BASS BONUS ep.8 - Some tips on how to create a good walking bass (+ "A Foggy Day" bass line to download 😊) - Episode 8 of the "BASS BONUS" series. Small jump into the second level, with a popular topic among intermediate/advanced bass players, especially those who... Continue reading
BASS BONUS ep.7 - How to create a nice groove with the electric bass to accompany a song built on a single chord ? Ensemble music practice session! - Episode 7 of the "BASS BONUS" series. How to create a catchy groove with the electric bass to accompany a "horizontal" structure, i.e. one consisting of... Continue reading
BASS BONUS ep.5 - How to use the electric bass to accompany a multi-chord piece? Ensemble music practice session! - Ready? Here's an ensemble music session from the Contemporary Bassist Online course lez.1. Here we begin... Continue reading
BASS BONUS ep.4 - Rhythm as the backbone of the electric bass (bass lines to play immediately) Everything starts with rhythm. Certainly rhythm is the backbone of the electric bass. But in particular, syncopated rhythm. Not only is the syncopated rhythm the basis of modern music, but... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bassist Online. VIDEO 1: A simple turn of the blues Between August and September 2015, Tiziano Zanotti recorded 7 somewhat peculiar videos, different from the previous ones (more complex also in terms of realisation), which he then published in the following two months. These videos, perhaps still a bit rough but... Continue reading
The bass lesson you don't expect Just today the schools started again, I think to the delight of many grandparents and parents 🙂 And also around this time, music schools are reopening after the summer break. If you too are ready to start bass lessons again,... Continue reading
Finally published the second fascicle of original tracks free with Contemporary Bassist 1! BASS PUZZLE is a collection of fully arranged original tracks composed by Tiziano Zanotti with the aim of making the Contemporary Bassist Online course even more lively and stimulating. Find out what's in File 2... Read more
Free sheet music for those who buy Bassista Contemporaneo 1! BASS PUZZLE is a collection of original pieces composed by Tiziano Zanotti with the aim of making the Contemporary Bassist Online course even more lively and stimulating. Bonus for those who buy the book and follow the course! A total of 4 fascicles... Read more
The FOURTH PART of the Contemporary Bassist Online course is ready! Lessons 16-20 of the volume Contemporary Bassist 1 are finally available on Vimeo. You can find them here: Contemporary Bassist Online: lessons 16-20. These are truly fantastic lessons, if you have already followed the previous cycles, you absolutely cannot miss them! Each cycle... Continue reading
How to increase your speed with special exercises from the "Bass on Top" guide Here is a new monographic guide to complement the Contemporary Bassist, which will help you develop a very powerful technique on the electric bass, without losing sight of the main objective of studying the instrument: to express your art by doing... Continue reading
