Tuesdays, 6:30-7:45 pm, beginning May 10
$120.00 advance / $130.00 after May 2

* No class 6/14, last class 6/21

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If you’re fairly new to the bass or only play occasionally and want to dig in deeper so that you can play with others more confidently, this class is for you. You’ll learn proper technique for left and right hands and how to build bass lines for bluegrass, country, folk, and blues songs. You’ll learn some cool bass runs and get a good grounding in bass theory. This class is open to basses of all types: upright, guitar bass, electric bass, and uke bass.

If you don’t play bass yet but have experience on another instrument, this class might also work for you, but please contact the instructor first. Also, one upright bass is available for loan for this class. Contact the instructor at chuck.ervin@att.net.

Chuck Ervin studied jazz bass with Glenn Richman (bassist with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson) and currently plays folk music with Euphonia, classic country with the Mike Stadler & Mary Gibbons Band, jazz and pop with guitarist Chris Grampp, and occasionally Celtic folk/rock with Wake the Dead, among others. He has performed with many Bay Area musicians, including Keith Little, Jim Nunally, Sylvia Herold, Tony Marcus, Joe Craven, Ed Johnson, and Julian Smedley. He teaches group classes at music camp and at his Oakland home, as well as individual lessons.