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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
One-on-one Lessons
T Shirts and Stickers
Other Products I Like
The Musician Dice
My favorite stand-alone metronome
My favorite Straplocks – choose black, silver, gold
My favorite app-metronome
The Beat Buddy (a useful practice tool!) use DISCOUNT CODE arisbass10 when checking out at SingularSound.com
The Mini Beat Buddy (Beat Buddy’s little brother) use DISCOUNT CODE arisbass10 when checking out at SingularSound.com
FretWraps, Favorite Gadgets 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
Stomp by Coda – An awesome page turner/pedal/gadget controller
My Favorite Strings
(The String Section of this website, so to speak)
Four String for grooving
Five String for grooving
Six String for Grooving (heavy)
Tapping gauge, four string
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
Upright Bass Resources
The Bass Worm – humidifier
The Wheel (watch for the right size)
Endpin Rest
Endpin Ball (attached alternative to endpin rest)
Pop’s Rosin
Nyman’s Rosin
Upright Bass Stand
Electric Bass Set Up
Allen Wrenches Metric and Inches
String Action Ruler Gauge
Delay Pedals
Flashback by TC
Flashback Mini by TC
Nova Delay by TC (if you need a display)
Funky, I mean super funky….!
MXR Envelope Filter
My Favorite Looper
Infinity Looper by Pigtronix
Reverse Switch for the Infinity
Pattern System Resources
Fretboard markers for bright fretboards (select black pearl)
Fretboard markers for dark fretboards (select white pearl)
Frixion Pens (for scale degrees, fingerings, and note names)
Frixion Markers (for dots, squares, and diamonds)
My Amps
RH 450 by TC
RH 750 Compact by TC
My Cabs
Revsound 210
My Favorite Software to Change Tempo Without Changing Keys/Change Keys Without Changing Tempo
Transcribe for Mac
Transcribe for Windows
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
Great Tools, albeit a bit of a crutch (use with care)
irealPro
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 Music Lesson by V Wooten
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
Chuck Sher Real Book 1
The Real Easy Book
The Real Book Vol 1
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
Schirmer Edition for Cello
Highly Recommend
Tiny Habits by Stanford Design Lab Lead, Professor BJ Fogg
And I know you totally want this… 😉
Wall Clock with the Cycle of Fifths…
Downloadable Resources
Piano keys with names
Piano keys without names
Piano keys for coloring
TAB and Score paper
Pattern paper 4 String
Pattern paper 5 String
Pattern paper 6 String
Pattern paper 4 String (left-handed)
Pattern paper 5 String (left-handed)
Pattern paper 6 String (left-handed)
Blank Sheet Music
Blank Sheet Music Bass Clef
BASS TAB and STAFF four string
Cycle (notes only) Major
Cycle (notes only) Minor
If you take lessons with me please have ready
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A stand-alone metronome (can be a gadget, as long as it does not interfere with the gadget we are communicating on)
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irealpro (get it in your app store) – this is optional
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I highly recommend Transcribe! for Windows or Mac, or similar (Audacity is a free option, cumbersome interface, and bad drivers, but it does the job). Another option is Anytune Pro for ithings and smartthings – this is optional
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Access to your lesson notes and email while we talk
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Any device to play back the background tracks I send you without interrupting our conversation (ideally Transcribe!)
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You don’t need to worry about taking notes or writing things down, I do that for you
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To test connectivity, please check zoom.us/test
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