In many ways, online music lessons seem a good idea, but there are some caveats one should be aware of. Lets take a look at the pros and cons. Pros: You can learn at your own pace, at your own time frame, and at the best time that works for you. This is a pretty [...]
I dont teach bass tabs for three reasons. First, they are an easy short cut and as such a temptation. Its not that I’m against things being easy, in fact simplification of complexity is a key part of teaching, but that they can become a crutch. Ie, rather than learning notation, chords structure, or working [...]
While searching out music with interesting time signatures, I came across Rachel Barton Pine’s cover of Spirit of the Radio. A most fascinating mix of classical and progressive rock performed on violin. Granted, the alternative time signature thing I wanted to use as an example is not readily apparent… its there of course, but the [...]
This is a common question asked by many bass students. In many ways, it comes back to ones goals. Granted, a jr high student may have vastly different goals, than 40+ individual who wants to play bass in their church group. Yet, the goals really do set the stage…. but they need to be manageable [...]
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