Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
·Limited 17th Anniversary Discount Offer: Order Now!
Tested. Proven. Classic.
Still no better course of bass guitar instruction anywhere.
“Roy Vogt is a main force in bass performance and education.”— Victor Wooten
“The most cost-effective way I know to learn to play the bass.”
17th Anniversary Edition · 20 lessons · 16+ hours of 4K instruction
The 17th Anniversary Edition
For seventeen years, Teach Me Bass Guitar has empowered thousands of aspiring bassists worldwide. Taught by Roy Vogt — head of the Bass Department at Belmont University in Nashville for over 30 years — it remains the most comprehensive and effective bass course anywhere.
Twenty meticulously crafted lessons. Over sixteen hours captured in stunning high definition with five cameras for unparalleled clarity. Master one lesson a month, and in twenty months you'll be ready to take your place beside the best on any stage, studio, club, or church.
20
progressive lessons
16+
hours of HD video
5
camera production
In twenty lessons you'll get as much information as you'd get in over $4,000 in private lessons with Roy.
All you add is practice — as little as 15 minutes a day.
What you get
Explosive, percussive techniques — slap, pop, and two-handed tapping — broken down step by step so you can build flash and firepower.
A graphic fretboard shows every note and fingering as Roy plays it — follow the bouncing ball and always know where to put your fingers.
Funk, R&B, soul, swing, shuffle, jazz, World, Afro-Cuban and reggae — plus slap, pop and two-handed tapping.
Master the chord shapes and rhythmic feels that underpin every style — straight eighths, syncopation, swing, and the pocket.
From Lesson 2 on, two original Roy Vogt songs reinforce every concept in real music.
All the music in the TMBG course, including the Band numbers, was written by Roy specifically to illustrate the information being presented.
Learn the chord-number shorthand Nashville session players use to call changes on the fly and transpose instantly in any key.
Jam with the TMBG Band on over 100 play-along tracks — slow and fast, with and without Roy. Free for Full Course owners, or $2.50 per song.
Every exercise, song tutorial, and play-along is loopable. Woodshed a passage until it's securely under your fingers.
Every essential scale — major and minor, pentatonic and blues, modes and more — with fingerings and musical applications across the neck.
Practical, bass-focused theory — notes, intervals, keys, triads, and arpeggios — explained so you can use it on the bandstand, not just on paper.
Build the ear and vocabulary to make up bass lines and solos on the spot, over real progressions, with confidence and taste.
On-screen scores animate in sync with Roy's playing — every note, rest, and rhythm shown as it happens so you can read what you hear.
Selected lessons feature play-alongs with a professional vocalist, so you learn to support a lead voice and lock the groove underneath.
A comprehensive companion reference book included with the course, yours to read and print.*
The roadmap
A progressive journey from your first clean note to confident performance — easy to follow at your own pace.
Tap any lesson to watch its intro.
From getting familiar with the bass to playing with the TMBG Band!
Chords, rhythm, modes, funk, and the slap vocabulary — and your place in the band.
Read, adapt, and perform with confidence — style studies, world grooves, tapping, sight-reading, and the Nashville Number System.
All you add is practice.
Roy Vogt
The Bass Teacher's Teacher
Your instructor
The first person to earn a Master's degree in Electric Bass
How many people can claim a career that spans MTV's Headbanger's Ball, Montreux Jazz Festival, the London Palladium, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Kremlin? From punk to funk, country to hyperjazz — Roy has done it all.
The first person to receive a Master's degree in Electric Bass Performance — from the University of Miami's prestigious music school — Roy has pursued the art of bass for more than forty years. Since 1983 he has held the bass professor chair at Belmont University in Nashville, one of the few schools built to turn students into working professionals at the top of the industry.
Recorded & performed with
His students have toured & recorded with
The play-along band
Every lesson is filmed at the Chateau Groove studio and ends with you playing alongside the TMBG Band — Roy's group of top Nashville session pros. They play each selection twice with Roy, then step out so you can take the bassist's seat. Over 100 play-along opportunities, at slow and fast tempos.
Guitar
Drums
Keyboards
Roll over a name to read the bio.
What the pros say
“Roy is a main force and leader in music performance and education.”
Victor Wooten
Bass phenomenon
“Roy is an inspiration as both a player and educator.”
Adam Nitti
Bassist, composer, teacher
“Roy is a rarity — a great musician and a great teacher.”
Anthony Wellington
Bassist, innovator, educator
“Roy Vogt is one of the great voices of modern electric bass.”
Kai Eckhardt
John McLaughlin · Garaj Mahal
“Roy is a great teacher. Learn from this man!”
Brian Bromberg
Acclaimed jazz bassist
“He's the consummate pro as both teacher and player.”
Bryan Beller
Bass Player Magazine
“His playing and teaching are always of the highest level.”
Steve Lawson
Bass Guitarist Magazine, UK
“I've played bass for 40 years, and I'm still learning from Roy.”
Lane Baldwin
Blues bass legend
What the bass press says
Bass Player Magazine
“A solid command of techniques, grooves, bass history, and reading.”
Bass Musician Magazine
“The Ultimate Series for the learning bassist. A definite must-buy.”
Bass Guitar Magazine (UK)
“A comprehensive course: ideal for the beginner and intermediate player.”
Bass Frontiers Magazine
“Exceptional; an all-out venture into the fabulous world of learning bass.”
Online Lesson Reviews
“The definitive A to Z bass guitar course.”
For Bass Players Only
“The most thorough stand-alone instructional course I've ever seen.”
Real students. Real results.
A small sample of spontaneous, unsolicited, 100% real and unedited customer reviews.
“I've tried many bass lessons, but none compare to TMBG.”
Dan Shantler
North Tonawanda, NY
“Thanks for a great course! I can't believe I'm finally, really playing bass!”
Stefan Dahlander
Tampere, Finland
“I'm only on Lesson Six, and I can't believe how much I've improved!”
Scott Wallace
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
“I just wanted to let you know how brilliant TMBG is!”
Chris Denslow
Aberdeen, Scotland
“Having Roy tie together all these concepts makes all the difference. TMBG is so much fun.”
Scott Green
Phoenix, AZ
“I take my TMBG everywhere I go on the road. I swear by this thing.”
Rev. Russell K. Shores
New York, NY
“The best service I have ever experienced online.”
Tobias Keller
Mannheim, Germany
“You won't go wrong with TMBG.”
Thomas Chilcote
Lancaster, OH
“TMBG exceeds expectations — a turning point in becoming a real bassist.”
Richard Falzone, M.D.
Melrose, MA
“You just don't get this quality of tuition anywhere else.”
Michael Toomey
Sydney, Australia
“The most cost-effective way I know to learn to play the bass.”
John Bachelor
Hillard, OH
“The best learning tool I have ever seen. Better than my own instructor!”
James P.
Abbeville, SC
“Roy does a great job of walking you through every aspect of learning bass guitar. There is even a band of great studio musicians to jam with at the end of each lesson!”
Tim “Smu” McCarthy
Eden Amps
See it for yourself
A guided tour of the lessons, the real-time fretboard, and the TMBG Band.
Free tool
Tune by ear right here in your browser. Hit start, pluck a string, and watch the needle find your pitch — no installs, no charge, just good tone.
G
G2
D
D2
A
A1
E
E1
Press start to begin
Uses your device microphone — audio never leaves your browser.
Get started
Take the full course, start with one level, or grab a single lesson or excerpt — there's an option for every player.
All twenty lessons, streaming in HD — the complete journey from first notes to the stage.
$120
Includes the 161-page book as a PDF. Printed book sold separately.
Enter this code on the order page for 10% off!
WELCOME15
20 Lessons, 16+ hours of professional instruction, 161-page .pdf book.
“The best learning tool I have ever seen. Better than my own instructor!”
From getting familiar with the bass to playing with the TMBG Band!
$39
View options →Chords, rhythm, modes, funk, and the slap vocabulary — and your place in the band.
$39
View options →Read, adapt, and perform — style studies, world grooves, tapping, sight-reading, and the Nashville Number System.
$39
View options →Buy any single lesson, one at a time — perfect when you want to focus on just one topic.
$7 each
View options →$1 each
View options →Apparel, companion books, and accessories from Teach Me Bass Guitar. Printed books are backed by our 90-day money-back guarantee.
Varies
View options →Printed books backed by our 90-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
None at all. TMBG starts at the very beginning — even if you've never picked up a bass. Roy conducts the early examples slowly, so first-time players are completely welcome.
Yes. Intermediate and even longtime players use TMBG to refine technique and fill gaps. Blues bassist Lane Baldwin, with 40 years on the instrument, says he's still learning from Roy.
The 15th Anniversary edition streams all 20 lessons in HD online. A physical Collector's Edition on DVD is also available for players who want the full library for life.
As little as 15 minutes a day. Roy recommends serious students master one lesson a month — about 20 months to work through the entire course.
No — Roy teaches you to read as you go. The real-time fretboard shows every note and fingering as he plays it, so you always know exactly where to put your fingers.
The TMBG Band — a first-rate group of Nashville session musicians who play with Roy inside the Chateau Groove studio. There are over 100 play-along opportunities, each at slow and fast tempos, with and without Roy, so you can step into the bassist's seat.
Yes — a 90-day money-back guarantee. Try the entire course risk-free.
Yes. You can submit a video of your performance of select exercises, and Roy personally critiques it and responds to you.
Not ready to commit? Pick a level and we'll send you a full lesson from the course — free, no strings.
No spam. Just your free lesson and the occasional update.
Join thousands of bassists who finally found a course that works. All you add is practice.
Order Now90-day money-back guarantee
“TMBG exceeds expectations — a turning point in becoming a real bassist.”
