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I'm Andrew Pouska. Welcome to StudyBass. I love bass, music and teaching it. I have taught thousands of bass players face-to-face for 30 years. In 2003 I created StudyBass to help bass players everywhere learn. Contact me for private bass lessons.The Latest on StudyBass
StudyBass 20th Anniversary!
StudyBass just turned 20 years old! That's right 20! Read more here: StudyBass 20th Anniversary!
What's New On StudyBass?
The New Quiz App
I've developed a much more sophisticated quiz app to test your knowledge of the lessons. Read about Testing and the New StudyBass Quiz App.
The New Study Guide
The new Study Guide is now live! StudyBass Study Guide
This is a big deal. I can start moving forward with many of the projects which are waiting in the wings! Woo-hoo!
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Good luck with your musical pursuits,
Andrew Pouska
What's New on StudyBass?
Lessons
- The Musical Alphabet Quiz
- Major Keys on the Circle of Fifths Quiz
- The Order of Sharps and Flats Quiz
- Keys in Music Quiz
- The I, IV, and V Chords Quiz
- Relative Major and Minor Scales Quiz
- The Elements of Music Quiz
- The 12-Bar Blues Form Quiz
- Minor Scale Diatonic Chord Qualities Quiz
- Basic Intervals Quiz
- Up and Down Quiz
- Pitch Notation Quiz
- Key Signatures Quiz
- Rhythmic Notation Quiz
- Time Signatures Quiz
- Shuffle and Swing Rhythms Quiz
Videos
- Counting Off Songs
- Introducing the StudyBass Music Dictionary - Video Format
- Active Recall and Spaced Repetition
- Common Beat Terms
- Viewing Your Progress
- Simple and Compound Meters; Duple and Triple Meters
- Meter and Musical Accents
- Truss Rods and Replacing a Stripped Truss Rod Nut
- About Music Theory
- Grace Notes
- Slides
- Pull-Offs
- Hammer-Ons
ghost note
a note of indeterminate pitch notated with an X in place of a notehead. On bass, plucking a muted string creates this common percussive effect.
More from the StudyBass Dictionary
Having a good sound and playing in tune and in time is much more important than chops. You're not playing for yourself or for other bass players - you're playing to make a song come out.
—David Hood