Bass Lessons
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.
Bass Gym: How to Use Double Stops to Level Up Your Slap Grooves
Learn how to build slap bass grooves using double stops in this Bass Gym lesson. Explore fourths, thirds, and creative techniques to add power and articulation to your playing.
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.
A Faster Way to Play Octaves: The Thumb and Index String Crossing Technique
Struggling with fast octave lines? This thumb and index bass technique makes string crossing smoother, faster, and more ergonomic.
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.
Bass Gym: A Minor Riff Workout With Harmonic Minor, Blues Notes, and Speed
Marek Bero’s latest Bass Gym lesson explores fast monochromatic riffing in A minor, blending harmonic minor, Aeolian, chromatic tones, and diminished ideas into a high-energy workout.
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.
This G Major Bass Exercise Will Push Your Left-Hand Stretch to the Limit
Bassist Marek Bero shares a challenging Bass Gym exercise in G major designed to strengthen your left hand, expand your reach, and unlock new interval possibilities on the fretboard.
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.
What a 1964 Fender Jazz Bass Taught Me About Feel, Groove, and Letting Go of Slap
A vintage 1964 Fender Jazz Bass inspired a fresh approach to groove—ditching slap for pick funk in B minor pentatonic with palm muting and sextuplet licks.
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.
Bass Gym: A Speed and Flow Exercise Inspired by a 1964 Jazz Bass
A Bass Gym exercise focused on speed and flow, inspired by time spent playing a 1964 Fender Jazz Bass and the feel of a truly responsive instrument.