Practice Room
Beginner Jazz Bass Lessons

A series of beginner lessons to develop walking bass lines and improvisation on jazz standards, step by step

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Who This Course Is For

The Practice Room, created by NYC jazz bassist, arranger and educator Gianluca Renzi, provides a progressive path for players beginning their jazz journey and for those who want to strengthen their foundations. Through progressively structured lessons, you develop walking bass lines, harmonic understanding, time feel, and essential vocabulary step by step. Each topic builds naturally on the previous one, creating clarity and long-term confidence. No prior jazz experience is required.

  • You are new to jazz bass
  • You prefer guided lessons over random tutorials
  • You want to build confidence gradually
  • You want to improve walking bass lines and solos

What You Will Learn and Develop

Through progressive lessons, you will build the core skills needed to play jazz bass with confidence, gradually developing clarity in walking bass lines, a stronger sense of harmony, and the rhythmic stability required to play standards comfortably.

  • Constructing walking bass lines clearly and logically
  • Understanding basic jazz harmony
  • Developing steady time feel
  • Learning essential jazz repertoire
  • Beginning improvisation concepts

What You will receive with Practice Room


• Full access to 90+ structured lessons
• Transcriptions of all examples
• Assignments and guided practice
• New lesson released regularly
• Bonus content
• 10% discount on single Zoom lesson
• Jazz Bass Academy Zoom meetups

$9.99/Month
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When you're ready

When you're ready to apply these concepts on real jazz tunes, explore the Play Along jazz standards course to upgrade your learning experience and work directly on transcribed bass lines and solos on standard as played in a real performance setting

Explore the Play Along course
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Jazz Bass Academy is an online jazz bass school founded by New York bassist and arranger Gianluca Renzi. It provides structured study paths and private lessons for upright and electric bass players, from beginners to advanced musicians.

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