Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Demystify Rhythm with Ari's RHYTHM MATRIX 10-WK Course with live zoom sessions. Starts Friday on April 18th. Sign up here: arisbassblog.com/matrix
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Demystify Rhythm with Ari's RHYTHM MATRIX 10-WK Course with live zoom sessions. Starts Friday on April 18th. Sign up here: arisbassblog.com/matrix
#bassgroove #bassplayer #onlinebasslessons #basslessons


![Ear Training Tips (not just for bass players!) | Ariane Cap
A series of three videos from Ariane Cap with some practical tips to improve your ears - an essential skill for bass players - and all musicians alike!
00:00 - Major means happy; Minor means sad... not always. Context is key
00:59 - Descending thirds - the importance of context
01:59 - Scale degrees are numbers and sounds
Complete TAB, jamtracks, and other assets for these Micro Bass Lessons are here and free:
https://righton.arisbassblog.com/courses/bass-tip-11
https://righton.arisbassblog.com/courses/bass-tip-24
https://righton.arisbassblog.com/courses/bass-tip-25
(#A11, #A24 and #A25)
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Transcription
Have you ever heard somebody say that major sounds happy and minor sounds sad? Okay, I can get on board with that... somewhat. If you hear it back to back [ 🎵 ] minor... major [ 🎵 ]
Yeah, I hear that this is a minor chord - sounds a bit sad and this is a major chord - sounds happier. Okay fine, so far so good. Now gets a bit trickier if I mess with the context. For example, if you hear [ 🎵 ] right after this you probably say oh yeah yeah thats minor right because I made your ear recognize that E as the root.
Okay, but listen now [ 🎵 ] Now its turned into major I can turn major into minor just the same - major [ 🎵 ] turns minor [ 🎵 ] All of a sudden that E to the G sharp turned into a C sharp minor triad.
One of my pet peeves is that on many, many lists that you find on the internet that tell you about the minor third descending - the context of the song they reference is actually in major [🎵 ]. Fine thats a minor third but... [ 🎵 ] ... not so minor anymore.
Minor third [ 🎵 ]... it as major of a context you can be!
A descending major triad once again [ 🎵 ] ... Its not wrong. These are all minor thirds but they happen in a major context.
Its much more important to hear things in context. Id much rather you hear thats the five to the three, rather than hearing its a minor third because music doesnt happen in isolation and the moment when we need it, you need it in context.
One minute scalar practice with Ari.
Practice the scale and say the scale degrees and then cement those sound relationships to the root by playing the root in between every single note like this: C mixolydian. [ 🎵 ]
Say the scale degrees: One two three four five six flat seven root. Now cement those sound relationships with the root by playing the root in between every single scale degree.
Major second third fourth fifth major six flat seven root [ 🎵 ] These are sounds - these numbers are sounds - you can also relate them to the top root [ 🎵 ] and then all the intervals invert: What used to be the minor seven now becomes the major second, minor third, fourth, fifth, minor six, minor seven, root. [ 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 ]
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![Odd Meter Made Easy!
Free TABS and diagrams for you here:
https://righton.arisbassblog.com/courses/bass-tip-3
#A3 .
Oddly enough this trick will make feeling a 7/8 rhythm much less difficult.
To grab the PDF here:
https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2022/10/25/talking-technique-chromatic-groove-in-7-8/
Transcription:
The seven is kind of jarring you know, every time you expect the downbeat to come a little later than it does. So it kind of throws you when the downbeat shows up an eighth note early. But in that tune the bell of the drums goes straight through so every other bar is coinciding with the downbeat of that bell and the other bar in between is coinciding with the upbeat of that bell and that creates a much more calming overall feeling. 6....7...
[🎵[🎵[🎵 Ari Playing Bass [🎵[🎵[🎵]
As you were seeing, I was trying to mark out with my body the bars where the downbeat is and the bars where the upbeat coincides with the metronome. iI just feels like you fall into this rhythm of every other bar
00:00 Introduction to Odd Meters like 7/8
00:26 The downbeat vs the click
00:45 Feeling it in your body
Bassist • Educator • Author
Welcome to the captivating world of bass & learning! I am Ari, AKA Ariane Cap and I am thrilled to welcome you!
Whether youre a beginner looking to learn the fundamentals or an experienced player seeking to expand your skills, come on in and tune up!
🔶 🔶
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https://righton.arisbassblog.com/courses/make-theory-stick
📗 Music Theory for the Bass Player (book): https://amzn.to/3NtiiaR
📙 The Pattern System for the Bass Player (book): https://amzn.to/3r8lbpG
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