The Circle of Fifths: The Best Tool For The Job? So, the "Circle of Fifths"... This Music Theory tool has taken on an almost mythical but divisive status with people…
Notes, Chords, Intervals & Formulas of the Scales & Modes That title is a bit of a mouthful! Sorry about that. But there is a lot of information to get…
The Psychology of Harmony: Let’s Dance by David Bowie When transcribing music, we can all get hung up on the mechanics, the harmonic implications of a chord or melody line…
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 OK, here's your super-cheatcode method for working out what the Major and minor chords are in whatever key you're in in…
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 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 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 don’t overcomplicate it lads… There are so many “use my method to learn the notes and become a bass wizard!” schemes out there. 

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