Bass Guitar Learning Path
TrueFire's Bass Guitar Learning Path is an accelerated, hands-on study plan of video bass guitar lessons designed to advance your bass guitar skills. You'll play your way through the entire curriculum -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through! Presented by world-class educators, the Bass Guitar Learning Path focuses on essential skills, grooves, styles, techniques, and other skills for beginners, intermediate, and advanced guitar players. Intuitive learning tools and supplementary lesson materials further accelerate the learning experience. The Learning Path system will first help you assess your current level of play, and then present you with a personalized, level-specific curriculum of video lessons for you to study, practice and track your progress with.
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TrueFire's Bass Learning Path is an accelerated, hands-on study plan of video guitar lessons designed to advance your Bass guitar skills. You'll play your way through the entire curriculum -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through!
Presented by world-class educators, the Bass Learning Path focuses on rhythm playing, lick vocabulary, and soloing skills for beginners, intermediate, and advanced guitar players. Intuitive learning tools and supplementary lesson materials further accelerate the learning experience.
The Learning Path system will first help you assess your current level of play, and then present you with a personalized, level-specific curriculum of video lessons for you to study, practice and track your progress with.
What to expect
- Curriculum for all skill levels
- Guidance from GRAMMY winners and top session players
- Supplementary courses to advance your learning
What's included
7 courses • 38 supplementary courses
Learn Bass 1: First Steps for Beginners (FREE)
About this course
Hi, I’m Stu Hamm, one of TrueFire’s top bass instructors. Welcome to Learn Bass 1: First Steps for Beginners. This course is entirely FREE to TrueFire Students. Over the past 25 years, I’ve taught thousands of people — beginners just like you — how to play bass. Our accelerated, hands-on method is specifically designed to get you up and running quickly and painlessly. From the very first lesson, you’ll be playing bass lines and making music. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. You’ll learn how to play essential bass lines and rhythms, how to build up your finger strength to play open and fretted notes, get a good solid tone, learn basic hand positions, transpose bass lines to different keys -- everything you need to start jamming with your buddies. Our lessons are presented in easy-to-digest, bite-sized chunks so you’ll never feel overwhelmed or frustrated. And unlike other learning methods that show you something and then send you off to practice on your own, with our unique playalong practice sessions, I’ll guide you through each practice session, every step of the way. Plus, you’ll be able to apply everything you learn by playing along with our band tracks so you can hear how your bass parts sound with a real band. Ready to learn how to play bass guitar? Grab your bass and let’s dig in.
Learn Bass 2: Next Steps for Beginners
About this course
Hi, I’m Stu Hamm, one of TrueFire’s top bass instructors. Welcome to Learn Bass 2: Next Steps for Beginners. In Learn Bass 1: First Steps for Beginners, you learned how to play essential bass lines and rhythm patterns, you built up the finger strength to play open and fretted notes with a great tone, learned basic hand positions, and can how to transpose a few basslines to different keys so you can jam along with your buddies. Here in Learn Bass 2: Next Steps for Beginners, you’ll learn more essential basslines and rhythm patterns, syncopated grooves, walking lines, and will even start tackling latin rhythms and more — everything you need to take your playing to the next level. Ready to take the next step? Grab your bass and let’s dig in!
Play Bass Guitar 3: Essential Skills
About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 3: Essential Skills for late beginner to intermediate students of bass guitar. This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Andy Irvine, Andrew Ford, Stu Hamm, Brad Carlton, Jasper Mortier and Ariane Cap. The Essential Skills curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Once you’ve gotten some of the basics under your fingers, it’s important to start developing a repertoire of techniques, grooves and lines that you can use anywhere. This course will equip you with the skills you need to become a solid bass player! Play Bass 3 is arranged in two sections. In the first section you will start off by expanding your repertoire of grooves. Having a wide variety of grooves to work on will build your skills and give you a more versatile reservoir of feels to draw from. Then in the second section, you’ll learn new scales, and progressions, and dig into essential concepts and techniques that you will need to take your playing to the next level. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your bass and let’s get started!
Play Bass Guitar 4: Groove Vocabulary
About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 4: Groove Vocabulary for intermediate to late intermediate students of bass guitar. This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 5 top TrueFire educators: Freekbass, David Santos, Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford and Jasper Mortier. The Groove Vocabulary curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Big bass grooves are the foundation that most music is built on. Having a wide range of go-to grooves will make you a much more in demand player! The lessons in this core course will equip you with an essential vocabulary of grooves along with the technical skills required to take your playing to the next level. Play Bass 4 consists of grooves, licks and lines that will help you build the chops you need as a bass player. This collection of grooves will help you hone your skills across a wide variety of styles and feels. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your bass and let’s get started!
Play Bass Guitar 5: Styles & Techniques
About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 5: Styles and Techniques for intermediate to late intermediate students of bass guitar. This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Freekbass, David Santos, Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford, Jasper Mortier, Ariane Cap and Teymur Phell. The Styles and Techniques curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. As you become a better bass player, you’ll need to be able to cover a wide variety of styles. You’ll also need to hone your technique. The lessons in this core course will expand your knowledge and help you become a more versatile bassist. Play Bass 5 is arranged into 3 sections. In the first section you’ll work through essential blues concepts and grooves. In section 2 You’ll spend time digging into the R&B feel, and learning about the backbeat that is critical to being in the pocket. Then in the final section there are some great lessons on Rock and Roll bass playing. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your bass and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Modern Funk Bass
Steve Jenkins
Blues Bass Crossover
Jeff Denson
Essentials: Jazz Bass
Stu Hamm
Essentials: Blues Bass
Stu Hamm
Fretless Bass Foundations
Tony Franklin
Bass Soloing Studies Vol. 1
Jeff Denson
Bass Soloing Studies Vol. 2
Jeff Denson
Blues Bass Survival Guide
Andrew Ford
Essentials: Rock Bass Grooves
Stu Hamm
Bass Groove Survival Guide
Andrew Ford
Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove
Andy Irvine
50 Blues Bass Licks You Must Know
Jasper Mortier
Pentatonic Playground For Bass
Ariane Cap
Play Bass Guitar 6: Groove Lexicon
About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 6: Groove Lexicon for late intermediate advanced students of bass guitar. This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 5 top TrueFire educators: Freekbass, David Santos, Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford and Andy Irvine. The Groove Lexicon curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. More complex bass grooves call for a little more understanding of rhythms and feels, and a more refined technique. The lessons in this core course will take you deeper into the groove and give you the skills to move your playing to the next level. Play Bass 6 is all about working on more advanced grooves and licks. Once you start to get your bass chops where you want them, the secret to really getting in the pocket is to push yourself into the next level by studying more difficult techniques. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your bass and let’s get started!
Play Bass Guitar 7: Advanced Styles & Techniques
About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 7: Advanced Styles and Techniques for late intermediate to advanced students of bass guitar. This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford, Teymur Phell, David Santos, Andy Irvine and Kai Eckhardt. The Advanced Styles and Techniques curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. As your playing advances, you’re more likely to want to explore various styles and techniques to challenge yourself. The lessons in this core course will equip you with more sophisticated skills as you become a well rounded player. Play Bass 7 is divided into 3 sections. The first section is all about the Funk! Tips on getting great funk tone and some serious grooves to tackle. In section 2 you will be playing Latin bass and learning the concepts that make this such a great style for bass players to have in their skill set. In the third section you will go deeper into odd time signatures and advanced intervallic concepts. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your bass and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Metal Bass Unleashed
Rex Brown
Bass Guitar Metal Masterclass
David Ellefson
Next Level Bass (JamPlay)
Billy Sheehan
Bass Buddha: Foundations
Bill Dickens
Motown Bass Survival Guide
Andrew Ford
Atomic Bass: Time Continuum
Kai Eckhardt
Atomic Bass: Reactive Intervals
Kai Eckhardt
Focus On: Latin Bass
David Santos
Focus On: Reggae Bass
Andrew Ford
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