Practice Room

Jazz Bass Foundations  

Build strong fundamentals in walking bass, solos, harmony, and time feel 

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Who This Path Is For

Practice Room provides a progressive path for players beginning their jazz journey and for those who want to strengthen their foundations. Through structured lessons, you develop walking bass construction, 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 want to understand walking bass lines step by step
  • You feel your harmony knowledge needs organization
  • You prefer guided lessons over random tutorials
  • You want to build confidence gradually

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

How the Structure Supports Your Learning

Lessons are structured progressively so that each topic builds naturally on the previous one. You can move at your own pace while following a clear path designed to remove confusion and strengthen your fundamentals step by step.

No prior jazz experience is required.

As a Practice Room member you receive


• Full access to 90+ structured lessons
• Transcriptions and learning resources
• Weekly assignments for guided practice
• New lesson added each week
• Bonus content
• 10% member discount
• Ask Anything support
• Monthly Jazz Bass Academy Zoom meetup

$9.99/Month
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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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