Discover Double Bass Courses
John Goldsby has filmed five superb courses at Discover Double Bass that cover all the essential learning for any jazz bassist looking to improve: bass lines, solos, ensemble playing, and technique.
Five jazz double bass video courses:
- lots of lessons
- step-by-step instruction
- PDF materials
- audio and video play-alongs
Team Player: Artistry in the Ensemble (new course!)
Lay It Down: Creating Jazz Bass Lines
Tell Your Story: Soloing Concepts for the Jazz Bassist
Jazz Bass Vol. 1—Building Up
Jazz Bass Vol. 2—Stretching Out
Team Player: Artistry in the Ensemble is an online course by the acclaimed bassist and educator, John Goldsby.
This course comprises lessons, performances, play-along tracks and transcriptions designed to be the ultimate resource for playing in jazz ensembles. It’s all here, from intimate duos to hard-swinging trios, from the classic saxophone quartet to a modern sextet with horns. If you’re a jazz bassist looking to play bass lines and solos that your bandmates will love, this course is perfect for you.
John says, “In this course, I demonstrate and teach various ensemble styles: duo, (piano and bass, guitar and bass, drums and bass ), trio with piano and drums, trio with sax and drums, quartet with saxophone, and sextet with three horns.
“This is a five+hour master class to help you learn all aspects of the jazz bass tradition. We cover standard repertoire, plus ensemble, lines and solo lines from some of the greatest jazz bass players: Jimmie Blanton, Slam Stewart, Oscar, Pettiford, Ray Brown, Sam Jones, Paul Chambers, Scott LaFaro, and much more. Enjoy and keep swinging!”
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More InformationLay it Down: Creating Jazz Bass Lines
This course is designed to help you play melodic and swinging walking bass lines which your bandmates will love! It comprises 40 lessons over 5.5 hours and covers a wide range of topics on improvising walking bass lines. These are highly effective lessons, which can make a real difference to your playing! Many of the videos feature piano and drums accompaniment. We also provide play-along tracks with three mixes of each recording: * Full band * Piano and drums * Solo double bass. Detailed transcriptions of John Goldsby’s original exercises, bass lines and some classic bass recordings are included in the course. There are 109 pages of sheet music, so you have everything you need to practice at your own pace at home.
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More InformationTell Your Story: Soloing Concepts for the Jazz Bassist
Tell Your Story is an online video course by the acclaimed bassist and educator, John Goldsby. The course comprises 50 highly-effective lessons over 5 hours and covers a wide range of topics on soloing which will make a real difference to your double bass playing! It’s suitable for intermediate to advanced bassists who wish to learn John Goldsby’s approach to improvisation. Many of the videos feature piano and drums accompaniment. We also provide play-along tracks with three mixes of each recording: Full band Piano and drums Solo double bass Detailed transcriptions of John Goldsby’s original exercises, solos and some classic bass solos are included in the course. There are 150 pages of sheet music, so you will have everything you need to practice at home.
Jazz Bass, Vol. 1: Building Up
Jazz Bass Vol.1: Building Up’ is an online course with 45 lessons, 4 hours of video, playalong tracks and PDF notation. The course covers John Goldsby’s most effective materials, gleaned from studying with and transcribing the music of our jazz bass heroes. As a teacher, John has selected the lessons which made the biggest impact on his students. It’s all of the good stuff which has transformed their playing, and it can do the same for you too! The course is perfect for intermediate to advanced jazz bassists who want to solidify their technique and learn new approaches. Many of the lessons feature piano and drums accompaniment. There are also backing tracks of the exercises, both with and without the bass. The course includes detailed transcriptions of John’s exercises, etudes and solos.
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More InformationJazz Bass Vol.2: Stretching Out
“Stretching Out” is John's second online course for Discover Double Bass—recommended for intermediate and advanced players. This course is designed for intermediate to advanced level bassists who can already play jazz but are looking for new and more challenging approaches. It comprises 39 lessons over almost 4 hours and covers a wide range of topics on jazz bass which will make a real difference to you playing! Many of the lessons feature piano and drums accompaniment and there are also play-along tracks of the exercises, both with and without the bass. Detailed transcriptions of John’s original compositions, exercises and etudes are also included so you have everything you need to practice at home.
