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The end of the learning path with a lot of funk and other styles .
Play Bass Guitar 7: Advanced Styles & Techniques
Styles & Techniques for Late Intermediate to Advanced Bass Guitarists
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About this course
Welcome to Play Bass 7: Advanced Styles and Techniques for late intermediate to advanced students of bass guitar.
This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford, Teymur Phell, David Santos, Andy Irvine and Kai Eckhardt.
The Advanced Styles and Techniques curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
As your playing advances, you’re more likely to want to explore various styles and techniques to challenge yourself. The lessons in this core course will equip you with more sophisticated skills as you become a well rounded player.
Play Bass 7 is divided into 3 sections. The first section is all about the Funk! Tips on getting great funk tone and some serious grooves to tackle. In section 2 you will be playing Latin bass and learning the concepts that make this such a great style for bass players to have in their skill set. In the third section you will go deeper into odd time signatures and advanced intervallic concepts.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your bass and let’s get started!
This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Stu Hamm, Andrew Ford, Teymur Phell, David Santos, Andy Irvine and Kai Eckhardt.
The Advanced Styles and Techniques curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
As your playing advances, you’re more likely to want to explore various styles and techniques to challenge yourself. The lessons in this core course will equip you with more sophisticated skills as you become a well rounded player.
Play Bass 7 is divided into 3 sections. The first section is all about the Funk! Tips on getting great funk tone and some serious grooves to tackle. In section 2 you will be playing Latin bass and learning the concepts that make this such a great style for bass players to have in their skill set. In the third section you will go deeper into odd time signatures and advanced intervallic concepts.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your bass and let’s get started!
What you'll learn
- Play a salsa groove using slap bass technique
- Incorporate ghost notes effectively into funk grooves
- Incorporate syncopated muted rhythms into bass lines
- Control note length and articulation for musical phrasing
- Maintain tight rhythmic synchronization with drums and guitar
Release date: 05/24/2018 • 5h 00m runtime
Sample lessons
Funk Off
Bass Line #17
The Brothers Funk
Groove 20
Mr. J.P.
Groove #28
Funky One
Groove #38
What's included
74 lessons • 51 charts • 39 Jam Tracks
Play Bass 7: Advanced Styles & Techniques
Welcome to Play Bass 7: Advanced Styles & Techniques!
This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by multiple top TrueFire educators. The curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
As your playing advances, your more likely to want to explore various styles and techniques to challenge yourself. The lessons in this core course will equip you with more sophisticated skills as you become a more rounded player. All the key examples are tabbed and notated. You can loop and slow down any of the videos to work at your own pace, plus, you'll have all the available jam tracks to work with as well. Take as much time as you need to work on each lesson before moving on to the next one.
If you want to dig deeper - or wider - into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path. There, you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your bass, and let's get started!
This Bass Learning Path core course is presented by multiple top TrueFire educators. The curriculum is comprised of select bass guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
As your playing advances, your more likely to want to explore various styles and techniques to challenge yourself. The lessons in this core course will equip you with more sophisticated skills as you become a more rounded player. All the key examples are tabbed and notated. You can loop and slow down any of the videos to work at your own pace, plus, you'll have all the available jam tracks to work with as well. Take as much time as you need to work on each lesson before moving on to the next one.
If you want to dig deeper - or wider - into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path. There, you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your bass, and let's get started!
Ghost Notes
Ghost Notes - Introduction is a video guitar lesson presented by Stu Hamm and is sourced from Stu Hamm U: Slap Bass.
When funky slap patterns get going pretty quickly, the imaginary line between rhythmic sounds and actual notes gets a bit blurry.
This section introduces you to the "ghost note" concept, in which your left hand makes a sound that is not necessarily a discernable note by hitting the fingerboard. Using this technique will really add a new dimension to your funk playing, so let's get to it!
When funky slap patterns get going pretty quickly, the imaginary line between rhythmic sounds and actual notes gets a bit blurry.
This section introduces you to the "ghost note" concept, in which your left hand makes a sound that is not necessarily a discernable note by hitting the fingerboard. Using this technique will really add a new dimension to your funk playing, so let's get to it!
Open E Ghost Note Slap
Open E Ghost Note Slap - Ghost Notes is a video guitar lesson presented by Stu Hamm and is sourced from Stu Hamm U: Slap Bass.
To get you familiar with the ghost note technique, let's start with a basic exercise on the open E string to get your left hand up to speed and comfortable with creating a sound with your left hand. Then I will break down and show you a lick that is a staple of my funk/slap vocabulary that combines hammer-ons with the ghost notes.
Check out how different it sounds and feels at different tempos!
To get you familiar with the ghost note technique, let's start with a basic exercise on the open E string to get your left hand up to speed and comfortable with creating a sound with your left hand. Then I will break down and show you a lick that is a staple of my funk/slap vocabulary that combines hammer-ons with the ghost notes.
Check out how different it sounds and feels at different tempos!
Triplet Application
Triplet Application - Ghost Notes is a video guitar lesson presented by Stu Hamm and is sourced from Stu Hamm U: Slap Bass.
Well, of course we can use ghost notes to create triplet patterns. I am so glad that you asked!
Here you will begin to see that there are a lot of similarities between hammer-ons and ghost notes, the main difference being that the actual note is not as important as the actual accuracy of the rhythmic figure.
Well, of course we can use ghost notes to create triplet patterns. I am so glad that you asked!
Here you will begin to see that there are a lot of similarities between hammer-ons and ghost notes, the main difference being that the actual note is not as important as the actual accuracy of the rhythmic figure.
Thumb Application
Thumb Application - Ghost Notes is a video guitar lesson presented by Stu Hamm and is sourced from Stu Hamm U: Slap Bass.
Here we will find another way to get a triplet by using our thumb to create a rhythmic sound in the pattern to create a triplet pattern.
First we need to physically get a handle on how to get a percussive sound with our thumb and coordinate it with our other fingers and patterns.
Take your time and get the easy parts sounding great before you try to get it up to speed.
Here we will find another way to get a triplet by using our thumb to create a rhythmic sound in the pattern to create a triplet pattern.
First we need to physically get a handle on how to get a percussive sound with our thumb and coordinate it with our other fingers and patterns.
Take your time and get the easy parts sounding great before you try to get it up to speed.
What the Funk
What the Funk - Bass Line #14 is a video guitar lesson presented by David Santos and is sourced from 50 Bass Grooves You MUST Know.
Here's a real funky line using the low third of the dominant 7th chord of the moment. A very historic piece of bass information and R&B identity is the dropping to the low third and climbing to the fifth of the chord. Sometimes the climb contains all of the chromatic notes found between the third and the fifth and sometimes it leaves one out. In this line we use combinations of chromatic and non-chromatic climbs from the third to the fifth as well as half step approach tones and other ways of approaching a given target note. Very funky stuff to add to your trick bag.
Here's a real funky line using the low third of the dominant 7th chord of the moment. A very historic piece of bass information and R&B identity is the dropping to the low third and climbing to the fifth of the chord. Sometimes the climb contains all of the chromatic notes found between the third and the fifth and sometimes it leaves one out. In this line we use combinations of chromatic and non-chromatic climbs from the third to the fifth as well as half step approach tones and other ways of approaching a given target note. Very funky stuff to add to your trick bag.
Funk Off
Funk Off - Bass Line #17 is a video guitar lesson presented by David Santos and is sourced from 50 Bass Grooves You MUST Know.
This groove is a one chord vamp that utilizes a 16th note pick up. After the pick up, the main basic riff starts on the downbeat on a high F and drops to the low F on the E string, and then gets very rhythmic down there on the low F. The right hand has a nice workout on these rhythms. Concentration on the right hand is key if you want the rhythms clean, tight and funky and muting with the left hand. The fills around the basic main bass line are built around the blues scale using slides, hammer-ons, trills, and blues licks to add to the funk of the groove.
This groove is a one chord vamp that utilizes a 16th note pick up. After the pick up, the main basic riff starts on the downbeat on a high F and drops to the low F on the E string, and then gets very rhythmic down there on the low F. The right hand has a nice workout on these rhythms. Concentration on the right hand is key if you want the rhythms clean, tight and funky and muting with the left hand. The fills around the basic main bass line are built around the blues scale using slides, hammer-ons, trills, and blues licks to add to the funk of the groove.
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Reviews
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mickstick
Verified buyer
09/27/20
Great lessons to step up your Bass.
I am a guitar player learning to be a bass player as opposed to a guitar player that thinks he can play bass. These techniques are not easy but well explained. Learning all the subtle art of the bass is rewarding.
07Nitro
Verified buyer
03/05/19
Great course
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