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- AboutScott Devine… Scott Devine is one of the most versatile and in demand bass players on the UK scene today. He has performed, recorded, shared taxis, vans, planes and boats with players such as, Adrian Ingram, Martin Simpson, Gary Boyle, Neil Brocklebank, The Drifters, The Four Tops, The Nolans, Marisa Turner (Prince, Chaka Kahn), Peter Grant (top 5 jazz artist), Spyro Gyra, Ogie Alcasid, Vina Morales, The Jeff Andrews band (Mike Stern) and has performed at venues such as Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express (London Soho), The 606 Club, The Vortex, Dubai International Jazz festival and Montreal grand prix. Currently Scott is Musical Director for platinum selling Polish artist Tatiana Okupnik. Alongside side teaching at several Universities within the UK, Scott is writing a set of Bass guitar method books covering a wide range of topics due for release in 2011. He is also busy recording his debut album, which is due for release in 2011.
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The Gary Willis Approach # 1
Gary Willis has to be one of the most virtuosic, original and unique sounding bass players of the last twenty years. From his early work with Wayne Shorter, the groundbreaking fusion band Tribal tech through to his more recent projects like Triphastic, his bass playing is never less than breathtaking. I was lucky enough to study with him in Barcelona …
Gary Willis Style pentatonic Lick
The legendary bass player Gary Willis is in my opinion one of the most unique bass players out there. He has his own unique approach to the bass guitar, not only in the way he plays but also his sound. He is one of the few bass players that is instantly recognizable when you hear him play. I was actually …
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 Build Speed & Accuracy on the Bass #2
This is the second part of my lessons on building speed and accuracy on the bass. So if you haven’t seen the first part… In the previous lesson, we worked on descending the C major scale, breaking it down into chunks of increasing size, adding one note at a time. In this lesson, we’re going into the exact same process, …
How to Build Speed & Accuracy on the Bass #1
Speed… Almost every learning bassist wants to play faster, which is understandable, but don’t forget that speed is something you build day after day and it mustn’t be at the expense of accuracy. Actually, trying to play too fast, i.e. play much faster overnight, can cause mental and physical blocks that will slow down your progress. So, what can you …
Playing Fast Legato Lines on the Bass!
This new bass lesson deals with legato playing. What is legato playing? It’s combining hammer-ons and pull-offs, which implies that to play legato, you first have to master hammer-ons and pull-offs… So if you haven’t already, practice that first. This video will show you what they are, in case you don’t know. Legato playing allows you, among other things, to …
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 …
Walking Bass Lines over Static Minor Chords
The walking bass lines video lessons show you an easy to understand and easy to put into practice method of creating walking bass lines. Within this walking bass lesson I discuss how to create lines when there is a static minor chord for an extended period of time. You can find this kind of chord sequence in jazz standards like …
