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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.

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lead sheet

sometimes called a "chart"; a page of music outlining only the melody and chords to a piece of music. Instrumentalists are expected to improvise their parts based on the chords and melody rather than playing specific, written-out parts.