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Tech News: Play Better Bass – Bass Styles: Different Styles of Electric Bass...

Bass Playing styles can be divided into four main categories. Finger-style Picking (plectrum/picks) Slapping and Popping Tapping   Finger-style is by far the most popular style. Players alternate...

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Play Better Bass – Bass In World Music (Part 1)

Play Better Bass I do not think that there are a lot of people that can come up with an absolute definition of what world music is. This is a short summary of my humble view. It is a style or styles of...

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Tutorial: Play Better Bass – BASS in WORLD MUSIC (Part 2)

Tutorial: Play Better Bass BASS in WORLD MUSIC (Part 2) We dealt with some Rhythm aspects in World Music in Part One in the previous issue. In this edition we will look at some more of the Melodic...

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PLAY BETTER BASS: THE RIGHT STRINGS FOR YOUR STYLE

The type of strings we use on our instruments play an enormous role in how it both sounds and feels.We should never under estimate the role strings play in the overall tone we get out of our basses....

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PLAY BETTER BASS: How to Choose the Right Bass Guitar

Choosing the right bass is not always as easy as one would think, but with some research, and if you have a good idea of what you are looking for in a bass, you will probably find an instrument that...

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PLAY BETTER BASS: Bass Pickups

In the previous issue I discussed the influence of various types of wood on shaping your bass sound. Pickups also play a major role in achieving the desired sound. In this issue we will go for a basic...

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PLAY BETTER BASS – PUTTING THE BITS TOGETHER

The electric bass guitar is only about 50 years old and there are so many aspects of the instrument yet to be discovered. In this issue I would like to give a short overview on bass guitar technique. A...

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PLAY BETTER BASS – Minor Scales Inside Western Classical Scales

In Western Classical Music the most popular three scales used are: 1) The Major Scale 2) The Harmonic Minor Scale 3) The Melodic Minor Scale (We will only deal with the ascending versions of the two...

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PLAY BETTER BASS – Major Sounding Scales FOUND Inside Western Classical Scales

In Western Classical Music the most popular three scales used are: 1) The Major Scale 2) The Harmonic Minor Scale 3) The Melodic Minor Scale  (We will only deal with the ascending versions of the two...

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Play Better Bass – The Altered Scale

In Intermediate and Advanced Harmony we will get confronted with Altered Chords. Altered Chords are actually Dominant Chords (the 7th chord on the V degree of the scale) with one or more of the...

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