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train the

trainer

For Teachers and Self Learning

f o r t h e

Welcome to the “Train the Trainer” EBOOK. For this book to be viable, there is a

certain level of knowledge and knowhow regarding the bass guitar and music

theory ahead of time. If you come across details that are foreign to you, please

see the “Bass Crash Course” and “Perfect Practice” ebooks for instruction on

what something is. This book was carefully put together with details that I believe

are important elements in a curriculum for any bass student, at any level. If you

believe that you are “above” this book and it!s offerings, it is not for you. For

those that recognize that learning is a never ending process and you can alway

get better, there may some details in here for you to use. For existing bass

teachers and those interested in becoming an educator, knowing where to start

or what to move onto next can sometimes be difficult. Here!s a system in a box, it

should at the very least fill a gap or give you some ideas.

You!ll find this book very minimal compared to the other books using mostly print

charts made available through the other ebooks we!ve published. How you want

to use them and apply them is up to you, and your style of learning or the style of

learning a student you!re teaching is very different from someone else's. This is

where commitment comes into play. If you!re like the rest of us, there!s no doubt

an instructional book collecting dust on the shelf or even discarded that you!ve

acquired and only cracked open a time or two. Hopefully, this book doesn!t share

the same fate. Often only the passionate, committed, dedicated and consistent

people find what they are looking for.

Train the Trainer applies to teachers. Regardless if you!re teaching yourself or

others, there!s a certain level of responsibility that comes along with such a

practice. For those teaching themselves, patience, routine, goals and

commitment will take you far with your craft. For those sharing the low-end

goodness with others, the same also applies, patience, routine, goals and

commitment.

There is an abundance of additional information available for free for bass

players out there. This book does not contain everything. If you or your student

finds something “shiny” to explore on the bass, figure out how to work it into your

studies. Keeping it fun and new for yourself and students is imperative to avoid

burnout. Be warned, sticking to this course will be tiresome but very effective. We

wish you and ourselves the best wishes in out pursuit in low-end

understanding.

! Your brother in bass, Ryan Leigh McClelland

w w w . b a s s m a t t e r . c o m

Commitment

Let!s spend a moment on focus. Goals, ambitions, dreams and more are all great

and important to have. Now that you have them, what do you do next? I!ve

always been a believer in “the worst action is inaction”. I!ve had my fair share of

things I!ve been excited about and got caught up in day dreaming over it to the

point to where nothing happened. I!ve taken the next steps and got caught up in

the “but first” syndrome. Have you ever had an end goal? Something you want to

do but first you have to do this, and then you have to do that etc. It happens to us

all. For me personally, the Bass Matter project is a perfect example. I!ve had this

project in mind for years, but first I had to make content, then I had to build a

webpage, then I had to make a logo, then I had to form a business, then I had to

apply for Trademarks, then I had to make a facebook page, then............

Surprise! Nothing got done.

Taking ActionTake action on something and pour all of your focus and attention you have

available for it and go. I share this lesson I!ve experienced with you as a bass

educator. Bass Matter in the beginning of 2011 started with a domain purchase

and a facebook page. That!s it. With my laser focus on those two things I was

able to apply laser focus into a logo, after that the Bass Crash Course and so on.

The list is still long of things to get done, but by focusing on one detail at a time,

the list begins to shrink and forward progress is made.

This rings true to all artists. With ambitions of being famous, the best at the battle

of the bands, the best here, the best there and so on, one can find them-self not

knowing any more and a bunch of time gone with no progress. As a bass player I

have plenty to work on and get better at, as do we all regardless of level. I do my

best to apply laser focus on just one thing until I!m confident and move on.

Before too long, the list begins to have some check marks on it instead of

growing longer. There are two new charts specific to this book that can be used

for testing, tracking and guidance for what to teach/learn next. This book has a

“Complete Charts List” to put into a binder for your students or for yourself. The

two new charts are explained and the goals chart is touched upon again. Jump

in, take the next steps, grow your own skills and help others in the low end.

LASER FOCUS


There!s nothing worthwhile to put in this box so how about some trivia? Do you know who Paul Tutmarc is?

Complete Chart List


Progress Chart

Chops Burner

Goals

Fret Board Notes

Basic Scales

Counting Smarter

Basic Theory

Key Sig

Circle of 5ths (or 4ths)

Modes

Arpeggios

Staff Paper

4 String Tab

5 String Tab

Track Growth and Goals

Get faster and Slower

Yup

Know your way around the fret board.

Learn these!

Counting to 4 is harder than it looks.

If you don’t know this stuff, you may lost.

Understand where and why there are sharps and

flats.

Tip, learn this to learn Key Sigs! (Vise Versa)

Be SUPER SMART!

Help with improvisation and composition.

Because you should have some.

If it works it works.

See above.

Progress

Bass Guitar Anatomy

Amp Anatomy

First Five Frets Notes

First 12 Frets Notes

Major Scale(All)

Natural Minor Scale(All)

Harmonic Minor Scale(All)

Count/Play Whole, 1/2, 1/8 and 1/16th

Note Placement on Staff

Play 1/8 notes at 120 BPM

Explain/Identify Key Signatures

Order of Sharps and Flats

Explain/Understand Circle of 5th

Play/Explain by TAB

Play/Explain by Numbers

Play/Explain by Sight Reading

Play/Explain Modes

Play Finger Style

Play Tap Style

Play Slap/Pop Style

Play Pick Style

Play Double Thumb/Double Pluck Style

By Ear 3rds, 4ths and 5ths (Sing)

Improvisation

Genre Playability

Multi-Part Bass Lines

Poly- Rhythms

Composition

Thing Sign off Thing Sign


Chart

Laser focus, one or two things at a

time. don!t move forward until you

can check it off. You don!t have to

start at the top and work your way

down, but somethings you wont be

able to start until you know

something else. Print this out and use

it to track progress. You!ll be amazed

at how fast you start collecting check

marks. If you want to make the list

longer, go for it!! Stay focused on

completing things too.


Chops Burner1/8 Notes Triplets Slap/PopDate

fast/slow

Playing speed is a lot more important that one

may think. I!m not talking about how fast of

slow you can play, I mean how consistently

you can play in time. A goal I recommend is to

build up to 8 bars (4/4) playing 8th notes at 240

BPM, Triplets at 120 BPM and Slap Pop at 120

BMP. Playing slower is a lot harder than it

looks. Why don!t you shoot to play all three at

25 BPM. =) Use this chart to track progress.

You!ll find that if you don!t practice, it doesn!t

take long to lose results. Keep those chops

up. If you can go faster or slower that the

suggestions, keep going, those are guidelines

and if you can hit those, then you!re doing

better than most.

NOTES and PROGRESS

Keep track of your progress here. As you discover new things to make goals for make a new sheet, ad your own timelines of you need to. Use this chart to teach other bass players how to practice and more! ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


GOALSGoals we!re covered in the perfect practice

ebook. Please reference that for details on

how to apply. I will plug it here though, you

can grind and practice all day long, but it gets

easier if you!re working towards something.

Right them all down, if you need to make 100

of these pages, do it and work it into studies.

You!ll find a lot of goals need the elements on

the progress chart to achieve on the bass

guitar from a playing aspect.

bass


Charts to print and

put in your own or

your students

binder.


Progress Chart

Bass Guitar Anatomy

Amp Anatomy

First Five Frets Notes

First 12 Frets Notes

Major Scale(All)

Natural Minor Scale(All)

Harmonic Minor Scale(All)

Count/Play Whole, 1/2, 1/8 and 1/16th

Note Placement on Staff

Play 1/8 notes at 120 BPM

Explain/Identify Key Signatures

Order of Sharps and Flats

Explain/Understand Circle of 5th

Play/Explain by TAB

Play/Explain by Numbers

Play/Explain by Sight Reading

Play/Explain Modes

Play Finger Style

Play Tap Style

Play Slap/Pop Style

Play Pick Style

Play Double Thumb/Double Pluck Style

By Ear 3rds, 4ths and 5ths (Sing)

Improvisation

Genre Playability

Multi-Part Bass Lines

Poly- Rhythms

Composition

Thing Sign off Thing Sign off


Chops Burner1/8 Notes Triplets Slap/PopDate

fast/slow

GOALS


notes

your goal

things you need for your goal future goals

fretboard

bass

E A D G

F

G

A

B

C

D

E

B

C

D

E

F

G

A

Eb

E

F

G C

A D

B

C

D G

E

F

A

B

F#/Gb

G#/Ab

A#/Bb

C#/Db

D#/Eb

A#/Bb

C#/Db

D#/Eb

F#/Gb

G#/Ab

F#/Gb

G#/Ab

A#/Bb

C#/Db F#/Gb

D#/Eb

C#/Db

A#/Bb

G#/Ab


o p e n

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

Major

SCALE CHART

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

natural

jazz

harmonic

minor

minor

minor


b b

b

b b b

standard


counting smarter

1 2 3 4

e and a e and a e and a e and a

1

16th note

8th note

dotted 8th note

1/4 note

dotted 1/4 note

1/2 note

dotted 1/2 note

whole note

With a foot tap a metronome a clock or anything with a beat, practice playing on specific marks between each number, or mix it up. This will help sharpen your clean playing and super accurate timing!! Mix it up and develop that grey matter!!

Name Note Rest Length

whole 4 beats

half 2 beats

quarter 1 beat

eighth 1/2 beat

sixteenth 1/4 beat

$F

EG

AB C

DE F

GA B

C

bass-ic theory

Q

W

E

E

A

SS


$

$

$

H

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

HHH

HH

HHHH

HHHHH

HHHHHH $

KKK

KK

K

KKK

KKK

K

KK

KKKKK

$ HHHHHH $

K

KKKKKK

C

F

B

E

A

D

G

CH

H

H

H

H

H

H

G

D

A

E

B

F

C K

K

K


k e y s i g

C

G

D

A

E

B

F#

Db

Ab

Eb

Bb

F1 flat

2 flat

3 flat

4 flat

5 flat

6 sharps

5 sharps

4 sharps

3 sharps

2 sharps

1 sharp

minor keys

AE

B

F#

C#

G#D#

Bb

F

C

G

D

Fourths Fifths

Counter Clockwise

circle

fifths

&

fourths


MODE CHART


1

2 3 4

5 6 7

relative to major scale

1! Ionian~ same as major scale

2! Dorian~ flattened 3rd and 7th

3! Phrygian~ flattened 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th

4! Lydian~ sharpened 4th

5! Mixolydian~ flattened 7th

6! Aeolian~ flattened 3rd, 6th and 7th

7! Locrian~ flattened 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th

Ionian

Dorian Phrygian Lydian

Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian

ARPEGGIOSMAJOR Minor Sus4 b5 Dim Aug

Major 6 Minor 6 7 7Sus 4 Minor 7 Major 7

Major 7#5 MinMaj7 7b5 Minor 7b5 Aug7 Dim7

R - 3 - 5 R - 3 - # 5R - b 3 - b 5R - 3 - b 5R - 4 - 5R - b 3 - 5

R - 3 - 5 - 6 R - b 3 - 5 - 6 R - 3 - 5 - b 7 R - 4 - 5 - b 7 R - b 3 - 5 - b 7 R - 3 - 5 - 7

R - 3 - # 5 - 7 R - b 3 - 5 - 7 R - 3 - b 5 - b 7 R - b 3 - b 5 - b 7 R - 3 - # 5 - b 7 R - b 3 - b 5 - 6


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staff paper


Tab paper


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