Resources:
Ari’s Products:
Music Theory for the Bass Player – The Book
Music Theory for the Bass Player – The Wall Chart
Music Theory for the Bass Player – The Course
Other Products I like:
My favorite stand-alone metronome
Fret Wraps and Gruvy Gear
GruvGear Fretwraps three pack – small (four string bass)
watch my product demo and what’s up with these fret wraps here
GruvGear Fretwraps single – large – great for six string bass
Best Bag for flying – GruvGear Club Bag Flight Smart Tech
Best Gig bag for flying (side carry!) – GruvGear Gig Blade
My Favorite Strings:
Six String for Grooving (heavy)
For tapping and grooving on my 6: in between heavy and super light
If I had a tapping only bass, I’d use this gauge
Delay Pedals:
Nova Delay by TC (if you need a display)
Funky, I mean… stinky!
My Favorite Looper
Reverse Switch for the Infinity
My Amps:
My favorite software to change tempo without changing keys/change keys without changing tempo:
you can also use a program called Audacity (free). It works, but the artefacts are more noticable than with Transcribe! and the interface is not as intuitive
On the iphone/smartphone: Anytune Pro works (a bit crude because of small display, harder to find the exact looping points)
My Favorite Ear Training Software:
Functional Eartrainer (free) – hearing tone relationships with the root
Earmaster – a very in-depth ear training program with lots of options
A great tool, albeit a bit of a clutch:
band-in-a-box for Windows (latest: 2017)
band-in-a-box for Mac (latest: 2016)
Great Play-Alongs for Jazz:
The Aebersold Series – this is a good starter book
Great Resource for Real Book Users:
Index of (mostly) Jazz tunes in Real Books
Bass Books I like:
The Improviser’s Bass Method by Chuck Sher
Modern Walking Bass Technique Vol 1 by Mike Richmond
Practice Like This by J Harnum
Real Books for Jazz:
Note: Use the above links or if buying in a store, make sure to get the “C version”. Bass is in C, concert key. Sometimes people accidentally buy a Bb or Eb version – those are for horns.
Bach Cello Suites
And I know you totally want this… 😉
Wall Clock with the Cycle of Fifths…
If you take lessons with me please have ready
- a stand-alone metronome (can be a gadget, as long as it does not interfere with the gadget we are communicating on)
- irealpro
- Transcribe! or similar, if possible
- access to your email while we talk
- any device to play back the back ground tracks I send you without interrupting our conversation
- you don’t need to worry about taking notes or writing things down, I do that for you
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