The Complete Electric Bass Method: Beginning Blues Bass: Bass Guitar DVD

This DVD cuts through the fog of blues bass instruction by teaching grooves in both straight and swing feels across multiple blues subgenres, giving beginning bassists a practical foundation they can build on immediately. Overthrow's framing of scales and chords in accessible language, paired with an extensive library of ready-to-use bass lines, means students leave with both understanding and a toolkit for improvising their own lines.

You'll find yourself playing the blues almost immediately, discovering that bass lines in rock blues, funk blues, and jazz blues all live within a shared vocabulary you can learn and internalize. The grooves feel rooted and purposeful rather than abstract, and the scale and chord lessons click into place as soon as you hear them in the context of actual lines.

Beginning bass guitarists who want to move beyond generic starter exercises and into actual blues playing. This DVD pairs well with any introductory bass method and works especially effectively as a companion to Overthrow's Complete Electric Bass Method, deepening foundational skills through genre-specific application.

• Start with the straight-feel grooves before moving to swing feels; the rhythmic difference is fundamental to blues bass playing, and mastering the pulse in one feel before layering the other prevents confusion.
• Work through the rock blues grooves first, then layer in the jazz and funk blues variations; this progression respects how the blues tradition builds complexity on a core foundation.
• Use the scales and chord lessons as reference material between groove studies; returning to them after learning lines helps solidify why certain notes work in context rather than in isolation.
• Record yourself playing the grooves at different tempos and listen back; hearing your own time and feel is essential feedback that video instruction alone cannot provide.

Integrate this into private lesson sequences or group bass classes during the first or second year of study, using it to transition students from fundamental technique into playing within a real stylistic context. The multiple blues subgenres offer natural programming hooks if you're building a jazz or blues curriculum, and individual grooves make strong solo recital or ensemble performance material.

• Playing blues bass grooves in straight feels
• Playing blues bass grooves in swing feels
• Reading and understanding blues scales in practical application
• Reading and understanding blues chord progressions
• Composing original bass lines within blues harmonic and rhythmic frameworks
• Distinguishing and performing rock blues, jazz blues, and funk blues feels