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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.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 Study Guide is now live! StudyBass Study Guide
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Andrew Pouska
What's New on StudyBass?
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
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sheet music displaying complete notation for all instruments and parts.
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