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Rock Bass #1

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:12:45 +0000

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L337 Shuffle blues bass in G

MarloweDK — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:17:59 +0000

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Letting the top notes ring to give the blues bass line a fuller sound.
Played on a 5 strings Fbass VF5 bass, but the general idea can be executed on a 4 string apart from the low D.

Walking Bass #2 – “II-V7″

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:53:06 +0000

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Jazz Standard #4 – Giant Steps

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:34:18 +0000

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Flamenco and classical style picking for bass

Danny Stewart — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:29:52 +0000

Hear or download my version of summertime at my site.

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Easy Triplet / Sextuplet pattern for slap bass!

Danny Stewart — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:11:39 +0000

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Tower of Power #3

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:05:02 +0000

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Latin Tapping patterns For Bass.

Danny Stewart — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:54:07 +0000

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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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Tapping Techniques: Reggae Bubble And Bass Line Simultaneously!

Danny Stewart — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:49:25 +0000

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Intermediate Slap Bass – Sliding 7ths

Danny Stewart — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:52:45 +0000

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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!!

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Shred #3

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:49:48 +0000

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rajoe groove lesson – r.e.d.

rajoe — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:49:21 +0000

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groove inspired by a track on the ost of film “r.e.d.” – check it out great film starred by bruce willis – so this video is dedicated to him, because we were born on the same day, but with 30 years difference !

drum backing tracks
slower version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuupeB5g8zY
normal tempo at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vMCNcgh_fg

Bach #1

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:14:50 +0000

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Walking Bass #1 – Blues in Bb

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:27:35 +0000

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Christmas slap bass in E:-)

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:58:33 +0000

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“JACO” Licks in E7 – Lesson

Vince Di Francesco — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:12:26 +0000

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Playing through a couple lines inspired by Jaco. This is making the use of muted sixteenth notes. Pay close attention to the muted notes, I’m almost always playing sixteenth notes, many of them muted.

The lines contain much chromaticism, but being over an E dominant chord, these chromatic notes turn out to be useful extensions. The first lick includes the #11, and b9. The second lick contains the #11, #9, 13th, and major 7th.

I begin by playing at 100bpm, the 80bpm (the video says 60, sorry), and then rubato to give you hints at the fingerings

Using Pentatonic Scales – Bass Lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:13:53 +0000

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Jazz Standard #3 – Blue in Green

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:56:56 +0000

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Crazy Country Music Bass Line Tutorial

pudsy440 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:52:27 +0000

The bass line I was playing in my Crazy Country Music Bass Player video on YouTube. Don’t freak out, the 2nd half of the tutorial is slowed down with a nice close up if you care to learn it. Please, don’t forget to give Otis’ head a scratch. Thanks for watching.

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The original Crazy Country video from early 2011 Merry Christmas everybody.

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rajoe groove lesson – laguna

rajoe — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:55:38 +0000

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little groove inspired by and dedicated to a great source of inspiration – the very musical,humble and enthusiastic janek gwizdala

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drum backing tracks
slower version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pXrYbmJQg
normal tempo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0kO8uRBvuU

Tower of Power #2

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:42:47 +0000

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Reggae Bass Backing Track Lesson / Jam (D)

pudsy440 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:42:07 +0000

I do a close up at the end of the bass riffs I’m playing. Of course, you should make up your own too. A bit of a different feel. Audio supplied by JamTracksChannel Check out the backing track without bass from jamtrackschannel and see what you can come up with … it’s fun.

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Jazz Standard #2 – Blue Bossa”

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:02:48 +0000

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Shred #2

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:12:26 +0000

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rajoe groove lesson – boring words

rajoe — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:19:23 +0000

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chicken picking inspired busy groove with spacy bubbly drums

root notes are D – A# – G – C, watch the right thumb

drum backing tracks
slower version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuO99dpLAk
normal tempo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqel6AJJdk4

used standard squier jazz bass, with standard pickups
and really old, beaten up rotosound swing 66s
digitech bp-80
copyright rajoe

dedicated to grumpy man andor

Riff #25 – Chickenfoot – “Turnin’ left”

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:20:14 +0000

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rajoe groove lesson – dorky squirrel p

rajoe — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:58:13 +0000

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funky linley-like, bona like right picking technique with doublestops and left hand workout served with fresh groove and some salads and squirrel meat!

drum backing tracks

normal tempo 88 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBol6awdmLU

slower tempo 68 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1q-Fi9ABWI

Tower of Power #1

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:45:43 +0000

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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.

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Enjoy!!

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A – C – G Rock Riff Lesson

pudsy440 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:47 +0000

A couple people asked me to slow down a video I made to illustrate the rock riffs I was playing in a jam I posted on YouTube, here it is if you’d like to learn a few basic rock style riffs.

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The original video this lesson was based on for your perusal at full speed.

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rajoe groove lesson – happy roasted brain

rajoe — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:21:41 +0000

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kind of bobby vega-marcus miller inspired somethin’
title because my computer did a lot of freezing and loading during recording

drum backing tracks

normal tempo 88 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0hjJb__P8

slower tempo 68 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnV67DyDfL0

Rajoe Groove Lesson – Take Hive

rajoe — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:15:14 +0000

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The first lesson that makes it to PlayBassNow, using some muted thumb picking used by some Zawinul players, like Bona or
Marthe and some fill also gotten from Linley Marthe.

drum backing tracks

normal tempo 100 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MArL5pZfcTA

slower tempo 70 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CENEl3DAi-Q

Shred #1

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:07:41 +0000

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Riff #24 – Alain Caron – “Double Agent”

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:17:33 +0000

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Finger Funk with 4 Easy 2 Note Chords

pudsy440 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:55:58 +0000

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Jazz Standard #1 – “Autumn Leaves”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:57:47 +0000

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Larry Graham jams with 10 Danish bassplayers

MarloweDK — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:25:26 +0000

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In connection with Larry Graham and Graham Central Station’s concert November 6, 2011 in Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Larry Graham wanted something extra to happen during his bass solo.
So he contacted me (LG knows me from last time he visited Copenhagen where I interviewed him and also joined him on stage – see link below) and asked me to assemble 10 bass players than would join him on stage for an improvised bass jam.

Needless to say , it wasnt hard to find volunteers, we could have been 20 on stage!
Every versatile bass player over the age of 25 knows Larry Graham and is on some level inspired by him
But there was only room for 10 plus Larry and his band.
What a blast! When I looked around I only saw ear to ear smiles on my colleagues faces:-D

Bassplayers from left to right:

Morten “Jay” Jacobsen
Mikkel Risum
Nikolai Wolf
Christian Grønborg-Veitner
Nicholas Findsen
Mogens Palsbøl
Maciej Szymczynski
Henrik West
Bo Stief
Thomas “MarloweDk” Risell

“John Lee” Style Blues in E

pudsy440 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:38:56 +0000

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boom boom, easy as pie!

Riff #23 – Marcus Miller – “3 Deuces”

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:24:12 +0000

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Chords on Bass #6 – Alpha Voicings

Adam Neely — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:18:14 +0000

Hey all, check out this latest installation in our series on chords for bass. This lesson is on what I call “Alpha Voicings” for bass guitar. You should check out a few of the previous lessons to get the most out of this one(Pros/Cons, Close Position Triads, Open Position Triads). Otherwise, enjoy this latest lesson!

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Riff #22 – Alain Caron – “The Bump”

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:57:53 +0000

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Chords on Bass # 5 – Shell Voicings

Adam Neely — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:09:44 +0000

Hey all, check out this latest installation in our series on chords for bass. This lesson is on playing “shell voicings” for seventh chords on bass. To get the most out of this video, you should check out some of the previous lessons (Pros/Cons, Close Position Triads, Open Position Triads). Otherwise, enjoy this latest lesson!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Chords on Bass #4 – Harmonizing the Major Scale

Adam Neely — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:25:25 +0000

Hey all, check out this latest installation in our series on chords for bass. This lesson is on harmonizing the major scale in open and spread voicings for bass guitar. Check out the previous three lessons if you’d like (Pros/Cons, Close Position Triads, Open Position Triads) and enjoy this latest lesson!

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Alain Caron – “Solitude”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:57:11 +0000

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How to play fast legato lines – with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:43:16 +0000

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How to build speed and accuracy on the bass (Part 2) – Lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:06:46 +0000

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Riff #21 – Carol Kaye – “Bass Catch”

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:36:12 +0000

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Lydian Jazz Lick for Bass – lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:35:46 +0000

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Chord tone exercise – Bass Lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:34:30 +0000

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Riff #20 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Breaking the girl”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:02:10 +0000

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How to build speed and accuracy on the bass (Part 1) – Lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:20:06 +0000

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Chunky Funk in A Lesson

pudsy440 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:19:38 +0000

Standard Tuning. A-C-D are the basic changes. I slow it waaay down at the end for ease of learning. Using a technique where I bounce between the octave note using my index and baby finger of my left hand. Tone is provided by the “Talk” mode on my korg processor which I shut off for the slow close up at the end.

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Easy Reggae Bass Line Lesson

pudsy440 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:46:39 +0000

Reggae is a different feel for bass players, I try to remember to play sparsely but tend to fall back into a rock format too often. It’s great stuff to listen to though, for the average player to try to learn. Reggae gives you a different insight into another style of bassing. The timing is a lot different from rock and funk. A little reggae style riff I came up recently to jam with my nephew on guitar. The bass line for my Lambsbread Reggae video in the key of G.

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The original jam session video …

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Riff #19 – Alain Caron – “D-Code”

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:15:14 +0000

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E minor 7 Jazz type lick with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:14:13 +0000

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Bass Soloing Tutorial – Chord Tones Only Exercise with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:36:27 +0000

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Riff #18 – Chickenfoot – “Soap on a rope”

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:35:55 +0000

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Ghost notes (Part 2) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:51:31 +0000

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L336 Slap bass line in Em

MarloweDK — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:48:38 +0000

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A “Larry Graham style” slap line in the key of E minor
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Riff #17 – Primus – “My Names is Mud”

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:42:43 +0000

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II V I Jazz bass Lick (5) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:46:35 +0000

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Riff #16 – Stanley Clarke – “Sakura Sakura”

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:45:53 +0000

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Riff #15 – Carol Kaye – “Boogaloo”

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:41:43 +0000

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Right hand technique for Bass (Raking & Alternate plucking) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:14:20 +0000

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Funk Slap #4

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:13:59 +0000

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L335 C7 soul funk bass groove with fills

MarloweDK — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:13:48 +0000

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A simple bassline with nice and fairly easy fills using open strings, pulloffs and slides.
We are playing over a C dominant 7 chord and the scale used is mostly Mixolydian (C D E F G A Bb) with the minor third added for bluesy sound (Eb).

Recorded with my Canon T2i (550d) with a mounted Røde Videomic Pro, unfortunately the cameras internal sound limiter overcompress the sound, will fix that for next try (Will probably install the Magic Lantern camera hack )

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How to develop and expand your bass lines (part 3)

Scott Devine — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:48:00 +0000

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Riff #14 – Jonas Hellborg – Manirambha

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:20:31 +0000

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How to develop and expand your bass lines (part 1)

Scott Devine — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:35:27 +0000

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Riff #13 – Alain Caron – “Blue screen”

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:42:50 +0000

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L334 Slap bass with plucked octaves

MarloweDK — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000

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I was sitting and practicing the main bass line to Larry Grahams The Jam, its got some rapid 16th note thumb slaps and plucked octaves, that are quite hard to execute.
Inspired by that I made up this little E groove (Has nothing to do with the Jam other than the technique used)

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Riff #12 – Marcus Miller – “Rampage”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:27:20 +0000

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Riff #11 – Led Zeppelin – “Ramble on”

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:29:40 +0000

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Riff #10 – Muse – “New born”

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:00:33 +0000

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Riff #9 – Tribal Tech – “The Big Wave”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:22:29 +0000

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L333 Gm groove with open string fill

MarloweDK — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:39:36 +0000

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Fingerstyle funky Gminor groove utilizing the open G and D strings for guitarstyle minor pentatonic pulloff fill.
Played on a Bass Mods K6 six string bass, but dont worry, can be played on a four string too;-)
I favor the bridge pickup in this video
Recorded through a Korg px5d headphoneamp into a Zoom q3 hd recorder.

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Riff #8 – Dream Theater – Dance of eternity

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:00:37 +0000

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6 string bass looping fun

MarloweDK — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:16:44 +0000

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Checking out my new great ‘Bass Mods K6′ six string bass with a Boss looping pedal.

Havent played a six string in a while, so you will hear a lot of unintended string rumble from the low B string – time to shape up on the floating thumb technique:-)

Anyway, still exploring the use of open strings and 3/4 finger picking.
Im playing in the key of Eb, standard 6 string tuning,
Gear used
Pandora px5d into the line in of a Zoom Q3 HD recorder

Riff #7 – Stevie Wonder – I wish

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:09:22 +0000

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Riff #6 – Pink Floyd – Money

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:12:55 +0000

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Rock Bass Harmonics – Demonstration and Tutorial

Nate Perry — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:30:56 +0000

Nate Perry demonstrates how to utilize natural harmonics to expand the depth and color of modern rock bass lines. Right hand picking, left hand technique and stylistic/tonal aspects are discussed.
Piece is in 6/8 w/the following implied chords: C5add9, Dmaj7

Tips on Technique

Right Hand:

Playing this style with a pick allows for a more aggressive, bright and precise attack than playing with fingers. Plucking the harmonics back closer to the bridge enables the harmonics to ring out more easily. Work on alternating up and downstrokes with the pick until you settle into a comfortable pattern and pluck harmonics hard enough to make them ring out.

Left Hand:

Practice a curled, one-finger-per-fret left hand technique using your thumb as a pivot point in the center of the neck.
Curled fingers and fretting with finger tips as opposed to collapsing the hand will allow for the harmonics to ring out and sustain above the line.

Begin by plucking the natural harmonics that occur above the 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 12th frets until you find the optimum place on the neck where they ring the clearest (every bass is different). Once you are comfortable with making the harmonics happen, work on making them sustain above a root oriented bass line/progression. Direct message me for more questions and tips!

Have fun!

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Demonstration of the Line 6 LowDown Studio 110 Combo Amplifier

Nate Perry — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:36:09 +0000

This is me banging around on the Line 6 LowDown Studio 110 Combo amp and testing out the different presets. I am pretty amazed at how good this little amp sounds and the presets are a good starting point from which to dial in a good tone pretty quickly. Digital modeling has really come a long way.

The amp has 4 presets: Clean, R&B, Rock and Grind w/a 4 band variable EQ, headphone jack, etc. etc. Great practice amp, would be fine on small gigs and sounds great in the studio. The XLR out on the back makes it very easy to plug and play in the studio and get a good tone right off the bat. I am a little old fashioned when it comes to bringing an amp this small to a gig though in any venue larger than 100 capacity, but if you were in a situation where the FOH engineer could give you the stage volume you needed in your monitors then you could definitely count on the sound guy being happy with the direct out your were sending him. Still, for all practical purposes, a studio or practice amp. Favorite preset: GRIND

Please note: Video was shot on the fly using an iPod Nano, so please excuse the narrow screen view. I was, however, pretty happy with the quality of the audio from the Nano recording, so the listener can get a good feel for the sound of the amplifier.

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Riff #5 -The Strokes – “Metabolism”

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:35:11 +0000

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L332 Hip jazzy bass lick

MarloweDK — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:59:07 +0000

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Jazzy “two five” (Em7 A7) lick
One bar Em7 to one bar A7, but can also be used over a straigth Em7 or A7 groove/solo.
Some examples in the end of the video, where i use snippets of the lick

How To Play – “Higher Ground” (RHCP)

Nate Perry — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:04:01 +0000

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A step-by-step tutorial with Nate Perry on how to play Flea’s intro bass line to “Higher Ground”, the 1989 Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of the Stevie Wonder song, from their album “Mother’s Milk”.

Hi there, my name is Nate Perry, this is the first of many more bass tutorials that I will be putting up and I am excited to be a new member of the PlayBassNow community. “Higher Ground” is a good exercise in slap and pop octave execution and one of Flea’s more well known bass lines. Focus on these key elements and the line will come together in no time:

Groove and time: Never lose site of the swung 8th/8th note triplet feel of the line. Practice it with a metronome, slowly at first, while gradually increasing the tempo – paying close attention to laying it in there, leaving space in between the notes and focusing on the groove.
An aggressive right hand attack. An aggressive slap with the thumb and hard pop/pull with the middle finger is essential to bringing out the tone.
Deconstructing the line, isolating each part and looping the most difficult parts until they become smooth. Don’t just play the whole line over and over. When you run into a snag, focus on that snag until you iron it out.

Good luck and thanks for checking it out!

L331 Funky bass fill “Pulloff Galore #2″ and Using your voice when playing

MarloweDK — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:57:19 +0000

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First a little section about using your singing voice (Im not a singer mind you ) when playing bass.
and also:
Pulloff galore #2.
G groove plus fill in two octaves like in the previous video (L330)

L330 E Blues bass lick “Pulloff Galore”

MarloweDK — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:32:12 +0000

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Voice mic very low, shit happens, dont complain, the explanation is really not needed,;-)

E blues groove/lick in with pullofs, vibrato, slides, open strings and good stuff in two octaves

Im playing a Rickenbacker 4003 with bridge pickup only.

Im actually deep down a blues player with funk rhythm

L329 E6add9 bass chord with harmonics and lydian major lick

MarloweDK — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:22:43 +0000

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E6add9 chord played with harmonics (from top B, F#, C#, G#, E )
This is a 5 string bass, so you get 4 harmonics and a fingered rootnote E on th B string. For 4 string bass just play the top 3 strings as harmonics (from top B, F#, C#) and play the open E string.
The lick is based on the E major lydian scale (E, F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D# ), but you can *think* F# mixolydian (same notes but starting on F#), that can help with the fingering

L327 Slap bass groove in Am

MarloweDK — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:28:17 +0000

Slap line with using the open A string and double stops in sixths
Im playing my five string Fbass VF5

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L326 Cm groove with fast runs

MarloweDK — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:52:06 +0000

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Funky Cminor groove with swinged 16ths
Im using a 4 finger plucking technique on my five string Fbass VF5
Download backing drum loop here

Riff #4 – Kool and the gang – Ladies Night

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:13:59 +0000

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Tablature available on my website

Riff #3 – Yes – Roundabout

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:00:50 +0000

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Tablature available on my website

MarloweDK meets Larry Graham on Bass

MarloweDK — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:22:42 +0000

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A dream come true, playing Larry Grahams bass on stage with the Master himself:-)
Venue is “Jazz by the Sea” at Copenhagen Jazz festival 2011
I wont wash my thumb for a long time:-D
A thin guy with a white bass hides behind a fat guy in the start of the video – I guess he is shy;-)
The sound is unfortunately very shitty, but you can hopefully get an idea of the vibe.
Notice the two local danish guys in the hornsection, trumpet player is Michael Millfield

THANK YOUI LARRY GRAHAM! FOR THE INSPIRATION!

Riff #2 – Cream – Sunshine of your love

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:33:45 +0000

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Riff #1 – Slaughterhouse 3 – Trapèze

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:58:26 +0000

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Lights Of Heaven – Joe Satriani

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:21:35 +0000

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Riff of the song “Lights of heaven” (Joe Satriani)

Tablature available on my website

#31 Bass slapstyle groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:31:51 +0000

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Bass guitar funk slapstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS recorded directly in LineIn. If you need tabs write me an e-mail: mcrtchan@mail.ru

Jazz Phrasing Lesson

Scott Devine — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:48:15 +0000

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#30 Rock bass riff

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:35:59 +0000

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Rock fingerstyle bass groove . I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and DUNLOP MXR M-80 DI+. It is mainly used minor pentatonic with added 6 and a little rake. If you need tabs write me an e-mail: mcrtchan@mail.ru

Walking Bass Lesson – Static Minor Chords

Scott Devine — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:08:03 +0000

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#29 Funky bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:00:53 +0000

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Funky fingerstyle bass groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and DUNLOP MXR M-80 DI+. It is mainly used minor pentatonic with added b5, 3, 6 and a little rake. If you need tabs write me an e-mail: mcrtchan@mail.ru

Walking Bass Lesson – 2 chords per bar (Crash Course) Pt3

Scott Devine — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:17:50 +0000

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Major Chordal Vamps For Latin Styles

Danny Stewart — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:06:28 +0000

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Jazz Lick for bass – Major 7th (1)

Scott Devine — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:05:43 +0000

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Palm mute latin stuff

Gigu Neutsch — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:22:27 +0000

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Here is an example of a Montuno bass line played with the right hand mute technique. This is the easiest way to get the right sound for this kind of music, if you don´t have the right bass with you. Especially playing in a band, which does´nt play the whole evening one style, it´s impossible to bring 4 or 5 basses with you. So you need a good bass and some different techniques to be able to come up with the requested sound. There are lots of videos explaining exactly how this works: lay the palm of your hand on all 4 strings close to the bridge, and pluck the notes with your thumb. Regarding to the pressure and the position of your palm the sound is changing. Check out how your bass sounds doing this…

Double Bass: Swinging The Blues

Danny Stewart — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:59:20 +0000

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L325 Funky G minor bassline

MarloweDK — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:47:48 +0000

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Funky G minor bassline with minor pentatonic fill.
Sound is from the internal camera microphone, a bit too much compression

Slap and Pop bass line

Danny Stewart — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:17:03 +0000

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The chorus bassline from my original song Torn. This line incorporates slap and pop techniques at a moderate – advanced skill level. For tabs on this please visit http://dannymstewart.com/free-bass-tutorials.html and search under Slap category; Tabs and notes appear under the video and can be downloaded by right clicking and saving image as….Backing loop is also available from the media widget below…. Happy slapping!

Slap percussion

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:03:59 +0000

Slap groove with right and left hand percussion

Tablature available on my website

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More slaps in Em

Gigu Neutsch — Tue, 24 May 2011 21:53:53 +0000

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Interesting slap lines don´t have to be fast. More important are phrasing,
melodie and a combination of all funky “ingredients”: hammer on´s, pull off´s,
slides, triplets etc.

Ray Brown Funk Groove

Bass Mods — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:47:33 +0000

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This is a funk groove that was transcribed from an obscure video where Ray Brown was showing a college class that he could play funk on the upright.

This was one of many choruses.

II V I Jazz Lick Lesson (1) (7th to 3rd Resolution)

Scott Devine — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:49:15 +0000

Here’s just a quick tutorial showing a really easy II V I lick. In it i’m discussing the 7th to 3rd resolution over the II V – If you haven’t heard of this check the tutorial out as it’ll really help you out when making up your own lines. – There’s whole books written on using the 7th – 3rd resolution with improvising!

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Funky slap w triplets

Gigu Neutsch — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:47:43 +0000

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Some funk studies with triplets, hammer-on´s, pull-off´s, doublethumb etc.

Groove in 5/8

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 04 May 2011 06:55:37 +0000

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Groove in 5/8 – G minor scale (G A Bb C D Eb F G)

Tabs and backing track are available in my website (Fingerstyle page)

L323 4 finger groove in Dm

MarloweDK — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:59:46 +0000

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Groove in D minor using the 4 finger technique (Matt Garrison, Damian Erskine, Gary Willis….)

Im playing a canadian built 5 string F-bass, model VF5

If you have noticed – I have a “playing ramp” installed between the pickups to keep my fingers from getting caught under the strings when using this plucking technique. Gary Willlis invented this contraption I think, if you want to know more search for “ramp” and “gary willis”. Gary Willis have done a video on have to construct a ramp yourself, it can be found on youtube.

Here is a link to a transcription, TAB or backing track for this lesson, but You need to be a registered user to download.

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

Walking bass lesson – part 1 (CRASH COURSE!)

Scott Devine — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:02:46 +0000

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 walking bass line so I had to come up with something fast that was going to be able to get me out of trouble, keep the band happy and ultimately not get me the sack lol! (Getting the sack would have been even more complicated as the band I was working for was a full time pro band on a cruise ship… I might have got stranded in Barbados!… actually that sounds quite good!).

This is a quick tutorial explaining what walking bass are and more importantly how to get ‘up and running’ with them without having to get into too much theory.

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Rock Out in “G”

pudsy440 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:19:03 +0000

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A jam at first, then SLOOOWW with a close up … so you can learn it too. Be the first kid on the block to Rock Out in “G”

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F# FUNK ROCK JAM

pudsy440 — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:56:03 +0000

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Once again, jamming to a very repetitive drum beat with a repetitive riff in F# and improvising on the fly. Lock in with the basic rhythm and play around with it. A great practice for developing bass endurance and consistency IMO. Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

#28 Bass fingerstyle groove with rake

Miha MKRT4AN — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:10 +0000

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Bass guitar funk fingerstyle groove with rake.
I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and Tech21 NYC SansAmp VT Bass recorded directly in LineIn.

Rhythm Loop Fun

pudsy440 — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:01:52 +0000

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A bit of fretless fun with a rhythm loop demonstration.

Basically, one way I have a lot of fun with a rhythm loop is to mostly focus on the “foot pedal” component of the rhythm. Start out by just playing the basic foot pedal rhythm with just one note until you can lock into that. Then throw whatever improvisation you can into the mix. The notes aren’t that important IMO, play what you feel. The thing is keeping time with the beat while jamming the best you can. The first video is just me alone noodling with a loop and the 2nd video was later that night (sorry about the lack of light) when my nephew came over and helped me with some backing guitar. I find it fun to use a loop like that (when you don’t have a live drummer), it’s a bit educational, but mostly it’s fun and if it’s not fun playing bass, there’s not much point! Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

Easy Fingerstyle Funk

pudsy440 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:38:47 +0000

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A funky little ditty in the key of A with a change to C. I slow it down in the 2nd half of the vid so you can learn it easily. Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

How to play – Crossroads

pudsy440 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:46:10 +0000

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Some alternative riff ideas for playing crossroads on bass slowed down. Originally a Robert Johnson blues tune, it became very popular as a rock classic by the band Cream in the late 60′s. Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

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This a playalong of the actual Cream tune I did a couple years ago, so you can see how my riffs work with the song. (sorry, you’ll have to crank the volume on this one, it recorded at a low volume)

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My Bass Tardized version of crossroads performed at full speed.

Walking bass – “Anthropology” – Charlie Parker

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:20:21 +0000

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Tabs available here

Improvised rock bass Key of A

pudsy440 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:20:00 +0000

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The simple pattern is demonstrated at the end of video. It’s fun to rock jam over simple drum beats and I think it helps to keep you tight with the drum in a live situation. Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

#27 Bass fingerstyle funk groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:54:40 +0000

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Bass guitar funk fingerstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and Tech21 NYC SansAmp VT Bass recorded directly in LineIn.

Jaco Pastorius – “Kuru”

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:31:19 +0000

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Main riff of “Kuru”

Tablature available here

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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MusicMan Stingray Classic Review

casimer — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:27:04 +0000

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Review of the Musicman Classic StingRay 4 Bass Guitar, Black, 4-String, Single Humbucker, 2-Band EQ, Black Pickguard, Maple Neck.

I’m very much enjoying playing this right now, particularly slap style as the action is perfect and it feels really responsive.

Hope this is a useful insight into what the bass is like, it’s not an exhaustive review, there’s many more sounds that can be got from the bass from your hands and different EQ settings.

“Partage” – with TAB and backingtrack

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:23:05 +0000

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Here my composition called “Partage”

You can download the tablature and the playback here

#26 Bass slap funk groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:59:34 +0000

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Bass guitar funk slapstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and Tech21 NYC SansAmp VT Bass recorded directly in LineIn.

#25 Bass pickstyle groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:30:17 +0000

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Bass guitar funk pickstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and Tech21 NYC SansAmp VT Bass recorded directly in LineIn.

#24 Bass guitar groove with harmonics part 1

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:51:00 +0000

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Bass guitar groove with harmonics part 1.
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

Rocco Prestia Style Groove

casimer — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:50:43 +0000

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16th note funk groove in E, played on this lovely Music Man Stingray Classic series, inspired by and using Rocco Prestia’s approach to finger style funk. Rocco would use mostly his index finger on his fretting hand and then dampen and mute the strings with his other fingers. I use this technique here for part of the groove and then also use the more traditional finger-per-fret technique.

Hope you enjoy!

ICMP Scholarship Diary #2

casimer — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:15:11 +0000

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The 2nd in my diary entries talking about things I’m learning at the ICMP (Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) in Kilburn where I won the scholarship to study a Bass Higher Diploma. This entry is all about the blues scale based in G. The groove is constructed by purely thinking about inversions and is an exercise in learning to play them fluidly and to improve fretboard knowledge. Click here to download fretboard diagram

#23 Slap bass groove in six eighth

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:34:22 +0000

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Slap bass groove in 6/8
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

#22 Nice fingerstyle bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:23:23 +0000

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This is video answer on Ed Freedland’s WarwickLX video with slow version

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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#21 Shuffled slap bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:44:53 +0000

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My new slap groove on my new fender jazz bass with doublethumb
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

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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“Présentation” – with TAB and backingtrack

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:55:56 +0000

Here my composition called “Présentation”.

The bass plays the theme in B minor.

You can download the tablature and the playback here

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Bass groove change 2

Gigu Neutsch — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:01:18 +0000

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Advanced rhythm studies…

Bassgroove change

Gigu Neutsch — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:16:20 +0000

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What can happen if you change the start point of your pattern…..

Dream Theater – Erotomania

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:15:00 +0000

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The main riff of a great songs, in 5/4 and 9/8

Free tabs available here

#20 Funky slap bass

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:42:31 +0000

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For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru
Key of B-minor.
Tempo – 100 bpm.
Recorded with Boss LMB-3

#19 Fingerstyle bass groove Am

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:25:38 +0000

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Funk bass groove in Am. Bars 1,3,5,7,etc in 7/8 (seven eighth). Bars 2,4,6,8, etc in 8/8.
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

L311 Em pentatonic scale bass fills on Am7

MarloweDK — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:22:09 +0000

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My favorite scale substitution, playing a minor pentatonic from the 5th of a Minor chord (also useful for 7Sus chords).
In this example an E minor pentatonic scale (E G A B D) over an Am7 chord.

The fast triplet fill is with fast “shakes” (i think it is called), very much in the Abe Laboriel vibe:-)

Large iPod friendly .m4v

Medium iPod friendly .m4v

Flash .flv

African soul

Gigu Neutsch — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:03:37 +0000

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Remembering the Gm pentatonic scale in the first two positions.

#18 Shuffled fingerstyle bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:13:20 +0000

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In this video i tried to get shuffle feel. I pushed each even 8th beat closer to next odd.
Then added some slides, dead notes, rake… For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru.

#17 Fingers, harmonics and hammer on

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:50:04 +0000

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Nice fingerstyle bass groove with harmonics and hammer on and dead (muted) notes. For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru.

L310 Picked Dm groove w open strings fill

MarloweDK — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:08:03 +0000

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A little holiday lick, from Afitos in Greece.
Getting heavy into pick playing again, as always inspired by me friend the great Bobby Vega.
Check out the new Bobby Vega fanpage on Facebook, Im administering it together with Bobby himself. Lots of good stuff is goin to happen there;-)

Im using the good old Korg Pandora px4d with some compression and chorus

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Download Flash flv version here

Doublethumb shuffle in A

Gigu Neutsch — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:42:59 +0000

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Shuffled groove in A with bluesy fills using my “alternative doublethumb technique”.

More details on this technique under

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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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Slap funk III

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:06:16 +0000

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For this third lick, a new technique: a right hand percussion with index and middle finger.

Free tabs

#16 Funk bass jam

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:28:45 +0000

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Small funk jam…
Tempo 100 bpm
Key of E-minor
Drum machine – BOSS RC-2 loop station
1st track – fingerstyle groove
2nd track – tapping lick
3rd track – something like slap
4th track – slap with doublethumb
5th track – little solo lick
St. Petersburg

Em Dorian Slapfunk

Gigu Neutsch — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:27:59 +0000

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6. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:12:13 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 5 and introduce “Octaves” addition to thumb slap, pop/pluck, left hand slap and hammerons.

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#15 Slap funk groove in shuffle feel

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:23:19 +0000

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Doublethumb slap funk groove in shuffle feel. G-minor.

5. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:52:27 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips

This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 4 and cover the basic “funk/rock scale” – the minor pentatonic scale and trills in addition to thumb slap, pop/pluck, left hand slap and hammerons.

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Esperanza Spalding – I know you know

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:23 +0000

Here the intro of this wonderful song.

Tablature

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4. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:42:08 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 3 and cover the right hand pluck/pop in addition to basic thumb slap, left hand slap and hammerons.

Download iPod friendly mv4 here

3. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:53:50 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue the concepts from lesson 2 and cover basic slap with the thumb and left hand slap and hammerons.

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Solo Concepts – Lyrical Motivic Development

Adam Neely — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:17:50 +0000

This is a video on something that I call “lyrical motivic development.” Check it out.

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It’s important to stress the fact that no, you don’t have to be actually singing the lyrical content as you play it. You merely use the lyrics as a guide to what you end up playing, and that way it becomes easier to “hear” what you are going to improvise.

Hope you enjoy.

#14 Fingerstyle bass groove with rake & hammerons

Miha MKRT4AN — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:17:24 +0000

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There are many rake notes, harmonics, hammerons. For tabs mail me on mcrtchan@mail.ru. Have a nice playing! )) (St. Petersburg, Neva-river)

#13 Fingerstyle bass groove with 16th notes

Miha MKRT4AN — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:14:43 +0000

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Key G-minor. Tempo – 120 bpm. For tabs mail me on mcrtchan@mail.ru.
Have a nice playing! ))

2. Basic slap bass – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:27:36 +0000

By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue the concepts from lesson 1 and cover basic slap with the thumb, ghosted notes, muting and offbeat basslines

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Groove #01

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:25:32 +0000

Groove #01

Chords: C – G – Am – F

Scale: C major

Transcription

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1. Basic slap bass – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:54:16 +0000

By popular demand I’m starting a series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques.
This lesson will cover basic slap with the thumb, ghosted notes, muting, hammerons and plucking/popping.

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Download iPOd friendly video (m4v format)

Here is a link to a transcription, TAB or backing track for this lesson, but You need to be a registered user to download.

Scale exercises 2

Gigu Neutsch — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:04:16 +0000

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E maj scale in 4th steps over 2 octaves

Funk Disco Line #1, in Db9

paul vienneau — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:20:23 +0000

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This is a short bass line I wrote based on a Db9 chord, which is based on the Db mixolydian mode, with a touch of Db blues scale thrown in too. The subdivision is 16th notes, the metronome is clicking on 2 and 4.
Check out my other lessons, articles and videos at www.playbassnow.com, a wonderful website devoted to helping you become a better bassist.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them here.

Style John Patitucci

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:26:06 +0000

Jazz lick over two chords:

Bmaj7 = B major scale
Gmaj7 = G major scale

Tablature

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Chord Scales – Part II

Adam Neely — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:36:31 +0000

This is for the slightly more advanced bass players out there looking to expand their theoretical horizons. This is the second video in a series on the often misunderstood concept of chord scales (check out the first video here). No, this won’t make you an amazing bass player, but it should give you some food for thought.

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Here’s a “Chord Scale Primer” with instructions for constructing basic diatonic chord scales and a list of all 7 diatonic chord scales in C major, as well as a page listing the 5 Secondary Dominant chord scales.

http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/chordscale-primer.pdf

http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/secondary-dominant-chord-scales.pdf

Enjoy!

Chord Scales – Part I

Adam Neely — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:59:45 +0000

This is for the slightly more advanced bass players out there looking to expand their theoretical horizons. This is the first video in a series on the often misunderstood concept of chord scales. No, this won’t make you an amazing bass player, but it should give you some food for thought.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here’s a “Chord Scale Primer” with instructions for constructing basic diatonic chord scales and a list of all 7 diatonic chord scales in C major.

http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/chordscale-primer.pdf

Enjoy!

Improvisation part III

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:35:26 +0000

Third part:

Improvisation over C7 chords (C E G Bb) with two scales:

- C myxolydian mode = C D E F G A Bb C

- C Lydian b7 mode = C D E F# G A Bb C

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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!!

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Improvisation part II

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:00:53 +0000

Second part:

Improvisation over C min7 chords (C Eb G Bb) with three scales:

- C aeolian mode = C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

- C dorian mode = C D Eb F G A Bb C

- C phrygian mode = C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C

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Scale exercises 1

Gigu Neutsch — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:30:04 +0000

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Gmaj scale exercise in triads over 2 octaves (african feel)

Improvisation part I

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:13:47 +0000

First part:

Improvisation over C maj7 chords (C E G B) with two scales:

- C major scale = C D E F G A B C

- C lydian mode = C D E F# G A B C

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#12 Fingerstyle bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:41:58 +0000

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Nice fingerstyle 16th notes groove with dead notes, slides, legato and rake. FOR TABS mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

Latin 6/8 grooves over the modes

Gigu Neutsch — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:22:06 +0000

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Do you still remember all the different modes?

Here is another example with almost all of them within one tune, in 6/8 groove

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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#11 Fast Bass DoubleThumb groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:33:49 +0000

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Another fast doublethumb groove in G based on minor pentatonic

Style Steve Bailey

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:55:59 +0000

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A lick for fretless bass inspired by Steve Bailey, with chords and artificial harmonics

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#10 Fingerstyle bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:33:42 +0000

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Another fingerstyle groove with lefthand muting, rake, open strings, slides, blues notes.
Mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru and i send you Tabs for this video

Gary Willis Style #03

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:14:28 +0000

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This third lick inspired by Gary Willis uses a A minor pentatonic, with palm mute and dead notes

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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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#9 Sixteenth notes slap groove lesson

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:04:23 +0000

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This lesson consists of four simple elements. First element is righthand slapping with lefthand muting. Second – lefthand striking (stroking) with righthand muting. Third – popping with lefthand muting. Fourth – hammer and pulloff.
Tabs for this lesson in GuitarPro5 format tabs
Tabs for this lesson in PDF format tabs

E Slap Double-thumb/Pluck Technique (BL11)

casimer — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:16:01 +0000

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Slap Groove in E with fairly advanced Double-Thumb/Pluck technique.
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Casimer

One of my own funk lines #3

Dmanlamius — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:38:39 +0000

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The third in my “Cool Funk lines to play” from myself. This one is a slap and pop lesson, aimed at students with slap and pop experience. If you are a beginner, check out my beginner slap and pop lessons!

Oh, and thankyou for all the positive messages you have all left on my other vids, here on playbassnow.com!

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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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Gigu’s Slapfunk in A

Gigu Neutsch — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:37:41 +0000

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Slow Slapfunk lick with some of my „alternative doublethumb“ technique (see more details of this technique under http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09ryv8mQPw )

hammer on, pull off, triplets etc.

BassIda shows the funk

MarloweDK — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:44:12 +0000

A great funky bassplayer from my home country Denmark – We just have to support the the local troops;-)

BASSIDA aka IDA FUNKHOUSER aka Ida Kristine Nielsen!
Sings, raps and play bass!!

First solo album out now: “Marmelade”.
The music is a mix of old school funk, hiphop and ear catching soul.
-With a lot of Bass in it
Ida is also the bass player of ZAP MAMA and have been playing all instruments, writing and producing music in different bands for years.

Here Bassida shows how to play her bass line to her funky track Marmelade

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