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Sometimes you come across a concept that changes the way you think about your instrument, how you approach improvisation, and practice music. For me, the triad pairs concept (also known as triadic pairs) was one of them. I’ve seen and heard many

​​​​​​​​​​​It’s not your job to play chords on the bass. But, that doesn’t mean that you can’t use bass chords in the songs that you write and play. And, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t learn how to do it. Chords have

There are many ways to improvise over chords. One way to do it is to use scales. In this article, I’ll show you 12 jazz scales that are important to know, the chords they sound great with, and how to connect them.

Today, we’re going to venture into a realm where numbers and notes collide. If you like geeky stuff, this bass guitar lesson is for you. We’ll use a Python script to explore permutations for the one-finger-per-fret method and also the traditional 1-2-4 technique

I’ve been teaching the bass for more than a decade. And, I’ve found that many of my new students, even though they’ve played the bass for many years, still don’t know the location of all their bass guitar notes on their fretboard.