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Easy Jazz Masterclasses with Ari

Join a small group of students like yourself on a 10-session journey through the basics of playing Jazz bass. Pre-recorded as live interactive classes!

Whether you’re new to jazz or have some experience, this class will ignite your walking bass skills!

Key Highlights:
Unlock Jazz Improvisation:Ari breaks down jazz into manageable steps, teaching you to create beautiful walking bass lines with ease using her step-by-step processes.

Make It Swing: Learn to swing hard with the drummer and add your own flavor for variation freely.

Jam-Ready: Master iconic tunes, analyze songs, and build confidence to play with others.

Reading Changes Made Easy: Get comfortable reading chord charts and creating your own bass arrangements on the fly, even if you’re new to it.

 

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What exactly is in these Easy Jazz Masterclasses?

 

10 pre-sessions jampacked with walking bass study starting pretty much from scratch! Improv on the spot!

Walking Bass Creation

Swing hard

Analysis

The Setlist

Prerequisites

➡️ A curiosity (or passion) for jazz tunes – like those from the Great American Songbook
➡️ Basic knowledge of intervals (fifths, octaves)
➡️ Familiarity with foundational triads and chords
➡️ An introduction to scales and chromaticism

No need to have mastered these—practicing in context will solidify your understanding. You’ll also sharpen your reading skills with chord charts and scores, with TABs provided as needed.

Here's what you can expect from these masterclasses:

Create Walking Bass Lines on the Spot

Learn to improvise beautiful, swinging bass lines using Ari’s simple, effective tools.

Master the Swing

Discover how to make your lines groove with the drummer and add cool variations like skips and burps!

Read and Write Charts

Develop your chart-reading skills and create your own walking bass arrangements with ease.

Jam-Ready Tunes

Prepare for jam sessions by analyzing tunes, listening deeply, and learning to comp musically with others.

Hi. I’m Ari.

Bassist, author, educator. Groove enthusiast and learning nerd.

As a bassist, I have toured/played/recorded with a variety of rock, Jazz, and funk bands, I have worked with some incredible producers (Keith Olsen) and musicians (Paul Hanson, Muriel Anderson) and I toured Brazil with Stu Hamm as a duo.

As a bass teacher, I have taught at London Bass Day, Gerald Veasley’s Bass Boot Camp, SBL, Truefire, notreble… I even ran my own music school for a few years before gigs took me back on the road.

One thing to know about me is that I teach because I am absolutely fascinated with the learning process. And I am obsessed with helping others realize their musical potential.

When I started playing bass, I excelled very quickly because I had an amazing teacher who taught me using a powerful method. This method transformed my playing so quickly that I passed a bunch of high-level university auditions and even tested out of entire classes at university even though I had been playing for only a very short time.

That’s what, many years later turned into one of my books, co-written with Wolf Wein, called “The Pattern System for the Bass Player”. I created entire systems of learning based on some of these ideas and wrote books and created courses together with Wolf. Our bass books have sold over 30,000 copies and garnered rave reviews.

I started teaching online in 2009 and have embraced technology as a powerful learning tool since then, never losing sight of the importance of providing feedback and personalized guidance to learners.

I also utilize the power of learning in groups: our first cohort with volunteer coaches ran in 2018, and Masterclasses started in 2020. Our practice memberships have been going strong since 2022. 

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Traditional Approaches vs. Ari's Approach

Other Ways

The Ari Way

No guidance on how to make it swing
Using tricks such as saying syllables or using movement to make the swing
Overcomplicate jazz theory
Simple formulas you can execute on the fly
Mostly playing, no writing
Writing your own bass lines out on paper is one of the most powerful ways to get the hang of it, fast!
Focus on isolated theory without application
Teaches theory in direct, hands-on applications
Top-down instruction, you are on your own
Learn from and with others in a fun, encouraging, and supportive atmosphere

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Pre-recorded Jazz Masterclasses

$175

  • 10 hours of video
  • Jamtracks
  • PDFs with TAB and notation
30 day money back guarantee

We offer a no-questions-asked money back guarantee so your commitment is risk free for 30 days. Try it on for size and if you’re not completely convinced that this series is right for you, I will promptly refund your money.

We use Stripe, a highly secure checkout system!

Learn a ton while having fun!

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Questions & Answers About The Easy Jazz Masterclasses

You need your bass and an internet connection!

We also recommend to get this book:

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Not required but highly useful is our  Theory Wall Chart

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Low intermediate and up. Jazz novices welcome.   

You can start at any time and go at your own pace. You have lifetime access to the material. 

These sessions are pre-recorded, they are not live. It feels almost like you are there, though, as you learn alongside an awesome group of bassists just like you. Feel free to post your assignments into our Facebook Group!

At this time we do not offer any new live masterclasses.  This is the only way to get this content. If you’d like to study with Ari, become a member. These Easy Jazz Masterclasses as well as Easy Jazz Masterclasses Level 2  (10 additional 1 hour classes!) are included with the Practice Membership. 

We offer a no-questions-asked money back guarantee so your commitment is risk free for 30 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. 

30 day money back guarantee

For our membership, we offer a 14-day money back guarantee. 


We use secure checkout with Stripe.

Get Instant Access to the
Pre-recorded Jazz Masterclasses

$175

  • 10 hours of video
  • Jamtracks
  • PDFs with TAB and notation
30 day money back guarantee

We offer a no-questions-asked money back guarantee so your commitment is risk free for 30 days. Try it on for size and if you’re not completely convinced that this series is right for you, I will promptly refund your money.

We use Stripe, a highly secure checkout system!

Learn a ton while having fun!

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