This week we feature bass guitar video lessons from Dalton Chamblee, a member member of the band Fatback Circus who has been playing bass for over 10 years.




Hand Techniques

Popping and Slapping

C Major Scale

C Minor Scale

C Major Chord

Hammer-Ons

Stretching Strings

Stringing
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"This tutorial will help you understand how to use parameters MIDI control in Cakewalk Sonar. It is applicable to any DXi plug-in (MIDI enabled DirectX plug-in)."

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"This is the second "Sweeting Out A Beat" teaching. Watching the first one first will help you understand this one better. Learn a great technique to make old beats fresh!" Get the beat sheet here

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"I've come to the conclusion that much of the frustration exhibited by aspiring musicians is a result of mixed modes. I'm sure you know people who suffer from this affliction. They are currently doing music part-time, but they talk to themselves and others about their full-time goals. However, they continue to take part-time actions.

Does this describe you? Or someone you know?"

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A must-read article from Tom Hess!

“What does it take to become a professional guitar player and musician?” The answer remains a huge mystery for the vast majority of people. Traditionally, conventional wisdom has offered three separate statements that are supposed to be answers or explanations to the question. I choose to call them what they are….MYTHS! Here they are in order of greatest levels of falsehood...

Read on: How to Become a Professional Guitarist & Musician ~ Facts and Myths
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Click here to download the PDF beat sheet for this lesson.
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Tom Hess has a great article for us on setting goals for your career. Quality advice from a man who definitely knows what he's talking about. Check it out.

Take the Test
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