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Bass guitar courses - which one?

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superdeka

Nov 12, 2009
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#1
Hi to everyone,
I am looking for some good course and instruction for bass guitar. Recently I've been looking for online courses (those one where you can buy entire courses on DVD or CD) and I found a lot of them and I really don't know which one to choose and which one to consider. My level of playing is base-medium and I like to play funk/jazz (trying to play :) ).

I would like to ask if someone could give me an advise which one of all those courses on the web would be fine and complete and which one would be able to help me to play better.

Thank you a lot
superdeka
 
#4
I just released one this Summer. Check this out and see if it's up your alley:
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I designed it to take a player from the absolute beginning steps to advanced concepts like soloing through changes, pentatonic scales modes and patterns, sightreading, Jazz harmony, World Music styles, etc. It's totally self-paced and about 2-3 years worth of lessons.
Music Dojo has some great teachers, BTW. I've got some good friends who teach there. You wouldn't just have one music book. I'd try both if I could afford it.
 
#5
I tried Link Removed. It's good and I would like to continue, but it's not at your own pace. It requires you to complete it with a certain time, usually a lesson per night. This is great if you can commit to that schedule. I ended trying to cram 3 lessons in one night to get in under the deadline and then only half sticks. Too bad they don't have something you can do at your own pace. You can save the lessons to your hard drive, but then you would sacrifice having the instructor comment.

I have yet to find one other than musicdojo that starts from beginning and steps you thru as far as you want to go. The others seem to jump around. I would think there's a recommended approach with lessons, theory, more lessons, etc.

I like the look of this one though: http://www.bassremedies.com/
 
#7
AnotherNewGuy said:
I tried Link Removed. It's good and I would like to continue, but it's not at your own pace. It requires you to complete it with a certain time, usually a lesson per night. This is great if you can commit to that schedule. I ended trying to cram 3 lessons in one night to get in under the deadline and then only half sticks. Too bad they don't have something you can do at your own pace. You can save the lessons to your hard drive, but then you would sacrifice having the instructor comment.

I have yet to find one other than musicdojo that starts from beginning and steps you thru as far as you want to go. The others seem to jump around. I would think there's a recommended approach with lessons, theory, more lessons, etc.

I like the look of this one though: http://www.bassremedies.com/
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You can log into any Musicdojo class you have taken any time even after the class is over. I took some in 2006 and I can still log in and access the lesson. But I suppose you do lose the instructor contact (though I never tried that).
 
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Roy Vogt said:
I just released one this Summer. Check this out and see if it's up your alley:
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I designed it to take a player from the absolute beginning steps to advanced concepts like soloing through changes, pentatonic scales modes and patterns, sightreading, Jazz harmony, World Music styles, etc. It's totally self-paced and about 2-3 years worth of lessons.
Music Dojo has some great teachers, BTW. I've got some good friends who teach there. You wouldn't just have one music book. I'd try both if I could afford it.
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I have this course and highly reccomend it. One question Roy. I know it's learn at your own pace and you can't give me a definite awnser, but how long do you think it would take an average person to complete each lesson?
 
#10
Thanks guys, you are really helping me!
My problem is that I'm living in Italy, so any "realtime" lessons that requires my presence in exact moment would be a problem for me (due to time difference)
I'll have to look only for courses and lessons that I can do on my own at home
Thanks again
Superdeka
 
#11
funkybass said:
I have this course and highly reccomend it. One question Roy. I know it's learn at your own pace and you can't give me a definite awnser, but how long do you think it would take an average person to complete each lesson?
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I designed each lesson to take from 1-2 months. There's a lot in them....
 
#12
1.David overthrows beg./inter/and advanced books and 30 day workout..

2.Todd Johnson's triads/scale modules and technic books

3.the slap bass program dvd

4.mi chords for bass/apreggios

5.Jim stinnets 12 keys for bass,his studies on Paul chambers music and his sight reading for bass

6.any or all of mel bays bass builders series

if you can play all of these thing's,you can play anything!!!
 
#13
Roy, I am an experienced player with little formal music education. I am primarily self taught: I have taken a few lessons over the years, can read, have some theory knowledge but there are a lot of gaps in my learning. Do you think your course will help me?
 
#14
BluesWalker said:
Roy, I am an experienced player with little formal music education. I am primarily self taught: I have taken a few lessons over the years, can read, have some theory knowledge but there are a lot of gaps in my learning. Do you think your course will help me?
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You're exactly who I designed the course for :). Lane Baldwin has told me that he's learned things from Lesson 1 and 2 that he didn't know, and he's been playing a good long while too.
I just took my 30+ years of teaching and tried to make the most comprehensive course I possibly could.
 
#15
I ordered Roy's course on Sunday and it arrived today. That's a great turnaround! I'll dig into these later tonight, but I was dismayed to see that nearly all the discs were loose and rattling around when I opened the package. Most are scuffed and scratched, but I won't know their status until I get through the lessons. I'm hoping there's no skipping or associated problems!
 
#16
As a follow-up, Brie from The Learning Dock emailed me and offered to send a replacement set, replacement discs or whatever needed to be done.

The customer service with Roy's TMBG course gets high marks!!!
 

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