Introduction to the Electric Bass

This introduction to the electric bass gives you a clear path from first notes to confident grooves. Across 20 focused lessons, Hilliard Greene helps you choose a bass, set it up, and build solid habits. You will steady your time with clear rhythm drills, connect half and whole steps to major and minor scales, and learn to find a song’s key. Then you will apply intervals, triads, and seventh chords to create musical bass lines.

You will also read basic charts, hear tonal centers, and outline chord changes with walking lines. Each concept is taught in small, playable steps. The focus is sound, time, and clean technique. By the end, you will create supportive lines, stay in the pocket, and read simple charts with confidence.

What You’ll Learn

• Core technique, posture, and tone shaping on electric bass
• Rhythm skills that improve time feel and consistency
• Major and minor scale shapes and how to find keys
• Intervals, triads, seventh chords, and arpeggios for bass lines
• Beginner chart reading and ear training for tonal centers
• How to build simple walking bass lines and supportive grooves

Is This Course for You?

If you are brand new to bass or returning after a break, this course gives you a structured jump start. Guitarists moving to bass will gain a fast, applied overview of rhythm and harmony from a bassist’s perspective. Producers and songwriters who want to record their own parts will learn the fundamentals that make lines sit well in a mix. No prior theory or reading is required, and each lesson focuses on musical results you can hear and feel.

Meet Your Instructor

Hilliard Greene is a respected bassist and educator known for turning concepts into clear, playable steps. His sequence moves from instrument setup to rhythm, scales, intervals, chords, chart reading, and walking so you always know what to practice and why it works.

What’s Included

• 20 structured video lessons
• Stepwise rhythm practice to strengthen time feel
• Scale and arpeggio workouts across the fretboard
• Intervals, triads, and seventh chord drills
• Beginner ear training exercises
• Walking bass foundations and groove creation tips
• Lifetime access to revisit any lesson