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GC: Really impressive course! Author: If you're learning to play the electric bass, you might notice the resources online for the instrument are scarce when compared to the girth of content available for guitarists. Fear not however, because of StudyBass.com. The site, the brainchild of a bass instructor with over 2,000 students experience, aims to supplement in-person electric bass guitar lessons online (although if you have enough discipline you could conceivably use the site to teach yourself a lot.) The site consists of lessons to read, supplemented with videos and audio clips, as well as a variety of exercises, quizzes and songs. electric bass guitar lessons online A study guide takes you through the basics of music theory, including reading music and the role of the bass guitar in modern music, and eventually onto playing the blues and complex chords. A word of advice from the site's creator: if you're going to use this site without the help of an in-person instructor, be sure to record yourself regularly. This will allow you to hear yourself as you really sound and (hopefully) allow you to be self-critical.

In the music business Corey Smith can be considered a case study, as he has been capable of raising millions of dollars giving away his music for free and building at the same time a closer relationship with his fans... (continue...)

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1 / the silent architecture of our music the organic source of our 12 pitches, how we tune our instruments 2 / loops of pitches the perfect closure of equal temper tuning 3 / groups of pitches the initial process of selecting pitches to create melody 4 / major / minor tonality the two core colors of equal temper 5 / evolution of scales organically evolving and organizing of our melodic resources 6 / evolving scales into arpeggios the theory how scales become arpeggios 7 / evolving arpeggios into chords the theory of how arpeggios become chords 8 / rhythm cool ideas about musical time, its subdivision and notation 9 / highlights of the history of music seven highlights to begin one's study of music history 10 / composing practical ideas for putting one's ideas into music 11 / how to practice ... something you don't know how to play

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