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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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Walking Bass Lines Crash Course – Lesson 2
This series of walking bass lessons show you an easy-to-understand and easy to put into practice method to create walking bass lines. This is the second part to my ‘crash course’ in walking bass lines. As I said in the earlier tutorial, there’s a lot to learn when it comes to creating good walking bass lines, but these lessons should …
Walking Bass Lines Crash Course – Lesson 1
These walking bass lessons show you an easy-to-understand and easy to put into practice method of creating walking bass lines. In my younger years, I found myself in an awkward situation where I was asked to play some jazz type walking bass lines for a band I was in… At the time I had NO IDEA how to create a …
Lydian Type Jazz Lick Bass Lesson #1
In this new bass lesson I’m going to show you a nice little lick you can play over a Major 7th chord. What’s interesting about this one, is that there’s a sharp 11th in it, which creates the “tension”. If something makes you think of the Simpson’s, that’s because of this very tension note. If you’re not used to hearing …
Jazz Phrasing Bass Lesson #2
This is my second bass lesson in this series about phrasing. If you haven’t watched the first one, please check it out here! In this lesson we’ll go on working with Blue Bossa which is very well-suited for our purposes. So let’s see how we can develop our phrasing on this tune, keeping in mind that all this information is …
Jazz Phrasing Bass Lesson #1
Today I’m gonna be talking about jazz phrasing in the context of bass soloing. But what is… “phrasing”? Well, to put it simply, it’s just like when you’re talking: there’s what you say, the words you use, etc. and how you say it –rhythm, intonations, breathing… Have you ever ever been told “It’s not what you say! Its HOW you …
Jazz Lick for Minor-7th Type Chords #1
In this new bass lesson, I’m taking you through a lick that we can play over an E minor 7th chord or over its relative major chord which is G Major 7th. I’ll be showing you what triads and arpeggios I’m using, so you’re not only learning a new lick but you can also expand on that and build your …
Jazz Lick for Major-7th Type Chords #2
Here’s another bass lick you can play over major-7th type chords.The previous one was built mainly over the C major arpeggio. This one uses quite a few chromatic notes, for a change. Nothing really complicated but watch your fingering! We’ll learn this lick in B flat major but as always, don’t hesitate to transpose it in other keys. Also, experiment …
Jazz Lick for Major-7th Type Chords #1
As you probably know by now, ScottsBassLessons is not just about licks, grooves and chops… What I’m striving to do here is to give you a ‘non-reductive’ approach to learning and playing the bass. That said, I’m not ‘anti-lick’ at all! What I’m saying is that it’s not enough to learn a ton of bass licks, particularly if you want …
II-V-I Jazz Lick #5
Here’s a new II-V-I bass lick in the key of Eb. Like in the previous lesson, we’re gonna be playing the II-V within the first bar, instead of playing one chord per bar (or two bars for the root). When you’ve got it under your fingers and you’ve practiced it in various keys, try to be inventive with the phrasing …
II-V-I Jazz Lick #4
I‘ve received quite a bunch of e-mails asking me about II-V-I bass licks that happen within one bar (actually, it’s generally the “II-V” that happens on one bar). The previous II-V-I’s I’ve showed you were on 3 or 4 bars: one bar on the II, one bar on the V and one or two bars on the I. So, in …
II-V-I Jazz Lick #3
Here’s a new lesson showing you another II-V-I bass lick, this time in the key of Eb. As I said many times before –but I’m saying it again in case you didn’t hear it…, once you’re comfortable playing a bass lick in one key, stretch yourself a little and practice it in all keys. You won’t regret it, as you’ll …
II-V-I Jazz Lick #2
In today’s bass lesson we’re gonna be working on a little II-V-I melody in the key of C Major. The chords are Dm7-G7-C7 and we’ll have one bar of each. Within this lick, I use a chromatic exclosure type lick that sounds really cool, IMHO (btw, you may be interested in my lesson about targeting chord tones chromatically). When you’re …
II-V-I Jazz Lick #1
Here’s just a quick bass lesson showing you a really easy II-V-I lick. Here I’m discussing the 7th to 3rd resolution on the II-V. Sounds complicated but you’ll see it’s not! If you haven’t heard of this, do check this lesson out, as it will really help you out when making up your own lines. Here, we’re gonna be playing …
How to Target Chord Tones Chromatically
Today, I’m going to show you a little chromatic bass lick that’s often used to link up chord tones / phrases. If you haven’t watched my lesson called Chord Tones / One Position Exercise, do check it out too! As you probably know by now, I’m not particularly in favour of learning a ton of licks and trying to use …
The “Richard Bona Lick”
A few of my students asked me to show them the ‘lick’ the great bass player Richard Bona plays in many of his solos. I figured there’d be lots more bass players out there that would be interested too so here it is… Downloadable Transcription
