Free tool from Cole Davis · Better Bass Lessons
A Practice Hour That Actually Works
Four blocks, a bell between each, and no decisions to make once you start. Most wasted practice time goes on deciding what to practise next.
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▶ Side A · Practice Session TimerBBL-T18
10:00
TECHNIQUE
Why these four
- Technique first, while your hands are fresh and your judgement is worst.
- Time second. A metronome block every session is what separates players who keep improving.
- Repertoire third. Actual tunes, start to finish, mistakes included.
- Play last. No goal, no metronome. This is the part that keeps you coming back.
Your next step
The timer structures the hour. The 15 Minute Warmup is how you start it.
The 15 Minute Warmup Electric Edition
Cole DavisMake the first tune of every gig as good as the fifth. The same routine Cole runs before every gig.
- Ten exercises, each a written line plus a chord vamp you improvise on.
- Backing tracks with bass and without, plus one master press-play track.
- Right-hand patterns most players never warm up: alternating, raked, and 2-2-1-2.
The 15 Minute Warmup Upright Edition
Cole DavisStart every gig with intonation already locked in. Eleven exercises that come before Simandl.
- Eleven exercises with Simandl 1-2-4 fingerings printed on the page.
- Shifting studies for the two positions you spend most of the gig in.
- Flat-key intonation work in the awkward zones between positions.
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