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Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of playing bass, but there’s more to explore than you might think…
If you're interested in digging deep into what really makes a solo 'great' - then this is the course for you!
Pentatonic scales are simple to learn and used the world over by many cultures. But their simplicity disguises their huge potential for making your lines more hip. Intermediate and advanced players will discover a lot of new avenues for exploration in this course.
In this course, Rich Brown and the SBL team keep on in their efforts to stretch your abilities to the full. You’re going to learn what modes are, how they look on the fretboard and how you can use them in your own bass playing.
The tunes in Level 8 are sure to push your skills even further down the path to bass mastery! What you’ll learn in “Kolkata”: Plucking hand articulation to get that Jaco sound, Tips on dialing in the perfect tone, Using muted, or “dead” notes in your bass lines to add another rhythmic element, A full breakdown of each beastly bass line in the piece, Soloing over a 12-bar section of C#m7, And so much more...
The tunes in Level 8 are sure to push your skills even further down the path to bass mastery! What you’ll learn in “Sheen”: How to play in the pocket on this soulful, Steely Dan-like, 16th-note groove, Using muted, or “dead” notes in your bass lines to add another rhythmic element, Playing unison runs up the neck using the minor pentatonic scale, Double stops (or two-note chords), Creating your own bass lines over a sequence of major-7th chords, You’ll even have a chance to develop a slap bass part!
The tunes in Level 9 will hopefully push your already-advanced skills to the max, along the path to bass mastery! What you’ll learn in “Cook Up”: An awesome fusion song in 5/4 time, Melodic playing in the higher registers, Improvising a bass line in 5/4, Executing a bass solo (without getting lost in the odd meter), And so much more...
“Four Square” is an awesome fusion tune that will challenge even the most seasoned players in a ton of ways… with tricky rhythms, changing meters, sections for improv., alternating slap and fingerstyle lines, and a whole lot more. An additional part of the challenge is simply getting through this longer piece of music without any major mistakes or hang-ups. It’s an extreme bass workout… Are you ready for it?
The tunes in Level 9 will hopefully push your already-advanced skills to the max, along the path to bass mastery! What you’ll learn in “Qualifyer”: A really great piece in the style of a jazz standard with a bebop-style bass melody, How to create killer walking bass lines, specifically over minor ii–V–i’s, Chromatic approach notes, Soloing in the jazz style, and connecting phrases at a high level, Multiple scale choices for the given harmony, And much more...
