Highlights of the certification exam on 25 September 2021 Hello And finally the certification exam in Contemporary Bassist 1 is also gone! I have tried to summarise in this article the highlights of the exam, the satisfaction received, and above all the new features of this 2021 edition. The guys worked so hard... Continue reading
How can you turn a music exam into an enjoyable, positive experience that will really give you tangible improvements? With the certification in Contemporary Bassist Level 1, you can do just that! In this short video, Tiziano tells you in broad outline what this Volume 1 exam consists of and introduces you... Continue reading
Mark the date of the next certification exam! Finally, after missing a year due to lockdown, we have the date of the next certification exam in Contemporary Bassist Level 1: Saturday 25 September 2021 (approx. time 9am-1pm). Open to a maximum of 5 students, the exam will be held in Bologna in person (with... Continue reading
Contemporary Bassist Online Volume 1 The easy way 🙂 - It's finally here. After having helped hundreds of people learn the electric bass guitar in a professional way, the Contemporary Bassist Online course has been revamped yet again. As of today, the 1st level of the online course can be taken... Continue reading
<< Una chioma rigogliosa cela radici forti e potenti >> Se vuoi piantare radici solide nel suonare il basso, che ti permettano di crescere sempre più tecnicamente e musicalmente, devi curare le basi. Partire dai fondamentali e impararli al meglio delle tue possibilità . Più le tue basi saranno definite e… Continua a leggere
Syncopated bass lines ready to play - lesson 19f Contemporary Bassist Online - Some syncopated bass lines to play with the accent shifts typical of this rhythmic figure. Besides being very useful for finger agility and speed on the instrument, these exercises allow you to develop... Continue reading
A simple WARM UP exercise on the electric bass from Contemporary Bassist 1 - We are often asked for suggestions on possible WARM UP exercises to do before we start playing. In the meantime, a real gold mine in this regard is the "Bass on Top - Technique Guide"... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bass Player Online. VIDEO 7: Arpeggiated chords on the electric bass (lecture 23c) Another very useful technique exercise on the electric bass using arpeggiated chords, i.e. the quadriads applied to the horizontal forms of the Ab major scale. Taken from lesson 23c page 171 Exercises (II). Basically,... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bassist Online. VIDEO 6: Arpeggios on the Electric Bass Guitar (lz. 23a) The SIXTH video in the Origins of the Contemporary Bassist Online focuses on ARPeggios on the electric bass guitar. Released on 30 August 2015, it is another of the first videos in the online course, the prototypes used to build... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bassist Online. VIDEO 5: Scales on the Electric Bass (lz. 21a) The FIFTH video of the Origins of the Contemporary Bassist Online focuses on SCALES on the electric bass. Released on 8 September 2015, it is one of the first videos in the online course. The 7 prototypes on which the... Continue reading
