Online bass tuition

[thebassist]

Anybody tried tonygreybassacademy.com, labasslix.com or any other online bass tuition courses?

[sarah thomas]

I'm following the John Pattitucci online jazz bass course at artistworks.com Nathan West does the electric bass course. There are loads of prerecorded lessons to follow, You send in a video of yourself playing and get a video response from your tutor. It costs about £60 for 3 months. There are sample lessons you can look at first to help you make up your mind. I find it really helpful as a beginner on the upright and other people have commented on how much better I'm getting since I started these lessons.

[Thunderbird]

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1385569320' post='2289775']
I'm following the John Pattitucci online jazz bass course at artistworks.com Nathan West does the electric bass course. There are loads of prerecorded lessons to follow, You send in a video of yourself playing and get a video response from your tutor. It costs about £60 for 3 months. There are sample lessons you can look at first to help you make up your mind. I find it really helpful as a beginner on the upright and other people have commented on how much better I'm getting since I started these lessons.
[/quote] That sounds quite good Sarah just wondered are the lessons timed? or can you just go online and use lesson course as much as you want?

Thanks in advance

[thebassist]

I checked out a taster lesson there and wasn't really enamoured by Nathan East's overly genteel (in my opinion) approach. Now if John Patitucci had done the electric bass version too I'd have gone for it.

[lobematt]

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1385647232' post='2290640']
I checked out a taster lesson there and wasn't really enamoured by Nathan East's overly genteel (in my opinion) approach. Now if John Patitucci had done the electric bass version too I'd have gone for it.
[/quote]

That's exactly what I thought. I've seen a few instructional videos by Nathan East and although he's a good bassist, I don't think that necessarily transfers to being a good teacher!

[sarah thomas]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1385571974' post='2289811']
That sounds quite good Sarah just wondered are the lessons timed? or can you just go online and use lesson course as much as you want?

Thanks in advance
[/quote]

You go online for as long as you like. I find the music theory lessons helpful too and they're thrown in as a bonus. But bearing other people's experiences in mind, it's probably worth checking out some sample lessons to see if you get on with Nathan East's approach:
[url="http://play.artistworks.com/free-bass-lessons-nathan-east?&__hssc=9434218.1.1385656126545&__hstc=9434218.cf7b24af45c056ad0138e1a4fa938230.1377790961244.1385576983274.1385656126545.43&hsCtaTracking=33bd3303-4cdd-409d-95a8-93c07fdc2ae5%7Cd4f1eae2-d4be-4bb4-8771-f18a25de50f3"]http://play.artistworks.com/free-bass-lessons-nathan-east?&__hssc=9434218.1.1385656126545&__hstc=9434218.cf7b24af45c056ad0138e1a4fa938230.1377790961244.1385576983274.1385656126545.43&hsCtaTracking=33bd3303-4cdd-409d-95a8-93c07fdc2ae5%7Cd4f1eae2-d4be-4bb4-8771-f18a25de50f3[/url]

[Thunderbird]

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1385656488' post='2290784']
You go online for as long as you like. I find the music theory lessons helpful too and they're thrown in as a bonus. But bearing other people's experiences in mind, it's probably worth checking out some sample lessons to see if you get on with Nathan East's approach:
[url="http://play.artistworks.com/free-bass-lessons-nathan-east?&__hssc=9434218.1.1385656126545&__hstc=9434218.cf7b24af45c056ad0138e1a4fa938230.1377790961244.1385576983274.1385656126545.43&hsCtaTracking=33bd3303-4cdd-409d-95a8-93c07fdc2ae5%7Cd4f1eae2-d4be-4bb4-8771-f18a25de50f3"]http://play.artistwo...71-f18a25de50f3[/url]
[/quote] Hi Sarah thank you very much I shall check that out