Advanced Bass Playing

Advanced Bass Playing

How to Play Whole, Half and Quarter Notes on the Bass

How to Play Whole, Half and Quarter Notes on the Bass

How to Play Eighth, Triplet Eighth and Sixteenth Notes on the Bass

How to Play Eighth, Triplet Eighth and Sixteenth Notes on the Bass

How to Play a Chromatice Scale on the Bass

How to Play a Chromatice Scale on the Bass

Advanced Bass - How to Do the Vomit Exercise

Advanced Bass - How to Do the Vomit Exercise

How to Play Octaves on the Bass

How to Play Octaves on the Bass

Major Scale Fingerings for the Bass

Major Scale Fingerings for the Bass

One Finger Major Scales on the Bass

One Finger Major Scales on the Bass

Advanced Bass - Roots, Fifths and Octaves

Advanced Bass - Roots, Fifths and Octaves

Advanced Bass - More Roots, Fifths and Octaves

Advanced Bass - More Roots, Fifths and Octaves

Advanced Bass - Pentatonic Scales

Advanced Bass - Pentatonic Scales

Advanced Bass - How to use Pentatonic Scales in Rock and Blues

Advanced Bass - How to use Pentatonic Scales in Rock and Blues

Blues Scale on the Bass

Blues Scale on the Bass

Advanced Bass - Use of the Blues Scale in Practice

Advanced Bass - Use of the Blues Scale in Practice

Advanced Bass - Chord Construction

Advanced Bass - Chord Construction

Playing Minor Chords on the Bass

Playing Minor Chords on the Bass

Advanced Bass - Diatonic Tenths

Advanced Bass - Diatonic Tenths

Advanced Bass - Playing the Boogie Woogie in Major

Advanced Bass - Playing the Boogie Woogie in Major

Advanced Bass - Playing the Boogie Woogie in Minor

Advanced Bass - Playing the Boogie Woogie in Minor

Standard Rock Pattern for Bass

Standard Rock Pattern for Bass

Rock Rhythms for Bass

Rock Rhythms for Bass

Bass Blues Form

Bass Blues Form

Bass Vamps and Turnarounds

Bass Vamps and Turnarounds

How to Play Clave on the Bass

How to Play Clave on the Bass

Advanced Bass Playing

Advanced Bass Playing

How to Play Songs on the Recorder

How to Play Songs on the Recorder

Recorder Songs - Reading Music

Recorder Songs - Reading Music

Recorder Songs - D Major Scale and Triad

Recorder Songs - D Major Scale and Triad

Recorder Songs - Learn Tue Tue

Recorder Songs - Learn Tue Tue

Recorder Songs - Learn Joe Magarac

Recorder Songs - Learn Joe Magarac

How to Play the Recorder

How to Play the Recorder

Playing the Recorder - Choosing an Instrument

Playing the Recorder - Choosing an Instrument

Playing the Recorder - The Foundation - Breathing, Support, and Posture

Playing the Recorder - The Foundation - Breathing, Support, and Posture

Playing the Recorder - Tone Production

Playing the Recorder - Tone Production

Playing the Recorder - Articulation

Playing the Recorder - Articulation

How to Play the Harmonica

How to Play the Harmonica

How to Play the Recorder

How to Play the Recorder

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Scott, a native Washingtonian, has been performing for audiences since 1968. A self taught musician, he mainly freelances as an acoustic bassist. Scott also plays guitar, electric bass, and tuba as well as singing in the styles of Nat King Cole, Mel Torme and Jack Bruce. He has worked with The Glenn Miller Orchestra and The Modernaires; The Peter Duchin Orchestra; The Ink Spots; The Tokens; Rory (Disney Channel); Charlie Byrd; Susannah McCorkle; Keely Smith, Jamey Aebersold and Chuck Berry. In spring '07 he performed in a clinic and show with Gene Bertincini at the 4 Seasons DC. Besides playing jazz, Scott's latest project is a Cream tribute band featuring Dan Hovey and John Zidar, (formerly Root Boy Slim's rhythm section). The band is called GHz (Gigahertz} and is breaking sound barriers around town. Besides playing over 200 club dates a year, Mr. Giambusso teaches and performs as a member of the Jazz Faculty of the Montgomery College Music Department. Not only does he teach the bass, but he also coaches singers, pianists and all instrumentalists on the nature of music and operates a recording studio for student demos. Because of his versatility, knowledge of tunes and styles, and his 30+ years of gigging experience, he has the rare ability to explain music to the laymen with clarity of vision.

Standard Rock Pattern for Bass

Scott Giambusso: Scott Giambusso here, showing you some bass techniques. Today, I want to discuss a basic standard rock pattern that actually has been played for years and years, but it can have many variations. What we are going to do is play two different fingerings for the same thing.

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Scott Giambusso: Scott Giambusso here, showing you some bass techniques. Today, I want to discuss a basic standard rock pattern that actually has been played for years and years, but it can have many variations. What we are going to do is play two different fingerings for the same thing. I'm going to go to an A note on the fourth string on the fifth fret. There is A, and I'm going to play just to get the opening the part. I'm going to reach to the flat three and slide into the third. When you are comfortable with that, we are going to add the fifth. So, that's the first part of it. As you see what I was doing I was reaching with my first finger, a minor third, slid into the third, reached up to the fifth then went back to the minor third and slid up and that was if the whole piece. The next section would be to add the sixth. So, we are going to go, so we go six, five, the number system is ultimately important, one, one, flat three, three, five, five, six, five. This is kind of a fundamental rock rhythm and there are a lot of variations of this. The whole idea of music is to gain vocabulary, everything has been done. If you can come up with something new you are a bigger genius than a lot of people. Then we can crank that up and take it to the chords and there it is.

Blanching the Vegetables for Striped Bass Ceviche

Blanching the Vegetables for Striped Bass Ceviche

Striped Bass Ceviche - Chopping the Rockfish

Striped Bass Ceviche - Chopping the Rockfish

How to Choose a Bass - Six String Bass

How to Choose a Bass - Six String Bass

How to Choose a Bass - Four String Bass

How to Choose a Bass - Four String Bass

How to Choose a Bass - Acoustic Bass

How to Choose a Bass - Acoustic Bass

How to Tune a Bass

How to Tune a Bass

How to Lower the Action on Your Bass

How to Lower the Action on Your Bass

How to Hold and Finger Your Bass - Part One

How to Hold and Finger Your Bass - Part One

Bass Fingering and Dexterity Exercises

Bass Fingering and Dexterity Exercises

How to Make Notes on the Bass

How to Make Notes on the Bass