We will help you develop your own style, and we will encourage you to experiment with other genres of music that interest you, so that you can challenge yourself, improve your skills, and develop your instrumental craft. We will help you to become a bass player with a strong musical identity.

Our aim is to prepare you for today’s music by building on traditional aspects of learning. In all instruction offered in the Guitar Department, emphasis is placed on achieving a solid foundation in the standard technical challenges of professional performance, including scales, chords, reading, improvisation, interpretation, and standard repertoire. 

At some point in our syllabus, you will work in ensembles, you will hone essential performance skills and techniques. They help you to broaden your stylistic range, to expand your network of musical friends and colleagues, and to gain diverse group-playing experience. 

In earlier times, the bass was primarily a background instrument, relegated only to the rhythm section. While we respect this important role, we realise there is more to contemporary bass playing. Whether acoustic or electric, fretless, 4- , 5- , or 6-string, the bass is an extremely flexible and expressive instrument and can be effective in any musical style. Studying with us offers you all those musical styles and is the most important way for you to take your playing and turn it into a career.