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馃幐 Struggling with double-thumb technique? It鈥檚 not all about moving your thumb! Small adjustments can make a big difference.
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Khalil explains why the feel of an instrument matters just as much as the sound. Sometimes a bass can look amazing online, but you won鈥檛 know how it feels until it鈥檚 in your hands.What about you? Would you spend $2,000+ on a bass you鈥檝e never touched #BassGuitar #BassGear
You don鈥檛 have to play high up the neck to create a great bass fill! 馃幐 Sometimes the best fills happen right in the pocket.
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Your bass tone starts before the amp. 馃幐
Before reaching for your amp鈥檚 EQ, learn how to shape your sound directly from your instrument.
A great bass tone starts with understanding what your bass can already do.
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Once you recognize interval shapes on the bass, the fretboard starts making a lot more sense. Learn the patterns instead of guessing where everything is! 馃幐
Ghost notes aren鈥檛 just random muted strings! 馃幐
Being intentional about your finger placement gives you more control over your groove and lets you switch between ghost notes and actual notes.
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Playing fewer notes doesn鈥檛 automatically make you a better bass player. It鈥檚 about WHAT you play and WHERE you place it. 馃幐馃敟
Learn the number system and chord progressions start making a lot more sense. 馃幐
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Music theory isn鈥檛 always as cookie-cutter as we make it seem. 馃幐
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Scales aren鈥檛 just exercises. Use them to actually create bass lines. 馃幐
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Every musician is a product of their influences. 馃幐 Who helped shape your sound?
Full conversation with LaVon Rushing on YouTube.
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Use songs you already know to train your ear and recognize intervals. 馃幍
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Everybody鈥檚 musical journey looks different. 馃幐 LaVon shares how his journey shaped the musician he is today.
Full conversation with LaVon Rushing on YouTube.
Learn to play what you hear, not just what you see on the page. 馃幐
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Gospel + music theory is a CRAZY combination 馃槀馃敟 Full conversation with LaVon Rushing on Youtube. 馃幐 #BassNation #GospelMusic #MusicTheory
Stop thinking only about notes. Start thinking about the distance between them. 馃幐
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My full conversation with LaVon Rushing is out now on YouTube #bassnationconversations youtu.be/xZxh3oGwvM0
Bass can seem complicated until you start recognizing the patterns. Once you see how everything connects, the fretboard starts making a lot more sense. 馃幐
鈥淐lean bass lines start with control, not speed. Here鈥檚 a simple trick I discovered that forces you to slow down and lock in precision
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