Here is a walkthrough of how you make lessons, with screenshots. You may also be interested in our Lesson Authoring FAQ and our Lesson Guide. If you still have questions, try posting it to the FretBuzz forum about ActiveBass.

1. Making Some Music 2. Creating The Lesson 3. The Lesson Builder 4. The Page Builder

1. Making Some Music

You can point and click to create bass lines and backing tracks. Make sure you're logged in to ActiveBass, and then: • Use the Line Builder to create bass lines or licks • Use the Track Builder to create backing tracks Each bass line and track that you make are listed in your My Music page. You can then combine these to form the musical examples in your lessons. In your lesson, bass lines and licks are shown as tablature. Tracks are shown as chord symbols.

2. Creating The Lesson A lesson can be about anything and can have as many pages as you like. Show us a cool bass line that you know or show how you practice your scales or groove playing. To help categorize your lesson, we ask for some basic info before you start editing the lesson pages. To create a new lesson: • Select My Music->New Lesson to enter the header information for your new lesson. • After you create the header, you will be taken to the Lesson Builder with Page 1 already created with default values.

3. The Lesson Builder The Lesson Builder shows you the status of all pages in the lesson. It's the launching point for creating new pages or editing existing lesson pages, and to edit any of the lesson's header information. • To edit the header, click on "Edit Its Header Information". • To create a page, click on "Create Page 2" (or whatever the new page number is). • To edit a page, click on the "Edit" link associated with that page. • To view a page, click on the "View" link associated with that page.

4. The Page Builder Use the Page Builder to specify your musical examples and lesson text. Each lesson page can contain up to 2 bass licks, and one backing track. Set the tempo of your example. You can also choose a subset of measures for any of these pieces of music. • To choose a main bass line, select it from your bass lines in the Bass Line 1 menu. • To choose a 2nd bass line, select it from your bass lines in the Bass Line 2 menu. • To choose a backing track, select it from your tracks in the Track menu. • To specify your lesson text, simply enter it in the Lesson Text field. Use HTML if you like. • To change the tempo, select the desired tempo from the Tempo menu. • The First Displayed Measure Number can start your tablature measure numbers at a value other than 1. • To play the musical example, first click the "Save Page" button, and then "Play Page". • To save the lesson page, click the "Save Page" button. • To view the lesson page, click the "View Page" button. This will also save it. • To delete the page, click on the "Delete" button. When you return to the Lesson Builder, the sample page above will appear as follows: • To listen to the page, click on the speaker icon next to the page number. • To listen to a lesson bass line or track, click on the speaker icon next its name. • To edit a lesson bass line or track, click on its name.

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