Modern Bass

This bass course helps you shape a modern, versatile sound that works in any musical setting. Guided by Ricardo Rodriguez, you will refine tone, strengthen right hand control, and internalize time so your lines feel supportive and musical. You will learn how to use the bass for rhythm and melody, build lines over chord progressions, and blend Latin grooves with contemporary styles to expand your voice on the instrument.

Across a clear sequence of modules, you will optimize and control your sound, drill metronome based timing, and practice variations that turn simple patterns into living grooves. You will break down clave based feels and apply them to tumbao, son, rumba, and related rhythms, then adapt those ideas across genres so you can sit comfortably in different band contexts. The result is a deeper pocket, better tone, and a reliable process for creating bass lines that move a song forward.

What You’ll Learn

• Building bass lines over chord progressions with clarity
• Turning simple grooves into musical variations and fills
• Tone shaping and sound control that translate on stage and in the studio
• Using the bass for both rhythm and melody
• Right hand technique, metronome practice, and time feel development
• Tumbao basics, son and rumba clave feels, and how to adapt them across genres
• A framework for expanding your repertoire and style vocabulary

Is This Course for You?

This bass course is ideal if you want to modernize your approach, add Latin rhythm fluency, and improve pocket, tone, and versatility. If you already play rock, pop, jazz, or singer songwriter gigs and want your lines to sit tighter with drums, the rhythm modules will level up your time and articulation. Producers and composers will appreciate the practical methods for building bass parts that support harmony while adding motion and feel. Newer players can use the structured sequence to lock in fundamentals without losing musicality.

Meet Your Instructor

Ricardo Rodriguez is a seasoned bassist and educator known for blending styles with strong time and clear tone. In this bass course he moves from sound optimization and control to technique, metronome work, clave based grooves, and stylistic applications, keeping each lesson musical and actionable.

What’s Included

• Guided tone shaping and sound control sessions
• Right hand technique drills and metronome workouts
• Groove development lessons with practical variations
• Deep dives on tumbao, son, rumba, and related Latin rhythms
• Bass line construction over chord progressions
• Style switching and repertoire expansion ideas
• Instructor led examples you can adapt to your own playing