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Marcus Miller – Blast Theme 1st part

Sebu — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:50:17 +0000

here is my version of “Blast” with a slow version. Hope you’ll like it!!

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Jurassik Funk groove #1

Sebu — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:50:34 +0000

Here is the first groove of my old school funk band called “Jurassik Funk”. The bass transcription book of the entire album will be available soon.

You can hear (and buy) the album at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jurassikfunk.

I played the groove of the first song called “Jurassic funk”, hope you’ll like it!!

You can download the transcription on my website, bassistik.com

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Larry Graham – Pow groove

Sebu — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:29:53 +0000

I was inspired by the marlowe video so I transcribed the groove in pdf, guitar pro 5 &6; you can find two grooves but I played only the second.

You can download the tabs here : bassistik

Alain Caron style – Groove N°1

Sebu — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:51:15 +0000

Hello folks,

I tried to play in the style of the great Alain Caron, jazz-fusion player from Canada.

You can get details in the second part of the vid with the slow version; hope you’ll like this type of funk.

You can get the tabs in guitar pro format or pdf on my site, bassistik.com.

Enjoy!!

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Carol Kaye groove #2

Sebu — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:45:51 +0000

Carol Kaye is a famous female bass player from the 60′s; she recorded witrh so many artists I can’t make a list!!

Carol used to play a Precision with flat strings and a pick.

The grooves I tried to play come from “bass lines #1″ by C. Kaye

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Carol Kaye groove #1

Sebu — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:02:49 +0000

Carol Kaye is a famous female bass player from the 60′s; she recorded witrh so many artists I can’t make a list!!

Carol used to play a Precision with flat strings and a pick.

The grooves I tried to play come from “bass lines #1″ by C. Kaye

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Alain Caron groove style

Sebu — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:55:11 +0000

Here is a groove taken from “D-Code” by Alain Caron, album “Play”.

No double thumb, no double pluck, only traditional technique, but you need a 5 string bass !!

Tempo: 120 bpm

You can find a transcription of this groove here

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Advanced slap groove – try this at home!!

Sebu — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:37:23 +0000

hi everybody,

here is some work for your thumb, double popping, hammer-on and so on…

This groove is stolen from Bastien Burger, great french bass player but too shy to share (hey, what a good title for a song!! “too shy to share” !! Give me a folk guitar now!!)

I have a tab for this groove but don’t know how to share it. I’m looking for a solution.

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SLOW VERSION :

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Download transcription / TAB here

Stevie Wonder – Sir duke Unison part

Sebu — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:05:47 +0000

here is the bass part of the unison with the horns. There is a slow version on the second half of the video.

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Try before buy: testing bass books I

Sebu — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:18:35 +0000

Hello,

I’m testing several bass books, playin’ some grooves at various levels.

first video is a groove taken from “Slap it!” by Tony Oppenheim, the second from the book “Ultimate slap bass” by Stuart Clayton.

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Doug Wimbish style – Right hand slap effect

Sebu — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:05:42 +0000

hi,

this is a video trying to explain one of the numerous effects used by Doug Wimbish.

The groove I played is originally played by the famous french bass player Jean Bisello.

Slow version & details included.

Enjoy!!

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Double thumb bass groove 02

Sebu — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:37:33 +0000

Hi,

another approach of the double thumb technique.

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Step Bass groove – Percussive approach

Sebu — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:10:54 +0000

Hi,

here is a Step bass groove inspired by Jean-Luc Gastaldello, another famous french bass player.

You can see the details in the second part of the vid.

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Double thumb bass groove

Sebu — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:10:51 +0000

Hi,

I played a groove inspired by the famous french bass player Jean Bisello, hope you’ll enjoy it!!

Slow version on the second part of the video.

The bass is a Spector Euro LX.

Happy new year folks!!

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Victor Wooten Etude #1

Sebu — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:42:07 +0000

Hello,

I’m working on a tune called “Me and my bass guitar” by Victor Wooten.

Here is the first groove of the song, not including the chords and percussion at the begginning (we’ll see it on a next video)

Hope it will help to find your way. Slow version on the second part of the vid.

Cheers

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How can I create a bass line?

Sebu — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:21:04 +0000

Here are some elements about creating a bass line.

Choose a scale, choose a rhythm pattern and go!!

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1526/compowork01.jpg

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Marcus Miller – Power groove

Sebu — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:17:19 +0000

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Marcus Miller – Scoop Theme

Sebu — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:19:17 +0000

I was inspired by the Marcus video available on Youtube, “Scoop”.

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Marcus Miller – Rampage groove

Sebu — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:27:27 +0000

Hi,

I’m workin’ on Rampage, here is the first groove, slow version included.

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Marcus Miller Etude – Run for cover (groove)

Sebu — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:15:25 +0000

Here is the first groove of this tune. Marcus plays some variations every time, but I think this version is close to the original version.

You can find some details on the second video.

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Marcus Miller Etude – Scoop (groove)

Sebu — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:12:42 +0000

Here is the first groove of this song. I was inspired by the Marcus version on his DVD called “Master of all trades” (you can find this version on youtube, he plays only with the bass, no backing band).

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Tapping lick – TL02

Sebu — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:18:07 +0000

Slow version included.

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Tapping lick – TL01

Sebu — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:29:18 +0000

Hi,

here is a tapping lick mixing sixteenth notes and triplet notes, creating interesting rythm I think.

Slow version and details included.

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Slap bass groove – SG08

Sebu — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:28:42 +0000

Here is a groove employing the double thumb fill.

The slow version is included.

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Step bass groove – STG03

Sebu — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:10:36 +0000

Here is a groove inspired by Jean-Luc Gastaldello, french bass player who wrote a book called “Le Step”.

The second video tries to give details about the different techniques I used to play that groove, the third video is the slow version of the groove.

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Step bass groove – STG02

Sebu — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:59:03 +0000

Another Step bass groove of my composition. Slow version coming soon.

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1st video with explanations and slow tempo:

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Step Bass Groove – right hand fingering

Sebu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:26:31 +0000

Another step groove using this special right hand tapping.

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slow close-up for the right hand tapping technique

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Step bass groove – right hand slide

Sebu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:02:27 +0000

ok, here is the step bass technique in a groove context.

This one concentrates on the right hand technique, but you can also hear the left hand percussions as well as the strumming right hand on the 2nd part of the groove.
Strumming consists in sweeping a string with all the fingers of the right hand, begginning with the small finger (the 4th), then the 3rd, 2d and 1st.
Right hand slide tries to imitate a out of tune drum.

Voici un groove qui emploie le glissé main droite ainsi que du strumming. La première partie est purement “step”, la deuxième est plutôt “slap”. On m’a demandé du step en contexte de groove, le voici, même si toutes les techniques ne sont pas employées dans ce dernier, ça donne quand même une idée non?

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Step bass L02

Sebu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:17 +0000

Watch the special right hand technique.

I try to play a percussive pattern.

Later we will play a real bass groove using this particular technique.

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Step bass L01 (beginners)

Sebu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:54:16 +0000

The notes on the video are:

G – C – A – D

Always the same pattern, start at a slow tempo (60bpm), then increase your speed and try to reach 100bpm.

It’s a warm-up exercice.

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Step Bass ex01

Sebu — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:06:40 +0000

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Step bass!!

This term was invented by a French bass player, Jean-Luc Gastaldello.
The step technique includes the main techniques of slap with different percussive techniques.
These movements are used by masters such as Abraham Laboriel or Victor Wooten.
Step Bass includes about ten different movements for right hand/left hand.

This video is just an example, lessons will follow soon!!