"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
BASS BONUS ep.9 - Top Technique Exercises for Electric Bass (with downloadable transcription 😊) - By popular demand, we're back to talking technique - indeed, top technique! - in episode 9 of the BASS BONUS series. In this video Tiziano introduces you to some fundamental exercises to get to play... Continue reading
BASS BONUS ep.2 - Total Scale Control on the Electric Bass Guitar Episode 2 of the new video series entitled "BASS BONUS". What is Bass Bonus? Basically, in each episode, starting with a video from the Contemporary Bassist Online, Tiziano extracts useful tips to improve your approach and performance on the bass... Continue reading
BASS BONUS ep.1 - Can studying shapes on the electric bass limit your creativity? This video inaugurates a series of videos entitled 'BASS BONUS'. Hurrah!!! Starting with some special videos from the Contemporary Bassist Online, Tiziano has extracted a series of useful hints and ideas to improve from... Continue reading
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
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 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
Straight from the online course based on Contemporary Bassist 1 Here is an example of an Ear training exercise applied to Scales. Ear training is a very important and actually often neglected subject. The bass player tends to prefer technique, the study of bass lines, in some cases even the... Continue reading
