Bassist Bill Noertker

Performance

Compositions

Teaching	All Styles of Music
Study the electric and acoustic bass with Bill Noertker.	jazz, rock, r&b, blues, hip hop, metal, funk, pop, experimental
bass is the foundation of all modern music	Located in San Francisco's Inner Richmond district with easy access by auto or public transportation (bus lines 5, 21, 28, 31, 44)
all styles, all ages, all skill levels	lesson times now available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings
bullfiddler94117@yahoo.com 415-905-4425	one hour lessons $40 every week $55 every other week
Personalized. comprehensive, private instruction for students of the bass. All levels, ages, and interests can benefit from Noertker's teaching method. His students range from 12 to 65 years old. Noertker has been a performing, recording, and teaching bassist for over twenty years. Noertker has enjoyed success with people who are just beginning to play, and has also helped professional bassists fine tune their skills. Bill Noertker has taught private electric bass lessons since 1989, and acoustic bass lessons since 2003. His emphasis is on music theory (scales, chords, rhythm), musicianship, reading, ear training, and improvisation. He is expert at both fretted and fretless bass.	Lessons include: music theory scales and modes time signatures chord progressions rhythmic exercises song forms writing charts ear training fundamental musicianship how to hold the bass right and left hand technique develop steady time inner and outer hearing rhythm exercises how to count internalized metronome syncopation accuracy in phrasing swing feeling articulation creating bass lines expanding your musical vocabulary hearing long phrases (2 bar, 4 bar, 8 bar, 16 bar, 32 bar) call and response rhythmic aspects harmonic aspects how to read chord charts iim7 - V7 - Imaj7 progressions iim7b5 - V7 - im7 progressions recognizing intervallic relationships diatonic exercises chromatic exercises walking bass lines composition starting with bass lines starting with melody lines starting with chord progressions pop/rock/blues experimental improvisation soloing over chord changes creating grooves on the spot soloing on a theme how to play fills variations interpretation survey of musical literature analyze and assimilate bass lines of the masters transcription (learning by ear) reading sheet music communication with band cues tags/endings interaction counting off tunes music jargon