Theory and Technique

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1. Major harmony Arpeggio and scale exercise

   By jakenewmanbass, February 7, 2010
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   • daz
   • September 22, 2011

2. Music Theory: Where to begin? 1 2

   By GStar, April 2, 2009
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   • JPAC
   • April 27, 2009

3. Im stepping into the "rock" genre...any advice for my bass playing?

   By stefBclef, October 11, 2012
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   • nottswarwick
   • January 22, 2013

4. Things that should be easy ... but aren't ... why? 1 2

   By Annoying Twit, February 14, 2015
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   • spencer.b
   • March 18, 2015

5. Playing Near the Neck

   By Cacophonix, September 20, 2008
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   • thepurpleblob
   • November 15, 2008

6. Tips for learning function band set for a dep work.

   By mr.noisy, September 6, 2016
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   • mr.noisy
   • November 14, 2016

7. Stevie Wonder - Do I Do

   By JakeBrownBass, August 12, 2010
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   • wal4string
   • May 11, 2011

8. Best right hand technique

   By bobbass, October 18, 2010
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   • mcgraham
   • December 9, 2010

9. Please put me out of my misery!!

   By basstech, January 31, 2012
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   • JohnFitzgerald
   • February 8, 2012

10. Hiromi Uehara - XYZ Bass Transcription

    By funkypenguin, August 31, 2011
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    • funkypenguin
    • September 6, 2011

11. Chords, double/triple stops & how they work.... 1 2

    By Rumble, July 15, 2012
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    • ras52
    • August 29, 2012

12. Catatonia - Road Rage

    By colda, May 29, 2008
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    • Paul_C
    • June 4, 2008

13. Developing "a light touch"

    By uncle psychosis, July 22, 2013
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    • JTUK
    • July 25, 2013

14. Do i need to learn all the scales? 1 2

    By wishface, August 8, 2019
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    • paul_c2
    • August 18, 2019

15. Slap - huh? 1 2

    By thepurpleblob, June 7, 2009
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    • 51m0n
    • June 15, 2009

16. I am a bad slapper.

    By Stag, March 9, 2008
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    • MikeyTron
    • May 16, 2008

17. Ariane Cap 20 unit online course: £190, thoughts?

    By highwayman, July 21, 2016
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    • Shabbs
    • September 6, 2016

18. How does a scale become musical? 1 2

    By allighatt0r, May 27, 2008
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    • allighatt0r
    • May 30, 2008

19. Bad technique. 1 2

    By MacDaddy, November 26, 2009
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    • Alun
    • December 9, 2009

20. Recomended Bass notation books

    By Pbassred, May 18, 2007
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    • Eight
    • March 6, 2009

21. Do you stick to 4/5/6 strings, are you a hot swapper or in between!?! 1 2

    By Ashwood1985, September 11, 2012
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    • Kongo
    • October 14, 2012

22. Screaming Vocals (Fry, False Chord, Tonal etc) - Anyone else do it?

    By Truckstop, November 15, 2013
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    • Billy Apple
    • November 17, 2013

23. Pick or Fingers … ongoing dilemma!! 1 2

    By BassAdder60, September 12, 2023
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    • BassAdder60
    • July 3, 2024

24. A severe timing issue for intermediate player

    By mrpink1991, September 18, 2010
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    • zero9
    • September 25, 2010

25. Left hand practice 1 2

    By essexbasscat, February 14, 2010
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    • PedalB
    • March 27, 2010