BazzLow
ENIT

Course map

16 modules and 89 lessons, in order. Each lesson builds on the ones before it.

Module 0 · Beginner

Getting started

  1. 0.1How this course works
  2. 0.2Your bass: strings and tuning
  3. 0.3Reading the diagrams
Module 1 · Beginner

Notes and the fretboard

  1. 1.1The musical alphabet
  2. 1.2Half steps and whole steps
  3. 1.3Sharps, flats and enharmonic notes
  4. 1.4The chromatic scale
  5. 1.5Mapping the fretboard
  6. 1.6Octave shapes
  7. 1.7Natural harmonics
Module 2 · Beginner

Rhythm I: pulse and note values

  1. 2.1Beat, tempo and BPM
  2. 2.2Note values and rests
  3. 2.3Bars and time signatures
  4. 2.4Counting eighth notes
  5. 2.5Strong and weak beats
  6. 2.6Dots and ties
Module 3 · Beginner

Reading music for bass

  1. 3.1Bass tablature
  2. 3.2The staff and the bass clef
  3. 3.3Bass sounds an octave lower
  4. 3.4Reading rhythm on the staff
  5. 3.5Accidentals and key signatures on the staff
Module 4 · Beginner

Intervals

  1. 4.1What an interval is
  2. 4.2Major, minor and perfect
  3. 4.3Interval shapes on the bass
  4. 4.4Augmented, diminished and the tritone
  5. 4.5Inverting intervals
  6. 4.6Compound intervals
  7. 4.7Consonance and dissonance
Module 5 · Beginner

The major scale and keys

  1. 5.1The major scale formula
  2. 5.2Scale degrees
  3. 5.3Major scale fingerings
  4. 5.4Keys and key signatures
  5. 5.5The order of sharps and flats
  6. 5.6The circle of fifths
  7. 5.7Transposing
Module 6 · Beginner

Minor scales

  1. 6.1The natural minor scale
  2. 6.2Relative minor and relative major
  3. 6.3Parallel major and minor
  4. 6.4The harmonic minor scale
  5. 6.5The melodic minor scale
Module 7 · Intermediate

Triads and arpeggios

  1. 7.1Chords on the bass
  2. 7.2Building triads in thirds
  3. 7.3Diminished and augmented triads
  4. 7.4Chord symbols
  5. 7.5Triad shapes on the bass
  6. 7.6Inversions and slash chords
  7. 7.7Sus chords and power chords
Module 8 · Intermediate

Harmony in a key

  1. 8.1Diatonic triads
  2. 8.2Roman numerals
  3. 8.3Chords of a minor key
  4. 8.4Chord function
  5. 8.5Common progressions
  6. 8.6Cadences
Module 9 · Intermediate

Building bass lines

  1. 9.1Roots
  2. 9.2Root, fifth and octave
  3. 9.3Chord tones over changes
  4. 9.4Passing and approach notes
  5. 9.5Walk-ups and walk-downs
  6. 9.6Chords and melody
Module 10 · Intermediate

Seventh chords

  1. 10.1The four main seventh chords
  2. 10.2Diminished 7th and minor-major 7th
  3. 10.3Diatonic seventh chords
  4. 10.4The dominant seventh
  5. 10.5ii–V–I
  6. 10.6Sixth chords
Module 11 · Intermediate

Rhythm II

  1. 11.1Sixteenth notes
  2. 11.2Syncopation
  3. 11.3Triplets
  4. 11.4Compound meter
  5. 11.5Swing and shuffle
Module 12 · Intermediate

Pentatonic and blues

  1. 12.1The major pentatonic scale
  2. 12.2The minor pentatonic scale
  3. 12.3The blues scale
  4. 12.4The 12-bar blues
  5. 12.5Blues bass lines
Module 13 · Advanced

Modes

  1. 13.1What a mode is
  2. 13.2The seven modes, one by one
  3. 13.3Relative and parallel modes
  4. 13.4Modes and chords
  5. 13.5Modal harmony
Module 14 · Advanced

Beyond the key

  1. 14.1Extended chords
  2. 14.2Altered chords
  3. 14.3Secondary dominants
  4. 14.4Borrowed chords
  5. 14.5Changing key
Module 15 · Advanced

Songs and charts

  1. 15.1Song form
  2. 15.2Lead sheets and chord charts
  3. 15.3The Nashville number system
  4. 15.4Putting it all together