The ORIGINS of the Online Contemporary Bassist. VIDEO 4: Ear training (lz. 19g) Here is the FOURTH video of the origins of the Contemporary Bassist Online, dedicated to ear training. Like the previous ones, it is one of the first 7 PROTOTYPES of the online course, i.e. the reference videos on which the... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bassist Online. VIDEO 3: The cycle of fifths (lesson 16g) Here is the THIRD video in the Origins of the Contemporary Bassist Online, dedicated to the cycle of fifths for electric bass from lesson 16g and released on 1 September 2015. This video is also part of the series... Continue reading
The ORIGINS of the Contemporary Bassist Online. VIDEO 2: Rhythms for Electric Bass Guitar (lesson 13e) Here is the second video of The Origins of the Contemporary Bassist Online, dedicated to the RHYTHMICS for Electric Bass Guitar from lesson 13e. This video is also part of the series of 7 videos that Tiziano Zanotti recorded... 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
Understanding your progress on the bass: quite a feat! After more than thirty years of teaching electric bass and double bass, I realised that the biggest problem for a student is to understand what it really means to improve as a musician. Understanding your progress. Also because if you've never played before,... Continue reading
Contemporary Bassist Online SPECIAL OFFER 🙂 - It's finally here. After helping hundreds of people to learn the electric bass professionally, the Contemporary Bassist Online course is definitely changing location. From the Vimeo platform it has fully moved to this new platform. Here is the long-awaited link to... Continue reading
Contemporary Bassist Online THE OPEN DAY IS NOW !!!! It's finally here. The online course is changing location. Here is the long-awaited access link: https://corso-online.bassistacontemporaneo.it/ Remember this address because by Christmas the online course will all move here, one step at a time. Log in now, have a look... Read more
Just published Contemporary Bassist 1 new edition!!! Yes, 13 years after its first publication for the general public (summer 2006), the book Contemporary Bassist 1 comes out TODAY in a brand new edition. Now 220 pages, ISBN code 979-12-200-5194-1. Here it is, photographed on my desk 🙂 With this... 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
Help! The tabs are drawn differently!!! Yesterday I received an email from someone who had just downloaded the 5 STEPS, all alarmed about an alleged error in the PDF regarding the drawing of the bass keyboard. I'm quoting it to you in full here, because it gives me the cue for a clarification... Continue reading
