1. Open-string exercises: single-string exercises and string-crossing exercises.

2. Major scales 1 octave (all scales should be practiced in all twelve keys).

3. Dorian scales 1 octave.

4. Dominant scales 1 octave.

5. Major and minor triad arpeggios.

6. Bass line construction: 4/4 walking blues, standards, "i got rhythm" changes.

7. Play with recordings, emulate the sound and feeling.

8. Play with a metronome on 2 & 4. Also practice without the metronome.

9. Read and learn melodies.

10. Chromatic scale.

11. Blues scales.

12. Pentatonic scales.

13. All modes of the major scale (dorian, phrygian, lydian, dominant, aeolian, locrian).

14. All scales two octaves.

15. Triad arpeggios, 2 octaves .

16. Arpeggios to 7th and 9th .

17. Bossa nova/latin bass lines .

18. Scale patterns.

19. Melodic patterns.

20. Transcribe a bass line from a cd or tape.

21. V-i patterns and ii-v-i patterns, walking and soloing.

22. Melodic minor scales (the ascending melodic minor, also called the "jazz minor").

23. All modes of the melodic minor scale.

(Melodic minor, sus b9, lydian augmented, lydian dominant, locrian #2, altered/diminished whole-tone).

24. Altered dominant chords, arpeggios and patterns.

(C7#9#5, c7#9b5, c7b9#5, c7b9b5) .

25 Whole-tone scales (there are only two) and whole-tone scale patterns.

26. Diminished scales (there are only three).

27. Diminished arpeggios.

28. Diminished scale patterns .

29. Major/dominant scales with chromatic half-steps (bebop scales).

30. Harmonic minor scales.

31. Bebop melodies.

32. Transcribe a bass solo.

33. Thumb-position scales.

34. Thumb-position arpeggios .

35. Long tones with the bow.

36. String crossings with the bow.

37. Arpeggios and scales with the bow.

38. Vibrato.

39. All styles of tunes - swing, bebop, standard, hard-bop, modal, contemporary, free-jazz, fusion, brazilian, salsa. Memorize the form and chord changes.

40. Ballads: chord changes and melody.

41. Play songs in all twelve keys.

42. Play all scales from the lowest possible note on the bass to the highest. Also start on upper notes of the scale and play down and back up..

43. Use metronome only on 2 or only on 4.

44. Use tri-tone substitutions .

45. Use pentatonic scales to imply altered scales.

46. Use pentatonic and chromatic scales to go "outside" of the key-center.

47. Super-impose triads on top of chords to imply the upper extensions of the chords.

48. Improvise on a single chord/scale for a long time without stopping.

49. Use pedal points when walking and soloing.

50. Use classical method/etude books. Play etudes pizzicato and arco.

51. Use method books for other instruments (trombone, piano, guitar).

52. Practice with and without your amp.

53. Record yourself while you practice or perform.

54. Write out your own exercises .

55. Transcribe horn, piano, guitar, drum solos.

56. "Break-up" the time in 4/4 and 3/4.

57. Odd meter time signatures .

58. Practice using dynamics.

59. Sing!.

60. Learn to play the piano . . ..