The Great Bass Vocabulary Project
I’m on a mission to build a vocabulary of 1,000 musical phrases and become truly fluent on bass.
Why this project exists
For years, I thought musical fluency came from learning more scales, more theory, and more exercises. But the musicians who sound truly fluent are not just running information through their instruments. They have vocabulary.
This project is my attempt to make that process visible: learning phrases, internalizing them, documenting them, and turning them into usable musical language.
Many of the ideas, exercises, and frameworks I use are documented in The Practice Library.
How I’m building the vocabulary
I use Music Phrase Pyramids to capture musical ideas, break them into chunks, and practice them progressively until they become playable vocabulary.
Giant Phrase Wall
Each card links to the post where I play or break down the phrase.