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Rock Bass #1

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

Tablature available on my website Bassebruno.com

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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.

One-Finger Technique

Adam Neely — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:43:18 +0000

Hey all, Adam Neely here with a video about the possible advantages of playing bass with just one finger, ala James Jameson. It’s all about cultivating a certain sort of groove and feeling while you play that two-finger bass playing can’t quite replicate.

Enjoy!

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Walking Bass #2 – “II-V7″

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

Tablature available on Bassebruno.com

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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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How To Play Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac/John McVie)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:30:07 +0000

Here’s the second tutorial in a short mini series of John McVie lines. This tune looks at Little Lies – from the Tango In The Night album.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac/John McVie)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:31:05 +0000

Here’s a tutorial showing how to play the John McVie line to Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac.

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If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

Easy Triplet / Sextuplet pattern for slap bass!

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

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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….

Soloing Concepts. Using intervals

Danny Stewart — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:15:31 +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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How To Play Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:28:23 +0000

Here’s another McCartney tutorial – this one is Hard Day’s Night. If you have any questions please use the contact form at my play bass guitar website.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uL4JCt2Vc8]

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!!

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

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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

JAZZ STANDARD – BLUE BOSSA – BASS SOLO #090

federico vassallo — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:51:07 +0000

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How To Play Stepping Out (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:11:43 +0000

Here’s another Graham Maby bass guitar tutorial for you. Today we’re looking at the line to Stepping Out. If you have any questions please hit me up via the contact form at my learn bass guitar website.

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Easy slap bass in A with the minor pentatonic scale

MarloweDK — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:52:32 +0000

An excerpt from the MarloweDK – Beginning Slap Bass DVD
Bassline only uses the A minor pentatonic scale, A C D E G

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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

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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Extended Major Arpeggios on Bass – Lesson

Vince Di Francesco — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:00:08 +0000

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In this video, I show how to play extended arpeggios on major 7th chords.
for those unfamiliar with extended arpeggios, they are a continuation of the arpeggios past the 7th. These are called the upper structure notes or “extensions”. These extensions add different flavour to chords and are useful when attempting melodic passages. They are widely used in jazz.

Because bass players love playing in E minor/G major, I’ve put this lesson beginning in G major. The arpeggio includes these notes:

G B D F# A C# E

The C# is not derived from the G Ionian (Major) scale, but C is sharpened to prevent the clashing of the 3rd and the 4th (minor 2nd, ugh…) You will notice that there is a pattern of alternating Major and Minor 3rds. This may help you memorize it easily. The inversions to which I’m referring in this video are simply other 4 note arpeggios found within this extended arpeggio simply by beginning on a different chord tone.

I’ve provided you with a couple of my own exercises. These will build dexterity and fretboard familiarity.

The subtitles should explain what I’m doing, if you’re still stuck, don’t hesitate to ask.

Christmas slap bass in E:-)

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

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How To Play I’m The Man (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:38:40 +0000

Here’s a tutorial for the great Joe Jackson song I’m The Man – very cool Graham Maby bassline.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my learn bass guitar website and use the contact form.

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Electro-Harmonix Micro POG on Bass

Vince Di Francesco — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:05:07 +0000

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I just felt like demoing my new POG with two of my basses. Its an extremely cool pedal and is by far my favourite octave pedal. The low octave sounds rich and warm, unlike most octave pedals which I find sound choppy and loose, especially when playing below an open A. The upper octave is extremely cool for soloing and melodic applications, as well as achieving an 8-string sound.

When I tried it out in the store, I was also trying a Boss OC-3 and an MXR Bass Octave. The Boss is the standard, but I found that this pedal really raised the bar. The only thing it doesn’t do is get that dubby drum and bass tone that we associate with the OC-2.

Im playing with a Lakland Darryl Jones and a Fretless Fender Jazz through an Ampeg Micro VR

“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

How To Play – Fools In Love (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:27:40 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s the next in my series of Joe Jackson/Graham Maby basslines. This tune is called Fools In Love and has a cool, swing reggae vibe. If you have any questions, head over to my learn how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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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How To Play Lovecats (the Cure)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:28:52 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on how to play through the Lovecats by The Cure. As always if you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Jazz Standard #2 – Blue Bossa”

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

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How To Play – Is She Really Going Out With Him (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:38:33 +0000

Here’s the first of a new mini series of tutorials looking at some of the early work of Graham Maby with Joe Jackson.

Today’s lesson looks at Is She really Going Out With Him. If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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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MarloweDK interview

MarloweDK — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:11:35 +0000

An interview I did with Gregor Fris from www.basstheworld.com

Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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I also played his nice Sandberg California bass;-)

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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.

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

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

Tablature available on my website

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How To Play Bass To Hard Day’s Night (Beatles)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:33:42 +0000

Here’s another McCartney tutorial – this one is Hard Day’s Night. If you have any questions please use the contact form at my play bass guitar website.

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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

How To Play All My Loving (Beatles/McCartney)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:21:39 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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“John Lee” Style Blues in E

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

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boom boom, easy as pie!

How To Play Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:38:32 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

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If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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!

Cool!

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Bass chords with Major triads exercise

MarloweDK — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:06:33 +0000

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Download the PDF TAB

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To practice Major triads as chords in root, 1st and 2nd inversion Im using Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as example.

Thx to the great bassplayer and Playbassnow.com teacher Adam Neely for opening my eyes with this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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How To Play 8 Days A week (beatles/McCartney)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:58:13 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

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If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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!

Cool!

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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!

Cool!

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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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How To Play – Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:47:26 +0000

Here’s a video lesson showing how to play a line that will get you through Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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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3 Standard Bass Line Variations for Blues in B

pudsy440 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:10:11 +0000

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3 classic variations on the blues theme for bass, all in the key of B, standard tuning, jammed to the same blues type rhythm track.

Riff #19 – Alain Caron – “D-Code”

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

Tablature available on my website

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How To Play – Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:14:52 +0000

Here’s a tutorial lesson showing the three sections you need to learn to get through my favourite Rolling Stones tune Paint It Black. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me on my how to play bass website.

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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

Tablature available on my website

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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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How To Play Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:02:01 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on playing through the bass line to Honky Tonk Woman. If you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Double bass diaries – first position

MarloweDK — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:03 +0000

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Damn, i got the position wrong, its the 1st position, i forgot about the ‘half position’, its been a while, ha ha.
FIRST position without looking using a clipon tuner
Been a while since Ive uploadet a doublebass video, truth is that Ive been too busy with other stuff to play the damn thing, but i need to get back on the horse:-)

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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Ghost notes (part 1) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:42:23 +0000

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How To Play I Wish (Stevie Wonder)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:37:56 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on how to play I Wish by Stevie Wonder in the original key of Ebm on a conventionally tuned 4 string bass. If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Tips for practicing arpeggios

MarloweDK — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:14:57 +0000

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Different fingering possibilites for arpeggiating a Dominant 7 chord
Good for learning the fretboard and get started with walking bass
When playing from the root its called “rootposition”
From third its called “first inversion”
From fifth its called “second inversion”
From flatted seventh its called “thirdt inversion”

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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Right hand muting (floating thumb and more!) – Bass Lesson with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:59:34 +0000

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How To Play – Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:59:01 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play through Jumping Jack Flash. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the contact form on my how to play bass website.

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II V I Jazz bass Lick (4) with Scott devine

Scott Devine — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:20:31 +0000

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Riff #15 – Carol Kaye – “Boogaloo”

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

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How To Play – Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:00:06 +0000

Here’s a simplified lesson on how to play an authentic sounding line for Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones. If you have any questions please use the contact form on my how to play bass website:

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Easy solo bass with open strings

MarloweDK — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:20:07 +0000

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Having fun with ringing or droning open strings, for some beautiful solo pieces.
In the example I use the A aolian scale (A B C D E F G), the A major scale (A B C# D E F# G) , The A mixolydian (A B C# D E F# G) and the D major scale (D E F# G A B C#)

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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Using open strings as passing notes

MarloweDK — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:03:02 +0000

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How to use the open strings for fast bass runs no matter the key.
Im playing my old Maison electro acoustic bass
In this lesson I only use the open G string.

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Letting the snare drum breath – with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:22:08 +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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How to develop and expand your bass lines (part 2)

Scott Devine — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:28:39 +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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II V I Jazz Lick (3) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:49:21 +0000

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II V I Jazz Lick (2) with Scott Devine

Scott Devine — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:45:37 +0000

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How To Play – California Girls (Beach Boys)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:35:07 +0000

Here’s the next in my mini-series of video lessons on Beach Boy bass lessons….today we’re looking at California Girls. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Pentatonic scale practice

MarloweDK — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:26:55 +0000

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Tips on practicing the minor pentatonic scale
And a bit on how the minor and major pentatonic scales are connected
Also watch my other video on the 5 positions of the pentatonic scale.

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Jazz Phrasing Lesson (part 2)

Scott Devine — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:21:30 +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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Timing lesson

MarloweDK — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:03:18 +0000

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Just a had a bass student who wanted to improve his timing , here are some tips from the lesson:-)
I use a online metronome from http://metronomeonline.com

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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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How To Play Surfing USA (Beach Boys)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:04:33 +0000

Here’s a video tutorial on how to play through Surfing USA by The Beach Boys. If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Chords on Bass #3 – Open Position Triads

Adam Neely — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:36:44 +0000

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

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Peace,

Adam

Riff #11 – Led Zeppelin – “Ramble on”

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

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Chords On Bass #2 – Close Position Triads

Adam Neely — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:03:18 +0000

Hey all, this is the second in a series of lessons dealing with playing chords on bass. In this one, we check out close position triads in all inversions and look at the concept of “chord melody.” Be sure to check out the first video in the series. Enjoy!

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Riff #10 – Muse – “New born”

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

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Chords on Bass #1 – Pros and Cons

Adam Neely — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:00:11 +0000

In this little video lesson I wax poetic a little bit on the advantages and disadvantages to approaching bass guitar with a chordal mindset.

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Stay tuned for the rest of the series!

-Adam

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

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

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How To Play – Midnight Hour (Duck Dunn/Wilson Pickett)

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:30:19 +0000

Here’s the sixth lesson in my mini series of Duck Dunn bass tutorials. This lesson is The Midnight Hour.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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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How To Play – Raindance Maggie (Chili Peppers)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:42:10 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the new Chili Peppers tune The Adventures of Raindance Maggie. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to use the contact from on my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – Respect (Otis Redding/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:13:19 +0000

Here’s the 5th in the mini series of lessons looking at Duck Dunn lines. This lesson is Respect – the Otis Redding version. If you have any questions, please use the contact form at my how to play bass website.

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Riff #6 – Pink Floyd – Money

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

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How To Play – Hard To Handle (Otis redding/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:38:27 +0000

Here’s a video lesson – the next in the mini series of Duck Dunn bass lines – showing how to play the line to Hard To Handle by Duck Dunn (the otis redding version). If you have any questions, jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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

How To Play – Hold On I’m Coming (Duck Dunn/Sam and Dave)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:32:23 +0000

Hey

Here’s the third in a mini-series of Duck Dunn bass line tutorials. This one is Hold On I’m Coming by Sam and Dave. If you have any questions don’t forget to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Soloing Concept For Minor 2-5-1

Bass Mods — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:09:01 +0000

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4 finger picking bass technique explained‬

MarloweDK — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:51:02 +0000

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Here I try to explain the 3 and 4 finger picking technique Ive been praccticing lately. Players that master this playingstyle are for instance Gary Willis, Matt Garrison, Damien Erskine, Janek Gwizdala.‬

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

L328 Bluesy rootsy bass picking groove in Dm

MarloweDK — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:30:31 +0000

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Having fun with the 4 finger picking technique, a little guitarlike bluesy groove
Im playing my 5 string Fbass Vf5

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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How To Play – Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:13:25 +0000

Here’s a lesson showing how to play the main parts of Knock on Wood – this is my favourite Duck Dunn bass line!

If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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Larry Graham interviewed by MarloweDK

MarloweDK — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:04:49 +0000

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Another great moment in my life, getting the chance to chat with my biggest bass inspiration Larry Graham.

The interview took place after the GCS concert july 4 at the ‘Jazz By The Sea’ venue during Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2011.
Thank you Larry Graham, Tina Graham and the band

Larry speaks of one of his biggest influences on guitar (which he started out with) Clarence Gatemouth Brown, where he learned the song ‘Okie Dokie Stomp’ note for note.
Listen to the original here:

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Riff #3 – Yes – Roundabout

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

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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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How To Play – Mr Pitiful (Duck Dunn/Otis Redding)

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:52:11 +0000

Here’s a short video on playing the main sections to Mr Pitiful by Otis Redding. The bass line was played by the very great Duck Dunn. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to use the contact form on my how to play bass website.

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Soul funk gig

MarloweDK — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:01:48 +0000

Playing the first koncert with trumpet player Michael Millfield and his Attitude Band.
2 reherseals and a lot of sheet music, but great vibe and musicians.
Venue is Musikcafeen in Copenhagen ,
Im playing a Fbass VF5 5-string bass

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Riff #1 – Slaughterhouse 3 – Trapèze

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

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How To Play Mama’s Pearl – (The Jackson 5)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:13 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line for Mama’s Pearl by The Jackson 5. If you’ve got any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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)

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#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

How To Play – Shake Your Body Down (The Jacksons)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:52:25 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play the basic groove to Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) by the Jacksons. This is a synth bass line – so you’ll need a synth bass sound! I teach the basic groove and 4 fills that you can use at the changes of section.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to connect with me.

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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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How To Play – Sherry Darling (Bruce Springsteen)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:53:52 +0000

Here’s a quick video lesson on how to play the bass to Sherry Darling by the very great and very underrated Garry Tallent. If you play in any kind of rock, pop or modern country setting then Garry is one of the guys you should be checking out. This is from an album called The River which is probably Garry’s finest work.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – ABC (Jackson 5)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:47:00 +0000

Here’s a quick bass lesson on how to play the bass line for ABC by The Jackson 5. The original bass player was Welton Felder (I think).

If you have any questions then head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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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

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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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!

Sweep Picking

Danny Stewart — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:08:56 +0000

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A simple method of sweep picking on six string or tenor bass guitar. (applies to fourstring too)

Download TAB and notes from www.bassinyerface.com/LessonPDFs/

My TC electronic looping setup

Janek Gwizdala — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:32:13 +0000

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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m the last person in the world that wants to talk about gear… but I’ve been getting a lot of questions about what I use for looping when I’m home practicing so I ran the camera for a minute to illustrate the setup. I’m using the new Flashback pedal from TC that they just sent me very kindly, and in this video I’m using the TC electronic Nova Repeater for the delay sounds. This is all running through the RH-450 head and a 2×10 TC cabinet. You do see the Line6 DL4 make an appearance in the video, but I wasn’t using it at all this time. I’m hoping this smaller looping setup will make it onto my main pedal board and save me some space and weight on the road!

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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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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How To Play – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:01:40 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a lesson looking at the synth bass line section of PTY. There’s a slap section too – perhaps Thomas will teach that one day

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to hook up with me.

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Beginning Slap Bass DVD example

MarloweDK — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:32:10 +0000

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Roughly edited and the format may be changed
An example from coming DVD release “Beginning Slap Bass” by MarloweDK.
Still dont know if there will be any speak on this release , but TAB will most certainly be included

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.

Practicing Dominant 7 Arpeggios

Adam Neely — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:40:12 +0000

Here’s the next installment in my “practicing arpeggios” series – dominant 7 arpeggios. Gotta love the woodshed….

Since we started with Major 7 arpeggios and Minor 7 arpeggios in the last couple videos we’ve seen that all 7th chord arpeggios are in a way easier to deal with since you’re not going to be shifting as rapidly, but because there’s one more note than in the triad arpeggios (Major, Minor, Augmented,Diminished), there are a lot more options for position shifts and fingering. This video isn’t exhaustive, but it will give you some ideas for shifting and practicing the shape in one and two octaves.

Enjoy! Oh, and for those who find this series too challenging/too easy, I have a couple other lesson series in the pipeworks, so stay tuned.

-Adam

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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.

How To Play – Beat It

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:59:27 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play bass to Beat It by Michael jackson. If you’ve got any questions don’t hesitate to hop over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to get in touch.

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L324 Major pentatonic lick

MarloweDK — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:31:42 +0000

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Major pentatonic & Major triad lick using doublestops, slides, hammerosn and pullofs “Hendrix style”.

Recorded with a Zoom Q3 HD

Practicing Minor 7 Arpeggios

Adam Neely — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:44:11 +0000

Here’s the next installment in my “practicing arpeggios” series – minor 7 arpeggios.

Since we started with Major 7 arpeggios, we’ve seen that all 7th chord arpeggios are in a way easier to deal with since you’re not going to be shifting as rapidly, but because there’s one more note than in the triad arpeggios (Major, Minor, Augmented,Diminished), there are a lot more options for position shifts and fingering. This video isn’t exhaustive, but it will give you some ideas for shifting and practicing the shape in one and two octaves.

Enjoy!

-Adam

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How To Play – The Ties That Bind

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:03:04 +0000

Here’s a video lesson on how to play the basic parts of Garry Tallent’s bass line on The Ties That Bind from Bruce Springsteen’s The River album.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to ask me a question.

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The new bass from Fodera

Janek Gwizdala — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:59:09 +0000

Groovin Bass Line in E

pudsy440 — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:28:58 +0000

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I slow it down in the 2nd half so you can learn a groovin bass line in E … With Beer and a Beagle. Check out my youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pudsy440

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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Walking bass lesson – Part 2 (CRASH COURSE)

Scott Devine — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:36:36 +0000

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 tutorials should get you on the right path as fast as possible so you can start applying these concepts in real playing situations.

Good luck!

Part 2

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Practicing Major 7 Arpeggios

Adam Neely — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:38:10 +0000

Hey all, it’s been a little while since I uploaded a lesson to PlayBassNow, so I thought and I’d go ahead and start posting the next series of lesson videos in my series on practicing arpeggios. This series aims to expand your knowledge and experience with the geometry of the fingerboard by methodically going through all the different arpeggio shapes and closely examining fingering concepts associated with each one.

Major 7 arpeggios, like all 7 chord arpeggios as we’ll see, are a bit easier to deal with since you’re not going to be shifting as rapidly, but because there’s one more note than in the triad arpeggios (Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished) there are a lot more options. This video isn’t exhaustive, but it will give you some ideas for shifting and practicing the shape in one and two octaves.

Enjoy!

-Adam

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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)

How To Play – Don’t Stop Me Now Part 1

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:35:32 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play Don’t Stop Me Now. This is the first part of a two parter. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at my how to play bass website.

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2. Band in A Box for Bass Players

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:12:32 +0000

Here’s the second in my series of columns on Band In A Box for bass players.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me via my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – 25 Miles

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:53:59 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play Edwin Starr’s 25 Miles. It’s a simple two bar groove – but there are some great fills in the tune!

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my How To Play Bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – What Does It Take (To Win your Love)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:32:49 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play the bass line to the great Junior Walker track What Does It Take (To Win your Love).

As always, if you have any comments don’t hesitate to head over to my How to Play Bass website and use the contact form.

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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.