Any chord you can imagine can either be created or implied through a combination of one or more basic chord triads. Master hearing the sound of chord triads and you’ll soon be able to piece them together to create or imply any chord sound you desire. One of the fastest ways to get the sound [...] Read more »
How Well Can You Hear Chords?
The ability to hear chords accurately is one of the most important skills any bass player should have. Surprisingly, there are so many hired bass players that rely on chord charts to tell them the quality of the chord they are hearing. These same bass players let their logic dictate the notes they should play! [...] Read more »
Get Relative Pitch in Record Time
Learn to quickly hear intervals and scale degrees with this simple and unique ear training program. The ability to play and respond to simple intervals that you hear, is critical to being a more supportive and reactive bass player in an improvising environment. 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 »
Think Less When Soloing Over Giant Steps
Spectrum, Metro, and Illusion devise a plan to free themselves, and the others, from the enslavement of the officials. During that time, the Mutant Bass Players decide The Rock Climbing Method as their way out! The Rock Climbing Method (similar to the target note approach) is a specific approach to playing chord changes that allows [...] Read more »
