Unit 3: Low end · Lesson 1 of 10

High and low is in the full course

Hear the same notes at different heights, and find where the bass lives. About 3 minutes, in your browser.

All 10 parts of Unit 3, 6 cards and a project: add a bass line to your beat and make it heavier without adding drums.
Every unit after it, as it opens
Your Unit 1 cards, beats and progress carry over

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Unit 3 · Lesson 1 · How it works

High and low

Hear the same notes at different heights, and find where the bass lives.

Where things sit
Done

A loop with only its drums playing. Switch on the bass, the chords and the lead one at a time, and listen to where each one sits: the bass at the bottom, the lead on top. Bass is low, so headphones help.

3 of 6 parts playing.
104bpm
4 bars

Kick
Snare
Hats
Bass
Chords
Lead
1. Bar 1Am7
2. Bar 2Fmaj7
3. Bar 3Cmaj7
4. Bar 4G7
Up or down?
Done

Two notes each time. Does the second one go up, or down?

Round 1 of 3.
1. Up or down?
2. And this one?
3. One more: a smaller step.
Move it up
Done

One bass line at four heights. Drag it up while it plays: down low it’s weight you feel more than hear; up high it’s a tune, and it starts to crowd the chords.

Press play, then drag. 0 of 3 heard.
104bpm
Height 4 bars

Kick
Snare
Hats
Bass
Chordsalready there
1. Bar 1Am7
2. Bar 2Fmaj7
3. Bar 3Cmaj7
4. Bar 4G7
1. Felt
2. Bass
3. Middle
4. High
Lesson done

3 steps, all done, and saved to your account.

Who lives where is next. Give each part its own height, so nothing fights and nothing is thin.

Step 1 of 3

Where things sit