Birmingham bass guitar lessons are available for all levels of bass players from beginners to intermediate and more advanced players. All ages are covered from children to adults.

Bass guitar lessons are designed to improve technique and musicianship and cover the following:

• Technique – Using guitar pick and fingerstyle playing, muting control, slap bass & correct fretboard fingering
• Theory – Scales, Chords, Harmony, Improvising, Arpeggios, Modes, How To Create Walking Bass Lines
• Time – Rhythmics Exercises, Keeping Time, Developing Grooves,
• Music Reading – Reading notes (not just guitar tab) helps to learn the notes on the guitar, makes you a better musician & it helps to understand music theory
• Aural – learn how to hear chords, intervals and harmony to learn songs by ear
• Music Styles– Rock including transcriptions to rock bass lines, Funk including funk licks and fingerpicking and slapping exercises, Jazz including walking bass, two feel, latin and soloing/improvising

Birmingham Bass guitar lessons are held in Harborne and online with practice material’s provided as Mp3 tracks, sheet music and notes.

Students who want a structured goal in improving their bass guitar playing and music knowledge can choose to enrol for Rockschool Bass Guitar exams. Rockschool material helps basists to be adaptable for a range of musical styles including rock, blues, jazz, funk and more while teaching students essential playing techniques with music theory knowledge.