [4.19]
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Thirds Reversed in Eb [3.57]
Skills for Scales Diatonic Fourths in D [2.39]

Bass Line Lab:
Diminished Triads Through the Cycle [8.32]

Styles Lab:
Pop [5.23]

Hip Bit:
Tritone Substitution Applied [6.48]

Now we are Cooking:
Cycle • Modes • Pentatonic

35 PDFs • 42 Jamtracks • 5 hours 24 minutes of Video

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 [1 hour 11 minutes] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 5 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutations with Fixed 32 [12.37]
RH String Finder with LH Chord Strengthener 4-Note Chords [6.05]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Fourths in F Reversed [9.25]
Skills for Scales Diatonic Fifths in Bb [3.02]
Minor Differences [18.29]

Bass Line Lab:
Minor Call and Response [4.26]
Minor Differences: Grooves [3.20]

Styles Lab:
Minor Pop [9.47]

Hip Bit:
Harmonic Major [3.57]

 [31 minutes] of VIDEO • 6 PDFs • 8 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Pedaling for Cool Effect [8.02]
Permutations with 2 Fingers Fixed: 1324 [8.11]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Fifths Reversed in G [3.49]
Skills for Scales Diatonic Sixths in D [3.21]

Bass Line Lab:
Cycle Walk [16.48]
Cycle Tune in Minor: Let’s Disco [5.43]

Styles Lab:
Jazz (Walking Bass 1) [14.42]

Hip Bit:
Find the Key & Name the Minor [13.31]

[1 hour 14 minutes] of VIDEO • 7 PDFs • 6 Jamtracks

 

Finger Kung Fu:

Permutations with 2 Fingers Fixed 1423 [10.19]
Permutations Hammer-ons/Pull-offs 1342 2431 [5.18]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Sixths Reversed in C [3.28]
Skills for Scales: Diatonic Sevenths in A [3.27]
Modes in a Minute [14.22]

Bass Line Lab:
Lydian Fantasy [16.35]
Funk Dorian [5.14]
Shortcut for Improv [10.13]

Styles Lab:
Jazz (Walking Bass 2) [4.25]

Hip Bit:
The Man Who Sold the Mode (D Bowie) [1.30]

[1 hour 29 minutes] of VIDEO • 10 PDFs • 8 Jamtracks

Finger Kung Fu:
Permutations with 2 Fingers Fixed 1234 [17.41]
Permutations Hammer-ons/Pull-offs 3142 2413 [2.49]

Theory Practice:
Skills for Scales: Sevenths Reversed in B-Flat [3.06]
Skills for Scales Octaves in E-Flat [5.44]

Bass Line Lab:
Blues Overview [13.25]
Rockin’ Mixolydian [10.23]
Dark and Heavy Phrygian [10.02]

Styles Lab:
The Blues [11.02]

Hip Bit:

 [59 minutes] of VIDEO • 5 PDFs • 15 Jamtracks

Intro:
Motivational Boost
Review and Preview Where to From Here: Tips [14.12]

Finger Kung Fu:
How to Create your Own – Tips [6.48]
Bach Bass [7.30]

Theory Practice:
Two Octave Arpeggios [6.47]

Bass Line Lab:
Modes Review [14.51]

Styles Lab:
Motown [5.04]

Hip Bit:
Stevie Wonderland 2 [4.29]

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Thank you very much for making me a better bassist! 🙂 I’m entering week 19 – Maj and Min Pentatonics – and I am very excited about it as I have been over the entire course so far!

Resources and so much more:

  • Jamtracks
  • Transcriptions
  • Unit Matrix
  • Big Course Matrix
  • Allan’s Log
  • Review sections to make sure you got it! 
  • Reward emails on completion of a unit!

And that is still not all: We sprinkle motivational videos throughout the course to help you stay on track and energized.

This course is an amazing journey, guaranteed to take you to new heights in your bass pursuits!

Will I Have To Practice For Hours And Hours On End?

You can if you want to but this is way better: Quality over quantity!

We show you exactly how to practice. Follow our detailed instructions and you can cut practice time dramatically while getting better results. I have met many people who have been moving their fingers mindlessly for years, sometimes decades, without seeing a lot of improvement. If this is you, you owe it to yourself to join this Course and super charge your musical abilities!

Here’s our tried-and-true formula for success with this Course:
45 Minutes Of Practice, 5 Days A Week = RESULTS!

No Questions Asked, Money Back Guarentee

We offer a no-questions-asked money back guarantee so your commitment is risk free for 20 days. Try it on for size and you’re not completely convinced that this Course is right for you, I will promptly refund your money.

You Retain LIFETIME ACCESS

Note: most students report taking longer than a week to practice all the material. Two weeks provides a very realistic pace that keeps you on top of the assignments at a terrific pace. Whether you chose the up-front option or the installment plan, once all installments are paid off, you retain lifetime access to the course

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I have wasted so much time with talented well-intended musicians who just don’t know how to teach. I feel so lucky and blessed to have found Ariane. I have never had a teacher of this caliber in any area of my life including high school and col...
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Ari has a very natural, easy-going teaching style (born to teach!) which creates a positive and encouraging learning environment. In addition, she is very strong on proper technique. The technique sections alone would be worth the cost of tuiti...

Each unit is an hour + of new video, background tracks, PDFs and more.

This course uses the book as a teaching text (and goes far beyond it!).
You can get it anywhere – info here.

Why am I so confident saying you will move mountains with this course?

My name is Ariane Cap. I have played bass for over 27 years and have been teaching for 20 years. I’ve been featured regularly on Scott’s Bass Lessons, NoTreble, TrueFire and the International Society of Bassists. I’ve been featured in Bass Player Magazine, Bass Musician Magazine, Der Bass Professor, Riff Magazine and Bass Quarterly.

My book, Music Theory for the Bass Player, has sold thousands of copies and is a frequent Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Bass Guitar Songbooks Category with over 1000 4- and 5-star reviews.

I am an enthusiastic teacher, and I have a long string of enthusiastic students who have made real breakthroughs with my methods. I am confident that you will move mountains with this course, too!

I have always been fascinated by the learning process – how it is different for everyone, yet how there are so many parallels and commonalities when learning an instrument. From my 20+ years of teaching bass to private students and my own 27+ years of playing experience, I realized that the “secret” for success is to start with these two vital ingredients:

  • Solid technique– Right hand, left hand, one-finger-per-fret, alternating finger plucking, and so much more! It’s surprising how many intermediate (and even advanced) bassists have holes in their technique and are amazed at how much easier playing becomes with the proper technique under their belt!
  • Strong understanding of Music Theory – Done in a practical way and in a way that bass players learn naturally— using patterns and shapes on the fretboard that you are probably already familiar with. Providing an understanding so deep that it becomes intuitive when playing!

A smart investment in yourself!

Basic Building Blocks Interval Carnival

27 PDFs • 28 Jamtracks • 5 hours 10 minutes of Video
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More Intervals

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Fun with Scales'n Chords

42 PDFs • 32 Jamtracks • 5 hours 7 minutes of Video
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Units 11-15

Now we are Cooking:
Cycle • Modes • Pentatonic

35 PDFs • 42 Jamtracks • 5 hours 24 minutes of Video
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Units 16-20

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No need to be able to read! It doesn’t hurt but if not, we got TAB and descriptions for everything!
Learn theory first (shapes! shapes! shapes!)

My course combines that with good technique. After this course, we do the Pattern System, Reading and Rhythm, and then some advanced theory, and you are truly unstoppable! After this course, reading becomes a breeze! Boom! What a shortcut!

Do it this way around, not the other way. Utilize your strengths rather than fight against your weaknesses.

Yes! You will be creating and playing your own Basslines, licks, grooves & fills, and even solos! Usually along with a jam track, and trading off with me! This is really at the core of this course. And mighty fun, too!

Yes!! This course contains lots more information, exercises, and concepts than the book. It refers heavily to it, but it goes way beyond it.

Lots of additional material, videos, and applications that can best be shown in videos. And, the core of it: the step by step approach, with each unit building upon the next, using the material in the book in more and more challenging contexts and applications.

Yes, if you are motivated and enthusiastic. If you are just starting out you will need to pace yourself and go at a slower pace.

A good rule of thumb is to allocate at least two weeks for each unit. I have included a beginner crash course as well and instructions as to how to proceed through the course if you are a novice.

Yes! Intermediate to advanced players who are looking to improve their theory and technique will find a treasure trove of useful exercises here.

Yes, at this time you can start anytime (we are experimenting with cohorts and groups soon however so this may change).

 

Yes, we offer an unconditional 20-day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied for any reason, do not hesitate to email for a full refund.

Buy completely risk-free and you get lifetime access to the material once the tuition is paid in full.