Electric Bass Instructor Available in West Ghent I have over 15 years playing the electric bass, which includes 4 and 5 string as well as fretless instruments and a Bachelor’s of Music from Berklee College of Music. I am not a “failed guitarist.” I have been teaching privately for about 5 years, including teaching bass and …
I just gave a productive lesson to a student concerning the modes of the major scale. We’d gone over them in the past but this was the first time I think he really had a lightbulb moment and GOT it. I won’t bore you with too many of the mundane details concerning diatonic music theory, …
This is an old blog post that I decided to go back and update. Some of the ideas I expressed here have evolved since the first writing, so I wanted to reflect that. I’ve totally removed the bit about making organized practice routines because, as it occurs to me, they’ve never been so successful. I’d …
The hardest part about writing out lessons has been the lack of dialog in this medium. It is much easier for me to discuss musical concepts with another person than it is to write out an inclusive lesson that explains any potential questions. It is difficult to assume the aptitude of the reader on given …
