Learn to read and play Bass music using standard music notation and easy read Tab.  Also scales, riffs and arpeggios so you can create your own bass lines.

LESSON 1

• Notes on the 1^st String
• The quarter note, The whole note
• Chord Symbols
• Notes on the 2^nd string
• The half note

LESSON 2

• Notes on the 3^rd string
• Left hand fingering
• Notes on the 4^th String
• 12 BAR BLUES

LESSON 3

• The eighth note
• Alternate Picking

LESSON 4

• The dotted quarter note
• Turnaround progressions
• Staccato
• The slide

LESSON 5

• Sharp signs, The F sharp Note (F#)
• Flat signs, The B Flat Note (Bb)
• Ghost Notes
• The C Note (1^st String)

LESSON 6

• The C Major Scale
• The Octave
• The Chromatic Scale
• Notes on the  Bass Fretboard
• The G Major Scale
• Major Scale Pattern
• Walking Bass in the Key of G
• First and Second Endings
• Hall of the Mountain King

LESSON 7

• The Sixteenth Note
• The Hammer-on
• The Quarter Note Triplet

LESSON 8

• The Tie
• Rests
• Syncopation

LESSON 9

• The Eighth  Note Triplet
• Shuffle Rhythm

LESSON 10

• Creating Your Own Bass Line
• Arpeggio Playing
• Major Chord Arpeggios
• Seventh Chord Arpeggios
• Minor Chord Arpeggios
• Six Eight Time (6/8)

How to Tune your Bass

How to read Sheet Music

Easy Chord Table