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Creating Bass Lines
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Creating Original Bass Lines
Join seasoned Berklee Professor Danny Morris in a unique series that breaks down the essentials needed to create fresh sounding bass lines over common chord progressions.
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About this course
Join seasoned Berklee Professor Danny Morris in a unique series that breaks down the essentials needed to create fresh sounding bass lines over common chord progressions.
What you'll learn
- Create melodic bass lines using pentatonic scales over chord changes
- Use sus4 voicings that resolve to major 3rd
- Change harmony through bass note choices while other instruments sustain
- Develop arranging skills for full song structures
- Build arrangements using the binary concept (simple then complex)
Release date: 09/18/2013 • 6h 14m runtime
Sample lessons
Groundwork
Passing Tones
Using Triads
Rhythm & Syncopation
Playing with 6/8 Time
Playing With 6/8 Time
Seventh Arpeggios
Seventh Arpeggios
What's included
56 lessons • 30 charts • 20 Jam Tracks
Introduction to the Series
Berklee College of Music Professor Danny "Mo" Morris brings a unique balance of music theory and creative thinking to the JamPlay bass section. Learn to do a lot with a little. Learn to create musical and original bass lines for any song you try to tackle.
Groundwork
Danny sets the tone for the series by dissecting a simple chord progression. He explains why you must understand harmony, passing tones, and rhythm in order to create effective bass lines.
Groundwork
Danny sets the tone for the series by dissecting a simple chord progression. He explains why you must understand harmony, passing tones, and rhythm in order to create effective bass lines.
Groundwork
Danny sets the tone for the series by dissecting a simple chord progression. He explains why you must understand harmony, passing tones, and rhythm in order to create effective bass lines.
Groundwork
Danny sets the tone for the series by dissecting a simple chord progression. He explains why you must understand harmony, passing tones, and rhythm in order to create effective bass lines.
Working with Scale Degrees
Professor "Mo" analyzes bass lines in terms of scale degrees and chord tones. He demonstrates how each scale degree sounds when applied to the harmony of a backing track. He focuses his attention on the 9th chord tone.
Working with Scale Degrees
Professor "Mo" analyzes bass lines in terms of scale degrees and chord tones. He demonstrates how each scale degree sounds when applied to the harmony of a backing track. He focuses his attention on the 9th chord tone.
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