8 idee pratiche per ravvivare lo studio della musica durante e dopo l’estate (contiene coupon)

8 idee pratiche per sviluppare nuovi progetti musicali prima e dopo le ferie estive! – Eccoci di nuovo a FERRAGOSTO. Scusa la banalità ma… quanto vola il tempo??!! Un anno fa in questo stesso periodo scrissi un articolo a mio avviso molto interessante su come sfruttare il periodo delle vacanze… Continua a leggere

Ep.2 Microadventures of volume 2: bass guitar, synth guitar and drums

Involve your friends in practicing volume 2 - Here's another example of a microadventure you could have by repurposing the material from Contemporary Bassist volume 2 more freely along with some of your other musician friends. May I remind you that the MICROAVENTURES series was created by... Continue reading

Ep.1 Microadventures: Bass lines of vol.2 in action

Contemporary Bassist 2: A gold mine of basslines and grooves! - The Contemporary Bassist Volume 2 is a veritable gold mine of musically interesting basslines and grooves that can "live a life of their own" and give much satisfaction, in the hands of mildly creative and resourceful students. Here is a... Continue reading

How to overcome anxiety from ... improvisation

Improvisation anxiety: you can overcome it too! - Today I want to point out a wonderful video from the online course, for me one of the most entertaining, which also gave me an opportunity to reflect on how you can quite easily overcome "improv anxiety." Maybe it is not your problem, in fact you... Continue reading

How to achieve good technical mastery on the bass guitar

"All music is made up of notes taken from a scale. They can be scale pieces, arpeggios, jumps or chromaticism. But it is always about scales. Whether you are aware of it or not, all music works like that. So the more you can play scales and arpeggios with fluency and ease, the better... Readmore

How to learn difficult pieces on the bass (or other instruments)

5 foolproof steps for mastering difficult songs... but which you can apply to any piece of music - In this article, I will give you the practical and foolproof method I personally use to prepare any piece of music, especially so-called difficult songs. Whether for a video, a... Continue reading

[Lez.30c] Powerful technique on the electric bass with Bach's 2-voice Inventions - Contemporary Bassist Online

Develop a powerful technique on the bass using Bach's 2-voice Inventions - from the online course - Here's to you from Bach's 2-voice Inventions, No 1 in C major, adapted to perfection for the 4-string bass. Final version, performed by Titian within the... Continue reading

[Lez.28c] How to improvise with modes on the electric bass - Contemporary Bassist Online

An example of how to improvise with modes, taken from the online course - If you like or are intrigued by the modes of the major scale, know that in Contemporary Bassist 2 a very exciting work on modes awaits you. It's a topic that is really broad and full of possibilities, especially for creating... Continue reading

Syncopated bass lines: take lesson 19f of the online course now!

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