CURRICULUM
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▶ Level 2 Overview
▶ Intervals Pt. 1
▶ The One Octave Major Scale + Pattern
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ Intervals Pt. 2
▶ Raking
🎸 Applying Raking With "Crazy Train"
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #2
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Bass Line Creation: Roots + All Octave Shapes
🎸 Applying More Roots + Octave Shapes
🎸 Applying Even More Roots + Open Octave Shapes
▶ The Octave Trick
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Rhythm Pt. 2: Ties, 16th Notes, + Dotted Quarter Notes
🎸 Applying Ties
🎸 Applying 16th Notes With "Dean Town" Intro
🎸 Applying Dotted Quarter Notes
▶ Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, + Slides
📝 Practice Assignment #4
🎸 Applying Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, + Slides
🎸 Applying Hammer Ons With "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"
📝 Practice Assignment #5
▶ Open Strings vs. Closed Strings
▶ Traveling Thumb
📝 How To Practice Efficiently
🧠 Level 2 Quiz
💡 Level 2 Recap
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▶ Level 3 Overview
▶ Rhythm Pt. 3: Grouped 8th + 16th Notes, Syncopation
🎸 Applying Grouped 8th + 16th Notes
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ Bass Line Creation: Rhythm + Syncopation
🎸 Applying Syncopated Variations
🎸 Syncopation With "Pick Up The Pieces"
📝 Practice Assignment #2
🎸 Rhythm Roulette
▶ Bass Line Creation: Roots + 5ths
▶ The Two Feel
🎸 Applying Roots + 5ths
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Triads + Arpeggios Preparation
▶ Major Triads Intro
▶ Major Triad - Second Finger Pattern
▶ Major Triad - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Applying Major Triads
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ Intro To Ear Training - Pt. 1: Pitch Matching
▶ Minor Triads Intro
▶ Minor Triad - First Finger Pattern
▶ Minor Triad - Fourth Finger Pattern
🎸 Minor Triad Rock Groove
▶ Bass Line Creation: Approach Notes Pt. 1
📝 Practice Assignment #5
▶ Major Triad - Intervals Below The Root
▶ Major Triad - Connecting The Patterns
▶ Minor Triad - Intervals Below The Root
▶ Minor Triad - Connecting The Patterns
🎸 Applying Major + Minor Triads (Clusters)
📝 Practice Assignment #6
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #3
🎸 Applying Approach Notes With "The Boogie Woogie"
🎸 Applying Approach Notes To Transitioning Chords
🎸 Applying Approach Notes: Two Chords In The Same Measure
🎸 Bass Line Creation: Arpeggios With Approach Notes
📝 Practice Assignment #7
▶ Major Triad - Extended Fingering
🎸 Static Arpeggio Groove: Major Triad
🎸 Applying Major + Minor Triads (All Patterns)
▶ Minor Triad - Extended Fingering
▶ Using Arpeggios With Open Strings
🎸 Applying More Arpeggios: Major + Minor Triads
📝 Practice Assignment #8
▶ Barring
🎸 Applying Barring With "Listen To The Music"
▶ Tone + EQ
📝 Practice Assignment #9
🧠 Level 3 Quiz
💡 Level 3 Recap
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▶ Level 4 Overview
▶ Intro To Scales + The Misconception
▶ The Major Scale - Second Finger Pattern
▶ The Major Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ The Major Scale - First Finger Pattern
🎸 Connecting Major Scale Patterns Warmup
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ The Natural Minor Scale
▶ The Minor Scale - First Finger Pattern
▶ The Minor Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Intervals Beyond The Scale Patterns
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Efficient Shifting
🎸 Two Octave Scales With Efficient Shifting
▶ Ear Training - Part 2: Intervals From Triads
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Bass Line Creation: Passing Tones
🎸 Applying Passing Tones
▶ Bass Line Creation: Approach Notes Pt. 2
🎸 Applying Approach Notes: Multiple Chromatic
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ Rhythm Pt. 4: Triplets
🎸 Applying Triplets
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #4
🎸 Practice Assignment #5
▶ Relative Major + Minor
▶ Diatonic Major Scale Theory (Triads)
🎸 Diatonic Major Scale Warmup - Clusters
🎸 Diatonic Major Scale Warmup - Same String
📝 Practice Assignment #6
▶ Common Diatonic Progressions
▶ Ear Training - Pt. 3: Diatonic Chord Progressions
▶ Drop D Tuning
🎸 Applying Drop D Tuning
📝 Practice Assignment #7
🧠 Level 4 Quiz
💡 Level 4 Recap
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▶ Level 5 Overview
▶ Rhythm Pt. 5: Straight vs. Swing
▶ Seventh Chords Intro
▶ Dominant 7th Chords Intro
▶ Dominant 7th Arpeggio - Second Finger Pattern
▶ Dominant 7th Arpeggio - Fourth Finger Pattern
🎸 Applying Dominant 7th Arpeggios
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ Dominant 7th Arpeggio - First Finger Pattern
▶ Dominant 7th Arpeggio - Intervals Below
▶ Dominant 7th Arpeggio - Connecting The Patterns
▶ Dominant Arpeggio Expanding Warmup
🎸 Static Arpeggio Groove: Dominant 7th Chord
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ The Mixolydian Scale Intro + Second Finger Pattern
▶ The Mixolydian Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Walking Bass Blueprints
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ The 12 Bar Blues
🎸 12 Bar Blues Playalong
▶ Boogie Woogie's + Box Shape Patterns
🎸 12 Bar Blues Boogie Woogie Patterns
🎸 Evolving Walking Skills: Combining Boogie Woogie's + Box Shapes
▶ The Mixolydian Scale - First Finger Pattern
📝 Practice Assignment #4
🎸 The Minor Blues With "The Thrill Is Gone"
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #5
📝 Practice Assignment #5
🎸 Walking Bass With "All My Loving”
▶ Staccato vs. Legato + String Muffling
🎸 Applying Articulation: Staccato, Legato, Accents
📝 Practice Assignment #6
🧠 Level 5 Quiz
💡 Level 5 Recap
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▶ Level 6 Overview
▶ Rhythm Pt. 6: Odd Time Signatures
📝 Practice Assignment #1 - "Money"
▶ Major 7th Arpeggio - Second Finger Pattern
🎸 Applying Major 7th Chords With "Stranger Things"
▶ Major 7th Arpeggio - First Finger Pattern
▶ Major 7th Arpeggio - Intervals Below The Root
▶ Major 7th Arpeggio - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Major 7th Arpeggio - Connecting The Patterns
🎸 Applying More Major 7th Chords
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Minor 7th Chords Intro
▶ Minor 7th Arpeggio - First Finger Pattern
▶ Minor 7th Arpeggio - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Minor 7th Arpeggio - Intervals Below The Root
▶ Minor 7th Arpeggio - Third/Fourth Finger Pattern
🎸 Static Minor 7th Groove #1
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Minor 7th Arpeggio - Connecting The Patterns
🎸 Static Minor 7th Groove #2
🎸 Minor 7th Rock Groove
🎸 The Major ii V I w/ Seventh Chords
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ Diminished Triads Intro
▶ Diminished Triad - First Finger Pattern
▶ Diminished Triad - Third/Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Diminished Triad - Extended Fingering
▶ Diminished Triad - Intervals Below The Root
▶ Diminished Triad - Connecting The Patterns
🎸 Transitioning With Diminished Triads
📝 Practice Assignment #5
▶ Ear Training - Pt. 4: Interval Ear Training With Seventh Chords
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #6
📝 Practice Assignment #6
🧠 Level 6 Quiz
💡 Level 6 Recap
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▶ Level 7 Overview
▶ Note Checkup
▶ Diatonic Major Scale Theory (Seventh Chords)
🎸 Diatonic Seventh Chords Warmup - Cluster Patterns
🎸 Diatonic Seventh Chords Warmup - First Finger Patterns
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #7
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ Ear Training Pt. 5 - Chordal Ear Training
▶ Rhythm Pt. 7: Pocket, Feel, + Groove
🎸 Applying Feel With "Got To Be Real"
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Intro To The Pentatonic Scales
▶ Why Does Pentatonic Always Sound Good?
▶ The Major Pentatonic Scale - Second Finger Pattern
▶ The Major Pentatonic Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ The Major Pentatonic Scale - First Finger Pattern
🎸 Applying Major Pentatonic Scale Patterns With "My Girl"
🎸 12 Bar Blues With Major Pentatonic Pattern
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Major Pentatonic: Intervals Above And Below Patterns
🎸 Motown Style Major Pentatonic
🎸 Bluesy Major Pentatonic Groove
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ The Minor Pentatonic Scale - First Finger Pattern
▶ The Minor Pentatonic Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ The Minor Pentatonic Scale - Third/Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Minor Pentatonic: Intervals Above And Below Patterns
🎸 D Minor Pentatonic Groove + Fill
🎸 C# Minor Pentatonic Groove + Fill
🎸 More Minor Pentatonic w/ "Wake Me Up"
📝 Practice Assignment #5
▶ Relative Major + Minor With Pentatonics
🎸 Create Your Own Fills In Em
🎸 Create Your Own Fills In Am
🎸 Creating Pentatonic Fills With Relative Key
🎸 Absorbing Every Pentatonic Pattern Exercise
🎸 Pentatonic Phrasing In 4's Exercise
📝 Practice Assignment #6
🧠 Level 7 Quiz
💡 Level 7 Recap
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▶ Level 8 Overview
▶ The Blues Scales Intro
▶ The Minor Blues Scale - First Finger Pattern
🎸 Walking Bass With The Minor Blues Scale
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #8
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ The Minor Blues Scale - Third/Fourth Finger Patterns
🎸 Applying Minor Blues w/ "Sunshine Of Your Love"
🎸 Slides, Hammer Ons, + Pull Offs w/ The Blues Note
🎸 Applying Fills Using The Minor Blues
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Major Blues Scale - Second Finger Pattern
▶ Major Blues Scale - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Major Blues Scale - First Finger Pattern
🎸 "The" Major Blues Lick
🎸 Playing Musical Ideas In One Pattern
📝 Practice Assignment #3
🎸 Applying Major Blues w/ "Sir Duke"
▶ The Trill + The Shake
🎸 Applying The Trill + The Shake
🎸 Creating Your Own Fills w/ The Blues Scales
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ Relative Key + The True Why
▶ Bass Line Creation: Enclosures
🎸 Applying Enclosures
📝 Practice Assignment #5
🧠 Level 8 Quiz
💡 Level 8 Recap
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▶ Level 1 Overview
▶ Buying A Bass, Amp, + Accessories
▶ The Role Of A Bassist
▶ String Names, How to Tune, + Parts of the Bass
▶ Bass Position + Posture
▶ Plucking Hand Technique
🎸 Applying Plucking + Alternating Fingers
▶ Fretting Hand Technique + Fingering
▶ Higher or Lower? Above or Below?
▶ How To Read Tablature (Tabs)
▶ Playing Songs with Popular Bass Lines - Intro
▶ “Psycho Killer" Tutorial
🎸 Playing “Psycho Killer"
▶ "Another One Bites The Dust" Tutorial
🎸 Playing “Another One Bites The Dust”
▶ "Crazy Train" Tutorial
🎸 Playing “Crazy Train”
▶ "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Tutorial
🎸 Playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
▶ "Seven Nation Army" Tutorial
🎸 Playing “Seven Nation Army”
📝 Practice Assignment #1
▶ The Root Note
🎸 Applying Root Notes
📝 Practice Assignment #2
▶ Finger Per Fret vs. 1-2-4
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #1
▶ The Musical Alphabet, Sharps, + Flats
📝 Practice Assignment #3
▶ Rhythm Pt. 1: Intro, Note Duration, + Time Signature
🎸 Applying Basic Rhythm With Open Strings
🎸 Applying Basic Rhythm Moving Around
🎸 Applying Basic Rhythm With Root Notes
📝 Practice Assignment #4
▶ Muting + Pressure Lifting
▶ How To Read Diagrams
▶ The 5th + 12th Fret Hack
▶ The Octave + Octave Shape #1
🎸 Applying Octaves
▶ Should You Read Music?
▶ How To Read Bass Clef (Optional)
▶ Reference Notes
📝 Practice Assignment #5
🧠 Level 1 Quiz
💡 Level 1 Recap
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▶ Level 9 Overview
▶ Intro To Jazz As A Bassist
▶ How To Use iReal Pro
▶ Understanding Extensions
▶ Mastering Jazz Walking Bass Lines
🎸 The Walking Checklist Intro + Example
🎸 Jazz's Most Important Chord Progressions - The Major ii V I
🎸 More Applying The Major ii V I
🎸 Jazz's Most Important Chord Progressions - The • Quick IV (I to IV)
▶ The Jazz Blues
🎸 Walking Over The Jazz Blues - Playalong in F
🎸 Walking Over The Jazz Blues w/ "Kadota's Blues"
🎸 Walking Over The Jazz Blues - Playalong in Bb
▶ The Half Diminished 7th Chord (Minor7b5) Intro
▶ Half Diminished 7th Arpeggio - First Finger Pattern
▶ Half Diminished 7th Arpeggio - Third/Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Half Diminished 7th Arpeggio - Fourth Finger Pattern
▶ Half Diminished 7th Arpeggio - Intervals Below
▶ Half Diminished 7th Arpeggio - Connecting The Patterns
🎸 Jazz's Most Important Chord Progressions - The Minor ii V i
🎸 More Applying The Minor ii V i
🎸 Walking Over Jazz Standards w/ "Fly Me To The Moon"
🎸 Walking Over Jazz Standards w/ "Autumn Leaves"
🎸 Walking Over Jazz Standards w/ "All Of Me"
🎸 2 5 1 Overload w/ "Blue Bossa"
🎸 Jazz's Most Important Chord Progressions - "I Got Rhythm" (Rhythm Changes)
🎸 The Minor Jazz Blues w/ "Mr. P.C."
▶ The Diminished 7th Intro (Fully Diminished)
▶ Fully Diminished 7th - First Finger Pattern
▶ Fully Diminished 7th - Third Finger Pattern
▶ Fully Diminished 7th - Fourth Finger Pattern
🎸 Applying Transitional Fully Diminished 7th Chords
🎸 Applying Fully Diminished 7th Chords
🎸 Dexterity Exercise #9
▶ How I Record + Mix Bass
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▶ Level 10 Overview
▶ Intro To Ghost Notes + Overview
▶ Ghost Note Prep - Muting
▶ Bass Guitar Tone For Ghost Notes
▶ Intro To Same String Ghost Notes
🎸 Level 1: Same String Ghost Notes
🎸 Level 2: Same String Ghost Notes
🎸 Level 3: Same String Ghost Notes
▶ Intro To Raked Ghost Notes
🎸 Level 1: Raked Ghost Notes - Three Strings
🎸 Level 2: Raked Ghost Notes - Three Strings
🎸 Level 3: Raked Ghost Notes - Three Strings
🎸 Level 1: Raked Ghost Notes - Four Strings
🎸 Level 2: Raked Ghost Notes - Four Strings
🎸 Level 3: Raked Ghost Notes - Four Strings
🎸 Level 1: Raked Ghost Notes - Combining
🎸 Level 2: Raked Ghost Notes - Combining
🎸 Level 3: Raked Ghost Notes - Combining
▶ Intro To The Percussive Lift/Drop
🎸 Level 1: The Percussive Lift
🎸 Level 2: The Percussive Lift
🎸 Level 3: The Percussive Lift
▶ Palm Muting With Ghost Notes
▶ How To Play The 3 Finger Technique
🎸 3 Finger Technique w/ Ghost Notes
🎸 Applying Hammer Ons, Slides, + Rakes w/ Ghost Notes
🎸 Crazy Sixteenth Notes w/ Ghost Notes
🎸 "Raking It All In" w/ Ghost Notes
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▶ Level 11 Overview - Intro To Slap Bass
▶ The Complete History Of Slap Bass
▶ Slapping Motion, Hand Position, + Thumb Angles
🎸 Slapping With The Thumb
🎸 Slapping "Lessons In Love"
▶ The Importance Of Muting With Slapping
🎸 Muting Slapped Open Strings
🎸 Muting Slapped Fretted Notes
Adding The Pop With The Octave Shape
🎸 Slapping Around With The Octave Shape
🎸 Moving Slapped Octaves Around
🎸 Slapping + Popping "Fly Away"
🎸 Slapping + Popping Octaves With "Super Mario Bros."
🎸 Slapping + Popping Syncopated Octaves
🎸 Just The Pop
▶ The Use Of Triplets In Slap
🎸 Slapping Triplets With "Higher Ground"
🎸 Slapping 8th + 16th Note Triplets
▶ What Are Dead Notes? How Are They Important In Slap?
🎸 Slapping "Dark Necessities"
🎸 Practicing Muting With Dead Notes
🎸 Half Fretting, Accents, + Groovin'
🎸 Slapping Hammer Ons + Pull Offs
🎸 Slapping 16th Note Dead Notes + Open Hammers
🎸 Slapping Hammer Ons + Pull Offs
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