Color Your Major Chords Using Minor Pentatonic Scales

The Minor Pentatonic Scale is widely used in almost every style of music! Being made up of only 5 notes, this scale has the ability to “stay away” and not clash with a variety of chords. Learn 5 ways to color your Major 7 Chords using the Minor Pentatonic Scale! This self-working approach to pentatonic scales [...] Read more »

Learn to Hear Tension and Release

Mutant Bass Players Metro, Dance, Charmon, Spectrum, and Illusion climb the wall and escape the dark room. On the other side they encounter The Extension Bridge that leads to a seemingly endless path of melodic freedom on the bass. There is only one way to cross The Extension Bridge: hear tension and release and the [...] Read more »

Put Your Ear To The Test

You’re at a jam session with musicians that you’ve never played with before. One of the musicians begins to play a chord progression and everyone else seems to follow along effortlessly—except you. Apparently, this chord progression is a standard chord progression that everyone ought to know. This bass lesson introduces a top-notch resource that can [...] Read more »