Learn bass soloing with Jeff Denson

In this lesson, Jeff will show you how to use relative major and minor pentatonic scales for soloing and improvisation. You will be exploring all the pentatonic shapes across the neck which will free you to improvise without being tied to a root position shape. 

In this course, we will try to learn the entire neck of the instrument and to become familiar with the harmonic implications of the notes.

You’ll play your way through dozens of study sessions and improvise over a variety of chord changes and styles including Soul, Neo Soul, Blues, and Jazz.

Let’s get started! 

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1. Positional Studies

2. Third Position Note Layout Demo

3. Third Position Note Layout Practice

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4. Third Position Minor Improv Solo

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5. Third Position Major Improv Solo

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6. Sixth Position Note Layout Demo

7. Sixth Position Note Layout Practice

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8. Sixth Position Minor Improv – Solo session Demo

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9. Sixth Position Major Improv – Solo session Demo

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10. Jazz Two Five in C Overview

11. Jazz Two Five in C Demo

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12. Jazz Two Five in C Breakdown

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Jeff Denson

Bassist, passionate educator, performing artist Jeff has received his Bachelor’s of Music degree in Performance from Berklee College of Music.

Over the last 15 years Jeff shared the stage with an impressive number of artists like Lee Konitz, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Mimi Fox, Joe Lovano, Jane Ira Bloom, Kenny Werner, Mads Tolling, Dave Douglas, Bob Moses, and many more.