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Bass Guitar Lessons By Correspondence
Study Bass Online - Enroll Today!
Buy 5 Lessons & Get 3 FREE
OR
Buy 5 Lessons & Get 1 Live Video Bass Lesson FREE
I have been teaching 4, 5, and 6-string fretted and fretless electric bass guitar and acoustic upright bass lessons in the correspondence format through this web site for over a decade, and during that time, I have instructed thousands of bassists located around the world. As a student, I also studied in the correspondence format from 1993-1999 under the guidance of legendary jazz improvisation instructor Charlie Banacos (New England Conservatory of Music) whose former students include bassists such as Jeff Berlin, Alain Caron, and Jimmy Earl to name just a few.
Why waste transit time and money on gas while driving to and from private lessons when you can study bass online directly from the comfort of your own home? If you live in a remote area and are unable to attend one-on-one lessons with a private instructor on a regular basis or you maintain a hectic schedule due to work or family commitments, studying bass online through my correspondence lessons is the next best alternative. Learn at your own pace, on your own time, in the comfort of your own home, at a cost that is MUCH cheaper than the price of most one-on-one private bass lessons from a local instructor, and you can easily archive the lesson material for future reference. These lessons are for bassists of all levels from beginner to advanced and all styles of traditional and contemporary music including jazz, fusion, funk, rock, pop, blues, classical, motown, latin, and country. If you are self-motivated to practice, work well independently, and can dedicate at least 30 minutes per day to practicing the lesson material, you are ready for online learning through my correspondence lessons.
Featuring both classic and contemporary techniques, an archive of transcriptions, hundreds of play-alongs, and a series of essential listening tracks, you will be presented with a database of documented statements, concepts, and proven strategies which will help you implement all of these components in a musical fashion through practical application. Following a step-by-step, systematic approach, you will acquire the essential skills and vocabulary which are necessary to connect your ears to the fingerboard, develop ideas, interact with other musicians on a deeper level through the language of improvisation, and expand the traditional role of the bassist. Through my correspondence lessons, you will broaden your fretboard familiarity along with your knowledge of chord/scale theory and also increase your technical proficiency on the instrument. You will possess the fundamental tools that are required to improvise great bass lines and lyrical solos effectively with proper tone and feel on any chord type, chord progression, or song form in any style of music. My correspondence lessons are structured for both aspiring and professional bassists alike who are passionate about becoming a more proficient bass player and are seeking an indispensable resource for the contemporary study and analysis of techniques, theory, and principles on bass guitar and acoustic upright bass.
Within our lessons, we may study subjects such as:
- Right & Left Hand Technique
- Classical & Jazz Music Theory
- Sight Reading
- Ear Training
- Bass Line Construction
- Soloing
- Jazz Improvisation
- Slapping
- Tapping
- Fingerstyle Funk
- Chordal Techniques
- Harmonics
- Altered Tunings
- Concepts For Solo Bass Playing
We may also study and analyze the styles and techniques of Michael Manring, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, Alain Caron, Stuart Hamm, Brian Bromberg, Gary Willis, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Jeff Berlin, Rocco Prestia, Billy Sheehan, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Paul Chambers, and many other masters of the bass tradition.
In addition to obtaining 3 FREE lessons with each group of 5 lessons that you purchase, you will also receive:
- 10 Essential Listening Tracks With Each Lesson
- Access To My Streaming Video Library
- Free Technical Phone Support
Within 24 hours of receiving your enrollment form and lesson's purchase, I will notify you via e-mail to confirm your registration. Your first lesson will be posted within a few days on a lessons page made specifically for you on this web site. I will then notify you via e-mail with a link to your lesson's page where you can view and download the material at your convenience. Depending on the particular concept being discussed, lesson material may consist of text, exercises in both standard notation and tablature, images, diagrams, audio tracks, MP3 play-alongs, or video clips.
Bass lessons by correspondence are sold in blocks of 5 for $80. Currently, with my special lessons promotion, you can buy a block of 5 lessons and receive 3 additional lessons for free. Or, you also have the option to buy 5 lessons and receive 1 live video bass lesson for free. We will continue this process until you feel you have reached your goals or until I feel I can no longer be of help to you after a certain level of development. If for any reason you are not 100% satisfied with my lessons, I will gladly refund you the remaining unused lesson fees. However, if you will stick with these lessons, I personally guarantee that you will not only see your skills as bassist improve but your overall musicianship as well.
To begin lessons:
- Fill out and submit the Bass Lessons By Correspondence Enrollment Form. The information that you provide in this short form will assist in assembling a program that will be specifically designed to meet your particular needs and achieve your goals.
- You can purchase lessons by simply clicking on the "Purchase Bass Lessons" graphic that is located at the bottom of the right hand column of each page on this web site. Once you click on the "Purchase Bass Lessons" graphic, you will be taken to PayPal where you can complete the enrollment process by purchasing lessons. PayPal is the preferred method of payment, especially if you are located outside the United States because then we won't have to deal with foreign currencies and exchange rates. You do not need to open a PayPal account in order to pay for lessons. On PayPal's web site, you will have the option to use a credit card without being required to activate a new account. I will also gladly accept checks and money orders. If you'd prefer to not use PayPal or send money in the form of a check or money order through the standard mail, you can also utilize Western Union or MoneyGram. Both of these companies have local offices here in Hays so it is very easy for me to pickup funds from their locations. They are global leaders in worldwide money transfers, and I've found their services to be especially useful if you are needing to send money internationally. You can purchase lessons by check or money order in United States dollars by mailing your purchase to me at the address below. Please feel free to use whichever payment method works most conveniently for you.
Cliff Engel
P.O. Box 874
Hays, KS 67601
United States
- (Optional) You can send me an MP3 audio track or video file delivered via e-mail which features a few minutes of you performing material that best represents your present skill level. If you choose to send me a recording or video of your playing by e-mail, please be sure that its total file size doesn't exceed 20 MB. All materials submitted are for placement purposes within my program only and will remain strictly confidential.
Through years of experience with thousands of students around the world, I have concluded that it is best to maintain a level of continuity with a new lesson every two weeks in order to obtain the optimal results with these lessons. This two-week time frame will allow you enough time to thoroughly assimilate the lesson material, and at the same time, this span of time will constantly push your ability as a practicing musician.
If you would like to schedule a live chat session during our lessons to discuss your progress or ask questions, just send me a couple times that work most conveniently for your schedule, and we can chat via my chat room. You also have the option of scheduling a live chat with me on the phone through my toll-free number. If your schedule is just too hectic and doesn't provide the time to meet in my chat room or talk on the phone, we can just as easily correspond through e-mail.
If you have any further questions regarding these lessons, please e-mail me at: InstituteOfBass@Yahoo.com.
Thanks again for your continued interest in my Bass Lessons by Correspondence program. I look forward to hearing from you and getting started with our lessons soon!
Why waste transit time and money on gas while driving to and from private lessons when you can study bass online directly from the comfort of your own home? If you live in a remote area and are unable to attend one-on-one lessons with a private instructor on a regular basis or you maintain a hectic schedule due to work or family commitments, studying bass online through my correspondence lessons is the next best alternative. Learn at your own pace, on your own time, in the comfort of your own home, at a cost that is MUCH cheaper than the price of most one-on-one private bass lessons from a local instructor, and you can easily archive the lesson material for future reference. These lessons are for bassists of all levels from beginner to advanced and all styles of traditional and contemporary music including jazz, fusion, funk, rock, pop, blues, classical, motown, latin, and country. If you are self-motivated to practice, work well independently, and can dedicate at least 30 minutes per day to practicing the lesson material, you are ready for online learning through my correspondence lessons.
Featuring both classic and contemporary techniques, an archive of transcriptions, hundreds of play-alongs, and a series of essential listening tracks, you will be presented with a database of documented statements, concepts, and proven strategies which will help you implement all of these components in a musical fashion through practical application. Following a step-by-step, systematic approach, you will acquire the essential skills and vocabulary which are necessary to connect your ears to the fingerboard, develop ideas, interact with other musicians on a deeper level through the language of improvisation, and expand the traditional role of the bassist. Through my correspondence lessons, you will broaden your fretboard familiarity along with your knowledge of chord/scale theory and also increase your technical proficiency on the instrument. You will possess the fundamental tools that are required to improvise great bass lines and lyrical solos effectively with proper tone and feel on any chord type, chord progression, or song form in any style of music. My correspondence lessons are structured for both aspiring and professional bassists alike who are passionate about becoming a more proficient bass player and are seeking an indispensable resource for the contemporary study and analysis of techniques, theory, and principles on bass guitar and acoustic upright bass.
Within our lessons, we may study subjects such as:
- Right & Left Hand Technique
- Classical & Jazz Music Theory
- Sight Reading
- Ear Training
- Bass Line Construction
- Soloing
- Jazz Improvisation
- Slapping
- Tapping
- Fingerstyle Funk
- Chordal Techniques
- Harmonics
- Altered Tunings
- Concepts For Solo Bass Playing
We may also study and analyze the styles and techniques of Michael Manring, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, Alain Caron, Stuart Hamm, Brian Bromberg, Gary Willis, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Jeff Berlin, Rocco Prestia, Billy Sheehan, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Paul Chambers, and many other masters of the bass tradition.
In addition to obtaining 3 FREE lessons with each group of 5 lessons that you purchase, you will also receive:
- 10 Essential Listening Tracks With Each Lesson
- Access To My Streaming Video Library
- Free Technical Phone Support
Within 24 hours of receiving your enrollment form and lesson's purchase, I will notify you via e-mail to confirm your registration. Your first lesson will be posted within a few days on a lessons page made specifically for you on this web site. I will then notify you via e-mail with a link to your lesson's page where you can view and download the material at your convenience. Depending on the particular concept being discussed, lesson material may consist of text, exercises in both standard notation and tablature, images, diagrams, audio tracks, MP3 play-alongs, or video clips.
Bass lessons by correspondence are sold in blocks of 5 for $80. Currently, with my special lessons promotion, you can buy a block of 5 lessons and receive 3 additional lessons for free. Or, you also have the option to buy 5 lessons and receive 1 live video bass lesson for free. We will continue this process until you feel you have reached your goals or until I feel I can no longer be of help to you after a certain level of development. If for any reason you are not 100% satisfied with my lessons, I will gladly refund you the remaining unused lesson fees. However, if you will stick with these lessons, I personally guarantee that you will not only see your skills as bassist improve but your overall musicianship as well.
To begin lessons:
- Fill out and submit the Bass Lessons By Correspondence Enrollment Form. The information that you provide in this short form will assist in assembling a program that will be specifically designed to meet your particular needs and achieve your goals.
- You can purchase lessons by simply clicking on the "Purchase Bass Lessons" graphic that is located at the bottom of the right hand column of each page on this web site. Once you click on the "Purchase Bass Lessons" graphic, you will be taken to PayPal where you can complete the enrollment process by purchasing lessons. PayPal is the preferred method of payment, especially if you are located outside the United States because then we won't have to deal with foreign currencies and exchange rates. You do not need to open a PayPal account in order to pay for lessons. On PayPal's web site, you will have the option to use a credit card without being required to activate a new account. I will also gladly accept checks and money orders. If you'd prefer to not use PayPal or send money in the form of a check or money order through the standard mail, you can also utilize Western Union or MoneyGram. Both of these companies have local offices here in Hays so it is very easy for me to pickup funds from their locations. They are global leaders in worldwide money transfers, and I've found their services to be especially useful if you are needing to send money internationally. You can purchase lessons by check or money order in United States dollars by mailing your purchase to me at the address below. Please feel free to use whichever payment method works most conveniently for you.
Cliff Engel
P.O. Box 874
Hays, KS 67601
United States
- (Optional) You can send me an MP3 audio track or video file delivered via e-mail which features a few minutes of you performing material that best represents your present skill level. If you choose to send me a recording or video of your playing by e-mail, please be sure that its total file size doesn't exceed 20 MB. All materials submitted are for placement purposes within my program only and will remain strictly confidential.
Through years of experience with thousands of students around the world, I have concluded that it is best to maintain a level of continuity with a new lesson every two weeks in order to obtain the optimal results with these lessons. This two-week time frame will allow you enough time to thoroughly assimilate the lesson material, and at the same time, this span of time will constantly push your ability as a practicing musician.
If you would like to schedule a live chat session during our lessons to discuss your progress or ask questions, just send me a couple times that work most conveniently for your schedule, and we can chat via my chat room. You also have the option of scheduling a live chat with me on the phone through my toll-free number. If your schedule is just too hectic and doesn't provide the time to meet in my chat room or talk on the phone, we can just as easily correspond through e-mail.
If you have any further questions regarding these lessons, please e-mail me at: InstituteOfBass@Yahoo.com.
Thanks again for your continued interest in my Bass Lessons by Correspondence program. I look forward to hearing from you and getting started with our lessons soon!
