I offer lessons at your home, at my home studio, and online via Zoom.
Address
1290 Haliimaile Rd, Makawao, HI 96768
Tues - Fri
10am - 5pm
Why Learn With Dave Graber?
My lessons and e-courses are designed to help beginner bass players progress to intermediate, advanced, and expert levels. I know what it's like to feel lost learning from scratch and not knowing how to play a style. I want to take you from that into playing confidently, learning scales and chords, playing in different styles, and having fun doing it so you can be a support as a bass player and as a person in a band.
When I started lessons with Dave, I was playing in multiple church bands and a couple of local groups. I considered myself an intermediate-level player, but I was mostly self-taught. Dave's lessons changed my life as a musician. I learned how to easily understand and memorize songs, to play in various styles, and to know exactly how to add incredible support with my basslines.
About Dave
Dave Graber
Bass Instructor
I am a graduate of Grant MacEwan Community College and the University of Calgary with distinction, I received the Edmonton Jazz Society Scholarship (Grant MacEwan) and the Margaret Locke Scholarship for strings (U of C). I studied with Gary Willis of Tribal Tech and Charlie Banacos of the New England Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music. I taught at the National Guitar Workshop and am published by Mel Bay.
I have performed with: Larry Coryell, Eric Marienthal, Skip Martin, Donald Harrison, Steve Turre, Jimmy D Lane, Russell Malone, Bobby Watson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Fareed Haque, Javon Jackson, Walle Larson, Mark Gabriel Hasselback, Glen Goto, and many other talented musicians.
