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Instruments > Bass > Bluegrass Bass with Missy Raines

Bluegrass Bass
with Missy Raines

Missy Raines has developed an indispensible library of online bluegrass bass lessons. Students have access to the interactive bass course which includes backing tracks, tabs, and study materials. Learn to play bluegrass music from a master of the genre.

 Walking bass line and chord exercises

 Play along tracks for bluegrass standards

Online Bass Lessons with Missy Raines

What You'll Learn


What ultimately sets these bluegrass bass lessons apart from other offerings is the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform. Missy reviews each submission and records a video response, offering specific guidance to take your bass playing to the next level. All students can access the Video Exchange library and watch each other’s interactions with Missy. This library is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.

Top Quality Bass Lessons

  • 100s of bass lessons at your own pace
  • All levels and styles of playing welcome
  • Slow Motion & Looping on videos

About Missy Raines


Missy Raines is the most decorated bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association. A First Lady of Bluegrass, she is one of the most popular bluegrass figures and a trailblazer in her field. Missy has toured and performed extensively all over the world for the last 25 years and has given bass lessons at dozens of workshops and music camps. Her rich pedigree reaches from legends such as Mac Wiseman, Kenny Baker and Eddie Adcock to contemporary artists like Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis and Don Rigsby. Missy plays with her own band, The New Hip, bridging the genres of newgrass and jazz in the spirit of David Grisman. Missy has been a teacher with ArtistWorks since 2011.

Bluegrass Bass Lessons


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Beginner Bass

Your Playing Position
Learning Names and Tunings
Video Exchange Introductions
Understanding the Root and 5
Introducing the Metronome
Disappearing the Click
Subdividing
Left Hand Technique
Your Hand as an Interval
Hand Interval Exercise 1
Hand Interval Exercise 2
Your Thumb
Basic Concepts
Body Energy: Using Your Body
Bass Setup
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
Strings
Major Scale Across 3 Strings: G Scale
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Major Scale Across 3 Strings: A Scale
Major Scale Across 3 Strings: C Scale
Major Scale Across 3 Strings: B Scale
Practicing Major Scales
Minor Scales
Right Hand Technique
Right Hand Exercise 1: Developing Alternating Finger Strength and the "Follow Thru"
Right Hand Exercise 2: Developing Dexterity and Finger Control
Finding G, C, and D
Finding A, D, and E
Two Dollar Bill in G
John Hardy in G
Will the Circle Be Unbroken in A

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Intermediate Bass

The Role of the Bass in Bluegrass
Getting Good Tone: Tips vs. Meat
The Numbering System
Playing in Different Keys Using Numbers
Using the Number System: "Old Home Place" in A
Using the Number System: "Old Home Place" in B
"Little Maggie" in A
Walking Lines 1: Boogie Woogie Bass
Walking Lines 2: Common Bluegrass Runs
"Head Over Heels" in G
Inverting the Root and 5
How to Play in Waltz or 3/4 Time "Rank Stranger"
Single String Scales
Metronome Exercises
Basic Slapping
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
The Soft Slap
Slapping Solo: "Ground Speed" in G
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Embellishments, Accents, and Supporting the Soloist
Learning the Melody: Tune Breakdown

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Advanced Bass

Introduction to Advanced
Building Your Own Walking Basslines
"Blackberry Blossom" in G
Embellishing the Melody "You Are My Sunshine" in G
Swing Feel: Accenting the 2 and 4
"Sweet Georgia Brown" in F
Vibrato: How to Do It and When to Do It
Ghost Notes in the Night
Groove: The Holy Grail, An Introduction
Grooving with the Mandolin
Grooving with the Guitar
"Cincinnati at Night" Double Stops
"Inside Out" Double Stops and "Drop Thumb"
"Silver Lake" 3rd Finger Drone
"Bells of Norfolk" Brushing the Strings
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
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Special Guest Instruction: Paul Kowert

Bass Setup
Principles of Using the Bow
Putting it to Practice
Managing Mechanics for Variety
Articulation
Tuning
Pedal Tones: “Scotch & Swing”
“Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree”
“Salty Dog” (Tuba Style)
“Golden Slippers”
“St. Anne's Reel”
“I am a Pilgrim”
“I am a Pilgrim” (Outside the Pocket)
“Whiskey Before Breakfast” (Pizzicato)
“Fortune”
Solo Tuning vs. Standard Tuning
Solo Tuning: Changing Strings
Solo Tuning Overview
Rosin
“I am Your Flower” (Solo Tuning)
“Flannery's Dream” (Solo Tuning)
“Flippin” (Solo Tuning)
“Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree” (Solo Tuning)

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30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)

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What's In This Plan

  • Unlimited Access to Lessons
  • Unlimited Access to Video Exchange Library
  • 1 Video Submission to Teacher
  • Music Theory Workshop
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