Bass lesson highlights…

Bass for Beginners - some solid tips on how to use your fretting hand, plus picking styles: should you use a pick?

Slap Bass - if you want to get funky you’ll need to learn the thumb slap, and here are nine exercises and twelve patterns, complete with audio tracks.

The Linear Approach - learn to construct bass lines that imply the sound of a chord, rather than depending on scales or arpeggios.