Beginner – Performer – Extreme bassist
Beginner – four parts
1 How to hold the instrument – positioning the hands and fingers
2 Positions on the fingerboard, fingering techniques and strategies
3 Tuning – by ear and with tuners. Why digital tuners are not always the best for you.
4 Intonation –
Performer – six parts
1 Intonation
2 Articulation – and attack
3 Staccato – and legato
4 Tone – and sustain
5 Phrasing – and interpretation
6 Anticipation – and leading tones
Extreme – thirteen parts
1 Intonation
2 Dynamics – and color
3 Tricks – kicks and licks
4 Studies – muscle memory – this is how your brain looks on ‘studies’
5 Mirror practicing – and multi-point focus
6 Stylistic adaptation of studies – the Why and the How
7 Studies in all keys, all notes – the limitless fingerboard
8 Sight reading – on demand
9 Metronomes, metronomes, metronomes – the precision of time.
10 Performance – preparation and warm-ups
11 Equipment – strings, amps, pickups, mics, pots, batteries (in active systems) and jacks
12 Strings on – bridges and saddles
13 Mission – The Extreme Mind-Set