Courses and Online Lessons
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Lessons Online
Think about your questions in advance, and prepare what you’d like me to hear you play. For best results, use headphones for your lesson. Make sure that you have a strong internet connection, and that others in your household are not using high-data internet services during your lesson (Netflix, Hulu).
Video Courses
“Lay it Down: Creating Jazz Bass Lines”
This course is designed to teach you how to 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 will have everything you need to practice at home.
“Tell 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. $119 for unlimited access. 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. Closed captions in English are provided for each video. This course is available to stream online, exclusively at Discover Double Bass. What will I learn? The 45 video lessons cover a wide range of topics on jazz bass. These include: Improvising walking bass lines Scales Ear training Soloing Rhythmic exercises Solo concepts and ideas Many of the concepts are demonstrated using chord progressions to commonly played jazz standards such as ‘Summertime’, ‘Blue Bossa’, ‘Out of Nowhere’, ‘Killer Joe’ and more. In addition, John has included analysis and performance of three of his full-length compositions.
Jazz Bass Vol.2: Stretching Out is an online course by acclaimed bassist and educator John Goldsby.
“Stretching Out” is my 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.
