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Fretboard Mastery
Master notes, patterns, and even music theory on your bass or guitar fretboard
Find Any Note on Any Guitar or Bass
Easy Steps to Finding or Naming Notes on the Fretboard
In this lesson, I’ll show you how to find any note on any bass or guitar, no matter how many strings it has. Using just two simple but powerful concepts, you’ll learn to navigate your fretboard with confidence and never have to ask what note you’re playing again. Perfect for bass and guitar players who want to understand the fretboard, strengthen their note recognition, and build total musical independence.
Playing Beyond the Arpeggio
Adding the Octave and the Inverted 5th to Major and Minor Chords
If you’ve learned your major and minor arpeggios but still feel limited, this lesson is for you. I’ll show you how to go beyond the basic arpeggio pattern by adding the octave and inverted 5th, giving you more freedom while staying true to your chord tones. Perfect for bass and guitar players who want to unlock new melodic options with the same familiar shapes.
Minor Arpeggio Shape for Bass and Guitar
How to Build and Play Minor Chords One Note at a Time
If you already know your major chord arpeggios but feel stuck using the same shapes, this lesson is your next step. We’ll dive into the minor chord arpeggio shape for bass and guitar, exploring the key notes and concepts that make it sound so different. Perfect for players who want to understand exactly what they’re playing so they can make better musical decisions every time they pick up their instrument.
Building and Understanding Major Chords and Arpeggios for Bass and Guitar
You know your major scale and your scale degrees—now it’s time to build chords! In this lesson for bass and guitar, I’ll show you how major chords are constructed, why some chords have different voicings, and how to make practical use of this knowledge with arpeggios. At the end, I’ll give an example of creating simple improvisations using this arpeggio pattern. Perfect for players who want to understand chord structure and improve musical decision-making.
Learn Position Changes:
Major Scale on Only 2 Strings
Ready for a new challenge after learning the major scale? Bring your bass or guitar skills to the next level by limiting your scales to just 2 strings. This forces you to master position changes while working with a familiar fretboard pattern. Through these simple exercises, you’ll break the scale into smaller pieces, move it across the fretboard, and gain a better understanding of the notes. Perfect for players who want to build fretboard confidence and move toward mastery of their instrument.
Learning Inversion Patterns on Bass and Guitar
Simple Exercise to Memorize Inverted Intervals
In our previous lesson, we covered what inversions are and how to think about them. Now, I’ll show you how to apply those patterns on any bass or guitar fretboard. Stick around until the end for a simple exercise that will help you learn these inversions quickly. Perfect for players who want to understand chord shapes and gain practical fretboard mastery.
