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Category Archive for: ‘Bass Lines & Grooves’
Using Simple Shapes on the bass #2
The ‘sexy’ notes… First of all, I wanted to say a big thanks to all of you who left such nice comments and spread the word regarding the first part of this bass lesson about using simple shapes. That means a lot to me –and is a real boost when “the going is hard” because I’ve got sooo much to …
Using simple shapes on the bass #1
My students are definitely an inexhaustible source of ideas for new bass lessons! The previous lesson to this one, Internalizing fingering positions on bass, followed a private lesson with a student who had a pretty good bass technique but struggled to use it in a live situation… This one follows a lesson I gave to a professional bass player who …
Internalizing fingering positions on bass
As you may know, alongside my online bass lessons — and when I’m not on a gig marathon… I also give one-on-one coaching. The bass student I met yesterday was a pretty well-rounded “technician” but came to me because he found it difficult to apply all this patiently acquired knowledge in a live situation. Can you relate? If you do, …
Funky Bass Groove #2 in G7
Want more funk bass lessons? I got such a great feedback following the ‘Funky Bass Groove in C7′ lesson that I decided to make another one, this time on a G7 chord, for a change. This time we’re gonna be grooving and creating a bass line on top of a good old Hammond organ –or ‘underneath’, rather. Like in the …
Funky Bass Groove #1 in C7
Hey funk bass lovers! In this new funk bass lesson, I’m completely deconstructing a great groove and showing you why it ‘works’ on a C7 chord (C dominant 7), but the same applies for any dominant chord, of course. First, remember the arpeggio on a dominant chord is: root-major 3rd-5th-flat 7th. Second, make sure you lock in with the bass …
Using Triads To Create Bass Lines
Understanding and using triads within your bass lines is really going to help you grow not only a bass player but also as a musician. Triads are chords in there most simplistic form. As bass players we can utilize the triads within our bass lines and from doing so it helps us expand on the information we already have available …
Using Pentatonic Scales on the Bass #4
In the previous lesson, I began to talk about learning your pentatonic scales in different positions –on your bass, I mean, not sitting and standing ;). And this is really important because, as with any scale, if you know it in only one position or pattern, you’ll get stuck!!! So you have to learn them starting from different positions / …
Using Pentatonic Scales on the Bass #3
In this third lessons about using pentatonic scales on the bass, I’m taking another lick that can be played over our chord sequence, which was: A minor / Bb Major / C Major (2 bars). Actually, it’s a really common lick that you’ve probably heard on several funk records! But still, it sounds good, and, like the previous one, it …
Using Pentatonic Scales on the Bass #2
This is my second lesson in this series about using pentatonic scales in your bass lines. Because of the tonality of these five-note scales, pentatonics are very versatile and can be used in all sorts of ways and styles of music –pop, rock, funk, jazz… you name it. In the previous tutorial, we took a very simple chord sequence that …
Using Pentatonic Scales on the Bass #1
Pentatonic scales are widely used in almost every style of music, so much so that they’re often called the ‘bread and butter’ of the bass player! In this lesson, I’m showing you how you can get pentatonic scales into your bass lines and what they are good for. I’m also discussing how to adapt them, depending on the style of …
How to Expand & Develop Your Bass Lines #3
In this third lesson, I’m expanding on what we’ve seen in the two previous lessons on how to expand and develop your bass lines, so if you haven’t watched them already, please do so! Lesson 1 is here and lesson two is… there ;). The chord progression we’re working on is from John Mayer’s “Perfectly Lonely” and goes: C Major / …
How to Expand & Develop Your Bass Lines #2
In this lesson, we continue working on developing the bass line over John Mayer’s “Perfectly Lonely”. If you haven’t seen the first tutorial of this series on expanding & developing your bass lines, please check it out and then come back to this one. So, if you remember, the tune is basically a 4-chord sequence: C Major / F Major …
How to Expand & Develop Your Bass Lines #1
In this lesson I show you how you can start to develop and expand your bass lines. The tune I use as an example is John Mayers ‘Perfectly Lonely’ which originally has Pino Palladino playing on it. – Check him out if you haven’t already! This series will show you –if you’re not already convinced, that you DON’T need to …
Letting the Snare Drum Breathe…
In this lesson, I’m talking about what I call ‘letting the snare drum breathe’, which means leaving room for the snare drum, as you might have guessed ;). In a 4/4 beat, the snare drum would generally be hitting on 2 and 4, right? 1-snare-3-snare… If you hold all your notes –i.e. let them ring, it doesn’t leave any room …
Chord Tone Exercise Video Bass Lesson
A few weeks ago, I did a tutorial where I showed an exercise for soloing, where we used only chord tones. I got such a fantastic response to this lesson that I decided to show you another of my favorite chord tone exercises. This exercise will help you identify where the chord tones are on the neck, and not just …
