Beginner Bass Guitar

In this lesson, bassist Dan Lopatka explains how major scales are created and demonstrates many different ways to play scales on bass guitar.

Many great bass lines that are just arpeggios, or broken chords. Bassist Dan Lopatka explains how arpeggios are created and how to play them on a bass.

In this lesson, bassist Dan Lopatka analyzes three famous (but easy!) melodies by Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart, and demonstrates how to play each.

Bassist Dan Lopatka explains how to reduce chord progressions into a series of numbers through chord-scale relationships. Start with C major and the blues!

Playing music in different genres is a must for gigging musicians. Dan Lopatka demonstrates how to play simple bass lines in pop, country, and rock styles.