Steve's
personal tuition covers three levels: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced
depending on how advanced your playing is and what you want to learn."
Beginners
Full program covering the very basics of bass playing, tailored
to suit each pupil:
*Holding
and positioning the bass
*Creating a good sound
*Left and right hand techniques and fingerboard patterns
*Learning songs and playing as a band member
*Musical styles and theory
Intermediate
Expanding the knowledge of bass playing
*Development
of styles, techniques, music theory and reading depending on pupil requirements
*Styles: Rock, Pop, Jazz, Latin, Funk, Soul, Disco ..etc.
*Studio and recording techniques
*Creating inventive bass lines in a band
Advanced
Got the chops but want to learn to read music notation and
charts
*Invaluable
skills needed to transcribe bass lines, read charts in.musicals,
shows and function gigs.
All levels
involve the use of music software to aid the teaching process - especially
groove playing and walking bass lines. The tuition is always based on
the pupil's individual needs and with the emphasis on live performance.
Steve also caters for pupils wanting to work through programmes aimed
at taking exams, such as Rockschool and RGT.
Steve
gives home electric and double basss tuition in the following areas:
Congleton
(his base), Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Macclesfield, Wilmslow & Nantwich...
Cheshire, North West England, Staffordshire, Manchester, Liverpool...
the Midlands, Birmingham.
You
can E-mail or call Steve
any time
for more information regarding his Bass course.