Not necessarily bassspecific, but im in love with the jordan rudess online conservatory. This page lists 117 bass solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. The lesson features some great drumming by phishs own jon fishman. Watch your instructor demonstrate proper techniques for playing exercises. For this debut article, i am very excited to have one of the most revolutionary bassists out there, mike gordon from phish and his own band. Im trying to think of an example of the bass going up to play a melody in a radio song. This is a structured plan of all the mark j smith video bass lessons divided by topic. If you are a fan of the songs mike gordon wrote with phish or of the album he made with leo kottke i would highly reccomend inside in. Maybe lou reeds take a walk on the wild sidethats like two basses. Im about to show you a bass chord so powerful its called the power chord. The lessons are practical, aimed at playing in a band. Instrumentally, gordon also plays banjo and guitar.
These are movable triad patterns and by just playing the same pattern at other frets you will change keys. Scott whitley is creating free bass lesson videos patreon. Mike dawes guitar lessons fingerstyle master course. I can honestly say that the slap bass course by marc the bass wizard is one of the best investments that ive ever made. In this new bass lick lesson, were going to combine harmonics and double stops with a mixolydian scale fill. Expand your bass knowledge with the bass lesson goldmine series.
He is a berklee college of music alumni, and first became an electric bass teacher at the age of 14. This allows the complete lesson to be hands on and focused on the details of playing. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion. Michael david watt born december 20, 1957 is an american bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Here you will find all of the bass guitar lessons and courses available on the sbl website. Our online bass guitar courses have taught, honed and improved the playing of over 25,000 bass guitarists. Now hes got his online school with instruction for keyboard, guitar, and drums. Mike gordon has to be one of the most criminally underrated bass players in rock history. If you have a hard time hearing the bass from your device, get the right cable to plug your devices audio out to the audio in of your practice amp not the bass instrument in. Bassist mike gordon sits down for a live qa discussion and recording with his muiderman 5string bass on instagram. No matter what your skill level, theres a scotts bass lesson for you.
Welcome to the talkingbass free online bass lesson map. And now, for the first time ever, weve brought together everything weve learned online, by helping millions of drummers around the world through video lessons and interactive communities, and offline, by working closely with many of the best drummers, teachers, and clinicians in the world, to give you the most. Your instructor or a guitar center associate will contact you in advance of your upcoming online lesson via text or email to confirm your online lesson details and send you a zoom lesson invite. Mike gordon bass lesson livestream 3202020 youtube. At times murawskis guitar playing is really an afterthought and acts as more. Bass tablature, or bass tabs, are a simple system of music notation to help you learn to play bass guitar. In this lesson you will learn a common major triad pattern. Mike gordon bass solo at the beginning of weekapaug groove at cuyahoga falls.
Because the open 1st string is a g note it is called the g string. Riley is a featured artist at the berklee college of music fiveweek program. Weve been teaching drum students online since 2005. Phish bass lesson the nine dimensions of tweezer youtube. It allows you to open popular notation files and write and playback your own music notation. The studio comes w the cheesiest looking fake gold bridge ever, and even though its the most costly bass in the stiletto line, it aint the kinda bridge thats a seperate bridge for each string i think the cool one is called the diamond bridge. Brown eyed girl has a bass moment, but thats not really a melody, thats just a bass line, and all right now by free is a bass line.
A multiinstrumentalist, he also participates in multiple side projects and is currently touring as a solo artist. Free online bass lessons in hd, covering bass scales, bass arpeggios and soloing. Mike gordon tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including 14 years, clone, ether, radar blip. It is played with the second finger of the left hand placed just behind the second fret the note should sound full and round. Just click the bass website link below and the green new free bass lesson content tab to make your choices. The lessons are extremely clear and concise and the course is informative and helpful. To use this pattern on your own in the future, all you need to do is find a starting note on the a, d, or g string, and then play the same shape around that note that we played around e, a, and b in this lesson. Learning how to play bass using tabs is a great option for beginners, but its no substitute for learning how to read music notation or chord charts. Learn about how to effectively navigate various grids. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. Bass guitar lessons if youre considering private bass lessons, then youve come to the right place. Marks approach to teaching is a good fit with what i am looking for.
Karina rykman shares story of soundcheck jam with phish at. He is also a filmmaker rising low, outside out and author mikes corner. The beginner series of bass lessons online is a generic bass guitar course, meaning that you learn skills that you can apply to all music genres. Its a challenging course, but im enjoying the challenge. May 10, 2019 learn about how to effectively navigate various grids. First, ill play it at full tempo, then around the 1minute mark, i cover it slowly for you to follow along. Take a look at jeffs archived video bass lessons, youtube bass lessons and online bass tabs to get an idea for the things that you can learn and. When concertgoers show up to see mike gordons new tour in support of his. However, the elite is a little cheaper, and it comes w a cool bridge. At the top of mike gordons resume is his role as the bass player in phish.
Go to this concert and prepare to play with the band wired. Berklee announces new scholarship in honor of phishs mike gordon. Mike gordon is a bass player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band phish. Learn bass guitar part 3 strap position by musiccollegetv. See your bass amp manual and audio device manual for the right connections. Drumeo online drum lessons with the worlds best drummers. After about 12 months i started to received more and more views and people started to subscribe to my youtube channel. Greg is an extremely experienced bass teacher, having taught bass for. Mike gordon bass lesson livestream 3202020 duration. Mike gordon is most widely recognized as the bass player and a singer for the very popular band, phish. Panel discussion with recording artist and producer norbert putnam and phish bassist mike gordon. More than 470 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons.
He runs to the other end of the stage, picks up the guitar and then, all of a. Im so glad youre here and super excited to help you skyrocket your bass guitar playing to the next level. Often when playing with a guitar or keyboard player you can follow the chords they play. Mike dawes is hailed as one of the worlds finest and most creative modern fingerstyle guitar performers. Each bass lesson contains a manageable portion of practical information and exercises. The note on the second fret of the g string is an a note. Not necessarily bass specific, but im in love with the jordan rudess online conservatory. Rykman explains that she and phish bassist mike gordon have. For bass faces only as recorded with the esquire all american band,nyc 1181944. Although there are many free lessons and transcriptions on our site for beginning and advanced players, nothing beats individual guidance, for those just starting and for advanced players. Below you will find a bunch of free bass lessons to give you a taste of what im offering at. He is best known for cofounding and playing bass guitar for. Gordon began experimenting with a modulus quantum 5 bass guitar on stage with phish as early as october 31, 1994. Teach bass guitar with emedia bass method educational edition.
Not only is he a great bass player, but hes a great teacher. We are in the process of updating all bass lessons on the site, so be sure and also look in each subsection section for other bass lesson that have not yet been updated yet. Hardware and software requirement for multimedia youtube. At the guitar gym, we understand that life gets busy sometimes. If you are looking for a specific solo that you cant find here or in these other sites,please do not ask me if i know where you can find it,because i obviously dont. Hosted by bill ellis, professor of fine arts at saint michael s college. His acclaimed solo music has gained over 50 million hits on popular video sharing sites and since the release of his debut album in 20 he has toured almost every continent on the planet, with an average of 200 concerts per year. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica, and percussion. For beginner, intermediate and advanced bass players. Instructors will be teaching from guitar center lessons rooms. In addition to bass, gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. Michael eliot mike gordon born june 3, 1965 is an american bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band phish.
And here are the full backing tracks for you to jam along with jam tracks for easy blues groove lesson. Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this jazz volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard notation and tablature. Greg is an extremely experienced bass teacher, having taught bass for many years to students of all abilities. Notation software there are a number of paid apps for viewing sheet music and bass tabs. Bass guitar lessons learn how to play bass the easy way. Mike gordon tone and sound bass gear guide jam buzz. The main series of lessons presumes a small but nonzero amount of. Bass lessons this section contains all of the online bass lessons on.
Constructing bass lines isnt hard but it can be if you dont have the right information. Apr 20, 2020 bass tablature, or bass tabs, are a simple system of music notation to help you learn to play bass guitar. The guitar and basscrafted specifically for this tour by ben lewry of oakland. Hes the keyboardist for dream theater, went to julliard at age 9.
For other people named mike watt, see mike watt disambiguation. Be bop as recorded with the dizzy gillespie quintetnyc 191945 marco accattatis. Slap bass funky fundamentals how to play fun great sounding slap bass lines following a stepbystep system. Its got me picking up my bass everyday and im learning a lot. One free program everyone should download is musescore2. Riley hagan is a bass guitar instructor who specializes in oneonone online bass lessons.
Beginner bass guitar gave me the confidence to start learning songs and within a few of months i was confident enough to be playing at open jam sessions. Be sure to grab the backing drum track for playing along at full speed. Tabs are available through books, bass magazines, and on various websites online. All written content for your bass lesson is done ahead of time by jeff and emailed to you before lesson time. Free beginner bass lesson 1 learn to play music blog. The first example opposite uses the open not fretted first string. In the early days of phish, gordon was involved in the management of the band. Learn tapping technique on the bass guitar by musiccollegetv. You can pause, rewind, and replay to see proper bass guitar fingerings and techniques at your own pace, as often as needed. Principally because i have some unique concepts and frameworks that help the penny drop. Bass lessons online includes free beginner bass guitar. Dec 02, 2017 learn bass guitar the dorian mode by musiccollegetv.
Bass website go to my stringybass blog to see videos, photos and notes about double bass repairs, studio recording tips and much more. Learn to play music bass lessons scales and technique. Two screens and led lights in the seethrough basses create a moire pattern, and gordon can change the colors by shifting fretboard positions. Studybass bass lesson index free online bass lessons. If you want full access to all of my complete online bass lessons, interactive forum, member directory, messaging system, live bass guitar sessions, bass groove throwdowns. Im scott whitley, a bassist and bass tutor from burnley, uk. You can use these lessons for 4, 5, or 6string bass guitar, and for acoustic bass guitar. Phish bass lesson the nine dimensions of tweezer duration. Phish bass lesson the nine dimensions of tweezer amarguitar. My favorite tracks are outside out, soul food man, the teacher, and the lesson. Bass 2 bass with freekbass mike gordon bass musician. This is the first in a series of lessons whose focus is on constructing bass lines. Just hover your mouse over bass lessons in the top menu for all of the subsections.
It soon became evident back in 2016 when i published my first lesson on youtube, that i the guy who could actually show my students how to play a bass line. Bass guitar lessons with bass tabs, notes, scales and easy. Myers, gordo and his ledlit bass decided to treat the fans with a good ole. Mike gordon brought his band to san francisco for a killer performance. Learn bass lessons 4 fret technical exercise by musiccollegetv. We are very flexible with rescheduling options, so if you are ever unable to attend your regular appointment, we are able to provide lesson alternatives that suit you. Professional bass instructor john arbo guides you in over 30 videos with splitscreens and closeups as needed.
The mike gordon endowed scholarship will support berklee students studying bass who are also wellrounded artists, with skills in other areas. Offering 5 courses for bluegrass guitar from over 100 professional instructors. Mike gordon from phish, joins victor wooten at the victor wooten bass nature camp. A few years ago i uploaded a handful of free video bass lessons as a showcase for my 121 private bass tuition services. Mike gordon lights up san francisco with ledbass, reel, and. This excellent bass training software includes over 200 songs and exercises and over 30 videos teaching bass lines and fills, walkups, walkdowns, syncopation, reading tablature, reading notation, intervals, scales, triads and more. Mike gordon designed his custom moire basses with ben lewry of visionary instruments. Organized interactive bass lessons created by a veteran bass teacher.