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Enharmonic Equivalents: why are they so confusing?

jtrguv 29/05/2025 No Comments

Enharmonic Equivalents: why are they so confusing? Time to discuss something quite abstract that confuses a lot of people who aren’t very theory literate. Finding them confusing or not understand…

Find The Chords of the Scale on the Bass

jtrguv 20/04/2025 No Comments

Find The Chords of the Scale on the Bass OK, here's your super-cheatcode method for working out what the Major and minor chords are in whatever key you're in in…

Order of Sharp Major Keys on the Fretboard

Order of the Keys Mapped to the Bass Fretboard

jtrguv 20/04/2025 No Comments

Order of the Keys Mapped to the Bass Fretboard I’m not sure if this will be of used to anyone but here it is.    We’ve all heard of the…

Keeping time when the improv gets spicy

jtrguv 15/02/2025 No Comments

Keeping time when the improv gets spicy Essential Bass skill #44398.5b There comes a time in the life and playing experience of every bassist when someone in the band goes…

The Pentatonic Shapes: Major, minor and Blues

jtrguv 14/02/2025 No Comments

The Pentatonic Shapes: Major, minor and Blues 98% of modern Western music is based on the Major Scale and uses derivitive forms of it (minor, Modes etc) to add colours…

Metric Modulation Part 1: Tempo Changes

jtrguv 18/01/2025 No Comments

Metric Modulation Part 1: Tempo Changes The two forms of Metric modulation Metric Modulation is a complex issue in music; in the worst, most terrifying cases it involves doing actual…

Learn the Notes of the Fretboard

jtrguv 11/01/2025 No Comments

Learn the Notes of the Fretboard don’t overcomplicate it lads… There are so many “use my method to learn the notes and become a bass wizard!” schemes out there.   Truth…

Tool – Schism & Time Signatures

jtrguv 08/01/2025 No Comments

Tool – Schism & Time Signatures Schism by Tool is an interesting song for many reasons but one that has always interested me is the way in which that iconic…

New Otis Redding Tab In The Resource Library

jtrguv 27/12/2024 No Comments

New Otis Redding Tab In The Resource Library Hard to Handle After a brief post in the Bass Player's FaceBook group about the song Hard To Handle (the poster wanted…

Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding Album Cover Art

Otis Redding – Hard To Handle Analysis

jtrguv 27/12/2024 No Comments

Otis Redding – Hard To Handle Analysis Music Theory choices Hard to Handle is a classic Otis Redding song but it's more widely known by the version released by The…

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