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A few years ago, a student of mine asked what’s the most important music theory concept I should learn? My response to his question was: Learn the Number System in music. The number system in music is a super-efficient way to describe the

All bass players need the ability to play a solid walking bass line. You don’t need to play jazz music to benefit from having this skill set. Learning how to play walking bass lines helps you: If you’re ready to go “all

Playing chords on the bass guitar is a fun thing to do. And it’s becoming a standard skillset for a lot of modern bass guitar players. Oteil Burbridge, Robert “Bubby” Lewis, Gary Willis, Jaco Pastorious, Janek Gwizdala, and Victor Wooten use chords

Only five notes. Yet, the possibilities are endless. I’m talking about Pentatonic scales. These five-note scales are popular, and have been used in lots of different styles of music, like jazz, blues, rock, and folk music. You’ll often hear pentatonic scales used

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