Keep It Groovy
How to Use String Raking for Faster, Smoother Bass Lines
Learn how to use string raking to improve your bass right-hand technique, create smoother lines, and move efficiently across the strings.
How Open Strings Can Make Your Blues Walking Bass Lines Smoother
Learn how to use open strings in a C blues walking bass line to improve fretboard navigation, create smoother position shifts, and add chromatic movement.
Major Pentatonic Bass Lines: Easy Shapes for Grooves and Fills
Learn two major pentatonic bass shapes and use them to create grooves, fills, slides, and smoother movement across a I-IV-V chord progression in G major.
How to Build a Funk Bass Groove From a Simple Idea
Learn how to build a funk bass groove using a simple theme, dead notes, Dorian movement, and tasteful fills that support the pocket.
James Jamerson Motown Bass Breakdown: Add “What’s Going On” Feel to Your Groove
Learn how to add James Jamerson-inspired Motown movement to your bass lines with chord tones, pentatonic notes, voice leading, and chromatic motion.
How to Build Bigger Rock Bass Lines With Picks, Slides & Groove
Ryan Madora breaks down how to create aggressive, high-energy rock bass lines with picks, blues box patterns, open strings, and driving groove concepts.
Build Better Bass Lines with Dead Notes and Approach Notes
Build better bass lines with dead notes and approach notes. This lesson breaks down how to add groove, connect chords, and create more musical bass lines using simple techniques.
Make Your Walking Bass Lines Flow with Triplets (Blues Bass Lesson)
Learn how to use triplets to add movement and smooth transitions to your walking bass lines. This blues bass lesson breaks down how to connect chords, improve groove, and make your lines sound more musical.
Build Better Bass Lines With This Root–Fifth–Octave Pinky Exercise
Learn how to build better bass lines using a root–fifth–octave exercise that improves pinky strength, string crossing, and groove development over a minor chord progression.
Three-Note Sequence Bass Exercise to Sync Your Fretting and Plucking Hands
Ryan Madora shares a three-note sequence bass exercise that improves fretting and plucking hand synchronization while building technique and fretboard control.
Switching to 5-String Bass: Technique Changes, Low B Strategy & Rethinking the Fretboard
Thinking about switching to a 5-string bass? This lesson breaks down right- and left-hand technique changes, low B strategy, smarter root–fifth positioning, and how to reset your fretboard reference points.
Grooving Over the i–♭III–♭VI–V Minor Progression in Pop & Rock (Triads + Scale Tones)
Learn how to groove over the i–♭III–♭VI–V minor progression using triads, scale tones, and a dominant V chord. Build stronger bass lines in pop and rock.