Bass Guitar: Your First Groove
Like Duolingo, but for Bass Guitar: Your First Groove. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Physical Foundation and Locking into the Groove. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Bass Guitar: Your First Groove
- The thumb acts as a pivot point
- The physical execution of the rest stroke
- Anchoring ensures consistent reach
- Tonal result of the rest stroke
- Thumb placement for stability
- Execution and result of the rest stroke
- The 'walking' finger technique for rhythm
- The physical execution and tonal result of the rest stroke
- How plucking position changes the bass's character
- The purpose of thumb placement for hand stability
- Unplayed strings vibrate on their own (sympathetic vibration) unless physically stopped
- The side of the plucking-hand palm can touch unplayed strings to keep them quiet
- Identifying the cause of 'muddy' sound and how to fix it
- The double-dot marker always indicates the 12th fret (the octave)
- Assigning one finger to each fret allows you to play four notes without moving your palm
- Single dots typically mark the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th frets
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Bass Guitar: Your First Groove the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When performing a rest stroke, where should your finger come to a stop?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Bass Guitar: Your First Groove takes you
Stop playing like a guitarist and start feeling the rhythm. Learn the physical techniques and rhythmic secrets that turn four strings into the heartbeat of a band.
- 1
The Physical Foundation
- The Rest Stroke Technique
- Navigating the Fretboard
- 2
Locking into the Groove
- The Bass-Drum Connection
- Building Your First Bassline
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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Bass Guitar: Your First Groove is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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