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Learn Bass Online with Berklee College of Music

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Danny Morris

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Mark Costa

Arranger and Bassist for Australian Idol

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Learn the Berklee method of bass. Create rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic bass lines in rock, jazz and other music styles.
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Rock Bass

Course Authors: Anthony Vitti

Gain the foundation, technique, and vocabulary necessary to construct and improvise bass lines in a variety of rock and blues-based music styles.



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