The list below is an abbreviated overview of the content covered in each week. There are additional Practice, Ear Training and Quiz blocks, applying the material learned. 

(Total Running Time: 6 hrs & 39 min)

• Basic Technique, Navigation & Theory
• The Names of the Strings & Understanding Half Steps
• Right Hand Technique Basics (Plucking)
• Left Hand Technique Basics (Fretting)
• The 4-finger Warm-up Exercise
• Why do we need Music Theory?
• The Musical ABCs (System #1) & Whole/Half Steps
• Navigating the Neck (Shortcuts)
• How to Tune Your Bass
• Instrument Setup & Control Basics

• Simple Rhythms & Playing in the Pocket
• Understanding Basic Rhythms (1/4 & 1/8 Notes in a 4/4 Measure)
• How to Read a Simple Chord Chart
• 1-8 (Octave) Patterns to Add Variety
• 1-5 and 1-5-8 Patterns
• Locking In with Your Drummer

• Learning Our First Scale
• Sharps & Flats: The “In-between” Notes
• Solfege & The Major Scale
• The Major Scale on the Bass
• Muting for a Clean Sound
• Hearing Notes in the Major Scale
• Varying Note Length & Articulation (Expressive Playing)

• Introduction to Intervals & Triads (Chords)
• Intervals
• b2 to 3 on same and next strings
• Major & Minor Triads
• Major & Minor Triad Exercises
• Triad Exercise Applied to a Chord Progression
• Seeing Intervals & Triads on the Neck

• Extending Our Melodic Range and Options
• The Minor Scale & the Concept of Relative Minor
• Hearing Notes in the Minor Scale
• The Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Connecting the Major and Minor Scales
• Concepts for Improvisation
• What Key are These Scales in?

• How Chords Fit Together in Any Key
• Breaking Down Major & Minor 3rds to “Steps”
• Building chords from Do through La
• What’s the problem with Ti?
• Hearing the Difference Between Major & Minor Chords
• Chords in the Key of G
• The Musical Number System
• The Number System in the Key of G

• Dynamics, Textures & More Rhythmic Options
• Understanding 16th Notes
• Playing to 16th Note-based Drum Grooves
• The Bass Player’s Toolbag #1 – Dynamics & Register
• The Bass Player’s Toolbag #2 – Double Stops & Playing with your Thumb
• The Bass Player’s Toolbag #3 – Palm-muting & Playing with a Pick
• The Bass Player’s Toolbag #4 – Controls, Swells, Plucking Position & Slap Bass Preview
• 16th-note-based Drum Grooves
• 16th-note-based Scalar Exercise
• Arpeggio Exercise: 16th Notes & the Number System

• Further Expanding Our Melodic Range
• Dorian Scale
• Connecting Minor-Major-Dorian
• 134 & 124 Diagonal Connections
• Phrygian Scale
• Connect Minor-Major-Dorian-Phrygian
• Introduction to Pedal Points (Open String Example)
• The Monster Scale Exercise

• Different Meters & Developing Technique
• Understanding Time Signatures (Meters)
• Playing in a 3/4 Meter
• Playing in a 6/8 Meter
• Chop Shop: Build Your Technique (Part 1 – Single String)
• Chop Shop: Build Your Technique (Part 2 – String Crossing)
• Chop Shop: Build Your Technique (Part 3 – String Skipping)
• What Meter is this Drum Groove in?

• Playing in Any Key / Transposing
• The Concept of Transposing / Key Change
• Key Changes & Creative Choices
• Modified Chords in the Number System
• Dealing with “Weird Keys”

• Understanding Triplets
• Triplet-based Scalar Exercise
• Triplet-based Arpeggio Exercise
• Swing Feel / Shuffle
• A Deeper Pocket (Part 1): Ghost Notes & Chromaticism
• A Deeper Pocket (Part 2): Percussive Slaps
• 12-Bar Blues with a Swing Feel

• Deep Practice of Harmonies
• Scale Notes Surrounding Triads
• Changing Keys using the V of the New Key
• Breaking Down a More Complex Arrangement

• Deep Practice – Scales / Melodies
• Improvising with Our 4 Scales
• Visualizing the Whole Neck
• Seeing the Chord Inside the Scale (Harmonic Intelligence)
• Full Range Improvisation

(Total Running Time: 8 hrs & 25 min)

• Dissecting the Audition Song
• Audition Song – The Intro / Interlude / The Outro
• Audition Song – Verses
• Audition Song – Choruses
• Simple Charts & Musical Note-taking

• Understanding “7 Chords”
• The Minor 7 and Major 7 Intervals
• The Minor 7 Chord
• The Major 7 Chord
• The Dominant 7 Chord
• The Half-Diminished Chord
• Chord Symbols for “7 Chords”
• Ear Training: Hearing “7 Intervals” and “7 Chords”

• “7 Chords” in the Number System
• “7 Chords” in the Key of G & Key of C
• “7 Chords” as Tension Notes
• Registers, Shifting & Emotion

• Finishing out the Modes (Diatonic Scales)
• The Lydian Scale
• The Mixolydian Scale
• Connecting Phrygian – Lydian – Mixolydian – Minor
• The Locrian Scale
• Connecting all 7 Modes

• Creativity with Scale Patterns
• Scale Pattern 1-3
• Musical Application of Different Patterns

• Adding New Tension to Our Chords
• Hovering Around the 3rd (2nd & 4th Intervals)
• Understanding sus2 & sus4 Chords
• Double Stops & Bass Lines with sus2 and sus4
• sus2 and sus4 in the Number System
• The add9 Chord
• How to Hear sus2, sus4 and add9 Chords
• A Fun “sus” Groove Idea

• Refining our Technique, Dynamics & Note Choices
• Economy of Motion
• Bass Lines Using Chord Inversions
• A Deeper Dive Into Dynamics

• It’s SLAP Week!
• The Fundamental Thumb Technique (Slap)
• The Fundamental Finger Technique (Pop)
• Slap Patterns 1-5

• Visualizing the Minor and Major 6 Intervals
• Complementary Intervals
• The Major 6 & Minor 6 Chords
• Ear Training: Hearing Minor and Major 6 Intervals & Chords
• “6 Chords” in the Number System
• A Verse-Chorus Idea with 6s

• Pentatonics & Tasteful Fills
• Reviewing the Minor Pentatonic Scale
• The 2 Neighbors: Mixolydian & Major Pentatonic
• Connecting Mixolydian, Minor & Major Pentatonic
• Dorian & Phrygian Pentatonic
• Connecting all 5 Pentatonic Scales
• Pentatonics as Chord Substitutions
• Creative Bass Lines Using Pentatonics

• The Rhythm Notation Bootcamp
• Basic Rhythmic Notation
• Dotted Rhythms and Ties
• Triplets
• 3-against-4 Pentatonic Patterns

• Playing Extended Range Basses
• Playing Fretless Basses
• Creativity with a Sustained Pedal Tone
• A Fun Scale Pattern & Arpeggio Combo

• Let’s Put It All Together In A Song!
• Verses
• Choruses
• Bridge
• The Rest of the Song