Course Overview

All new subscribers to this course will start at week 1, and be sent each video in sequence, once a week, for as long as you remain active. The Course curriculum will grow continually, so no matter how long you stay, you'll always have something fresh to practice each week!

  • Maintain Consistency

    A brand new lesson delivered to your inbox at the same time every week. It's that simple!

  • Motivation to Practice

    With the best lessons from Janek's Bass Studio hand-picked to motivate you, you'll never be without something fun and inspiring to work on.

  • Continuous Improvement

    With only one lesson a week to commit to, you'll be amazed at what that small injection of consistency into your practice routine will do for your immediate improvement as a bass player.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1-4

    • Week 1 - Perfect Left Hand Technique

    • Week 1 - Descending ii-V Notation

    • Week 1 - Descending ii-V TAB

    • Week 2 - The Essentials of Great Technique

    • Week 3 - Playing Outside the Changes - Pat Metheny Transcription

    • Week 3 - Sheet Music - Pat Metheny Lick

    • Week 4 - Playing in all Keys With One of my Favorite Pedals for Practicing
  • 2

    Week 5-8

    • Week 5 - What to do When you Don't Know What to Practice

    • Week 6 - Perfect Technique: Posture and Position

    • Week 7 - Chords: Suspensions and Resolutions

    • Week 8 - Dynamic Control and Rhythmic Displacement

    • Week 8 - Melodic Minor Triplet Notation 1

    • Week 8 - Melodic Minor Triplet Notation 2

    • Week 8 - Melodic Minor Triplet TAB 1

    • Week 8 - Melodic Minor Triplet TAB 2
  • 3

    Week 9-12

    • Week 9 - Muscle Memory for the Entire Instrument

    • Week 10 - Palm Muting

    • Week 11 - Coming up with Endings and Arrangements for Jazz Standards

    • Week 12 - James Jamerson with the Four Tops: "I Can't Help Myself"
  • 4

    Week 13-16

    • Week 13 - Finding Common Tones Over Three Chords

    • Week 14 - Fretting Hand Fingering Exercises

    • Week 15 - Developing Ideas Over Two Chords

    • Week 16 - Triad Paris on Dominant Chords
  • 5

    Week 17-20

    • Week 17 - Right and Left Hand Technique: Free Stroke, Rest Stroke, and Palm Muting

    • Week 18 - Moving a Phrase Through Multiple Tonalities

    • Week 19 - Resolving Triad Pairs Over a V-I Cadence

    • Week 20 - How to Keep Old Exercises Fresh
  • 6

    Week 21-24

    • Week 21 - Voice Leading: The Basics

    • Week 22 - The Power of Using Just One Note

    • Week 23 - When You Run Out Of Ideas

    • Week 24 - Vocabulary: Outlining Chords
  • 7

    Week 25-28

    • Week 25 - Kenny Garrett Transcription "Always There"

    • Week 26 - The Yellowjackets "Greenhouse"

    • Week 27 - Miles Davis "If I Were A Bell"

    • Week 28 - McCoy Tyner "Pursuance"

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