Bass Grooves (JamPlay)

Lock in the pocket. Master every groove. Expand your bass-playing potential.

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Bass Grooves (JamPlay)

About this course

Alex Scott’s Bass Grooves is your ticket to mastering the essential grooves every versatile bassist needs in their toolkit. This dynamic course features 15 professionally produced backing tracks across a wide spectrum of genres—from alternative and classic rock to R&B, blues, funk, country, jazz, and more. Whether you're a beginner looking to explore groove fundamentals or an experienced bassist seeking fresh inspiration, this series offers both instruction and real-world application.

Bassist and educator Alex Scott guides you through each track by first demonstrating a foundational groove that fits the style, then showing you how to analyze the rhythm, harmony, and feel so you can develop your own creative basslines. Along the way, you'll pick up stylistic techniques, tone tips, and arranging ideas that translate directly into real playing situations—whether you're jamming with friends, recording, or gigging.

Each genre-specific lesson is both a masterclass in groove construction and an invitation to stretch your musicality. By the end of the series, you’ll have not only a deeper understanding of groove across genres but also a broader musical vocabulary and the confidence to make each track your own.

What you'll learn

  • Play a syncopated alternative rock bass groove
  • Apply rhythmic theory concepts to bass line construction
  • Understand why bass grooves work from a music theory perspective
  • Develop genre-specific bass vocabulary for rock, funk, country, blues, and jazz
  • Develop groove and feel over technical complexity
Release date: 10/20/2021 • 3h 16m runtime
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Sample lessons
Alternative Rock
Alternative Rock
Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Hard Rock
Hard Rock
Classic Rock
Classic Rock
Classic Rock
Modern Funk
Modern Funk
Modern Funk

What's included

16 lessons • 15 charts • 13 Jam Tracks

Introduction
Welcome to Bass Grooves! In this intro lesson, we talk about some of the great songs and material we'll be learning throughout the rest of the course.
Alternative Rock
We get started with an easy but satisfying alt-rock tune.
Hard Rock
This modern hard-rock tune is full of great riffs that will challenge our sense of rhythm and syncopation.
Classic Rock
This easy-going 70s rock tune features a unique swung feel and simple changes.
Modern Funk
Let's look at a modern funk tune with a killer drum groove just waiting for us to lock in with it.
Classic Funk
This classic funk tune is guaranteed to give your right hand a workout.
Fusion
This unique fusion track challenges our notion of what a chord progression can look like.

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Reviews

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sadCyrano

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07/18/25

Perfect

Beside Ryan Madora and Stu Hamm, Alex Scott is another favorite bass player and teacher. . .

guitaralice

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03/22/25

Ales Scott: Bass Grooves

This is a typical Alex Scott course. Well thought out, everything is to the point, well presented, and very motivating. I have purchased all of the courses. Great Job!

jacko72

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01/23/25

The Right Stuff

Truefire is the BEST resource site for excellent quality educational material and instructors for guitarist.

tobiasss

10/05/23

Killer Bass Grooves

I just finished my third course from alex scott and there all are outstanding! Highly recommended!! Thank you so much alex!!

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