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Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove
Essential Approaches for Constructing Commanding Bass Grooves
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Whatever style of music you play and whatever the setting — original band, covers, recording session, or just jamming with your buds — establishing the perfect groove is crucial. And behind every perfect groove is a framework of technical and harmonic mechanics.
In this edition of Bass Mechanics, Andy Irvine shows you how to construct and play 12 of what he considers to be the most versatile and crucial grooves that you must have full command of to succeed on stage or in the studio. We’re very proud to welcome Andy to the family with his first TrueFire course, Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove.
Andy is an internationally known bassist, author, educator and band leader. His playing is recognized by driving bass grooves, a huge tone, ferocious soloing, diverse song writing and producing skills. Andy has been featured in UK's Bass Guitar Magazine, Top Bass Magazine and Bass Player Magazine who heralds Andy as a "soloist sensation.”
Andy organized his Bass Mechanics curriculum into two sections. In the first section, Andy guides you through 12 crucial concepts and techniques designed to help you develop a well-rounded playing vocabulary for the stage, studio, and creative process: Palm Muting, Soft Touch, Note Duration, Adding Expression & Emotion, The Dog House Technique, Dead Notes, Double Thumb Technique, Leaving Space: Using Restraint, Slap Bass Basics, Glissando Approaches, The Funky Grease, and Vocalizing Your Bass Lines.
In the second section, Andy guides you through 12 Groove Applications, organized into 7 groups, where you’ll dive into practical applications of all the techniques and concepts discussed and demonstrated in the first section of the course. All of the Groove Applications are demonstrated over rhythm tracks, which Andy recorded with his band so that you can explore a variety of crucial grooves, song styles, and bass line characteristics.
GROUP 1: The Round Soul Tones - The Funky Boogaloo, Rumba and The Jump Shuffle. ”In this group, I'll describe and demonstrate three examples of grooves and styles which I use often. They each offer a warm full foundation and groove bedrock to any track. Producers love them, and they go "to tape" perfectly, supporting the pulse and sonic space where the bass effectively drives the song.”
GROUP 2: Soft Touch & Note Duration - Slow Blues & Soul Ballad. ”In this group, I'll demonstrate and describe two highly functional methods of playing harmonically supportive bass lines which also fill in the track with longer notes and introduce tasteful melodic counter melody.”
GROUP 3: Fingerstyle - Slow Finger Funk & Funky Fingerstyle, and Fast Finger Funk/Bubbling. ”In this group, I'll demonstrate and describe my own approach to funky right hand muting as well as the use of dead notes, muting, and the necessary left hand techniques to create a bouncy percussive groove. We'll be working at both medium and fast tempos.”
GROUP 4: Box Pattern Blues - The Chicago Shuffle. ”Here, I’ll describe and demonstrate methods of deliberately establishing time and feel with aggressive right hand finger style playing.”
GROUP 5: Funk Era Bass - Old School Octave Fingers and Super Fly Slap. ”In this section, we'll explore different styles of slap bass, from old school methods to the more modern approaches for soloing.
GROUP 6: Double Thumb Picking - Driving Rock Groove - Double Thumb Groove. ”I'll give a description and example of my double thumb picking technique, which emulates the attack and driving force of playing with a pick.”
GROUP 7: The Country Train - Bouncing Double Time. ”I'll describe and demonstrate the driving 2 beat feel that supports typical country train grooves and up tempo chicken pickin' song styles.”
Andy demonstrates over rhythm tracks and then breaks all of the Groove Applications down by stepping you through the key concepts, techniques and creative approaches that he used to perform the bass parts he demonstrates.
All of the performances are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Andy generously includes all of the rhythm tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your bass and lets get into a few crucial grooves with Andy Irvine!
In this edition of Bass Mechanics, Andy Irvine shows you how to construct and play 12 of what he considers to be the most versatile and crucial grooves that you must have full command of to succeed on stage or in the studio. We’re very proud to welcome Andy to the family with his first TrueFire course, Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove.
Andy is an internationally known bassist, author, educator and band leader. His playing is recognized by driving bass grooves, a huge tone, ferocious soloing, diverse song writing and producing skills. Andy has been featured in UK's Bass Guitar Magazine, Top Bass Magazine and Bass Player Magazine who heralds Andy as a "soloist sensation.”
Andy organized his Bass Mechanics curriculum into two sections. In the first section, Andy guides you through 12 crucial concepts and techniques designed to help you develop a well-rounded playing vocabulary for the stage, studio, and creative process: Palm Muting, Soft Touch, Note Duration, Adding Expression & Emotion, The Dog House Technique, Dead Notes, Double Thumb Technique, Leaving Space: Using Restraint, Slap Bass Basics, Glissando Approaches, The Funky Grease, and Vocalizing Your Bass Lines.
In the second section, Andy guides you through 12 Groove Applications, organized into 7 groups, where you’ll dive into practical applications of all the techniques and concepts discussed and demonstrated in the first section of the course. All of the Groove Applications are demonstrated over rhythm tracks, which Andy recorded with his band so that you can explore a variety of crucial grooves, song styles, and bass line characteristics.
GROUP 1: The Round Soul Tones - The Funky Boogaloo, Rumba and The Jump Shuffle. ”In this group, I'll describe and demonstrate three examples of grooves and styles which I use often. They each offer a warm full foundation and groove bedrock to any track. Producers love them, and they go "to tape" perfectly, supporting the pulse and sonic space where the bass effectively drives the song.”
GROUP 2: Soft Touch & Note Duration - Slow Blues & Soul Ballad. ”In this group, I'll demonstrate and describe two highly functional methods of playing harmonically supportive bass lines which also fill in the track with longer notes and introduce tasteful melodic counter melody.”
GROUP 3: Fingerstyle - Slow Finger Funk & Funky Fingerstyle, and Fast Finger Funk/Bubbling. ”In this group, I'll demonstrate and describe my own approach to funky right hand muting as well as the use of dead notes, muting, and the necessary left hand techniques to create a bouncy percussive groove. We'll be working at both medium and fast tempos.”
GROUP 4: Box Pattern Blues - The Chicago Shuffle. ”Here, I’ll describe and demonstrate methods of deliberately establishing time and feel with aggressive right hand finger style playing.”
GROUP 5: Funk Era Bass - Old School Octave Fingers and Super Fly Slap. ”In this section, we'll explore different styles of slap bass, from old school methods to the more modern approaches for soloing.
GROUP 6: Double Thumb Picking - Driving Rock Groove - Double Thumb Groove. ”I'll give a description and example of my double thumb picking technique, which emulates the attack and driving force of playing with a pick.”
GROUP 7: The Country Train - Bouncing Double Time. ”I'll describe and demonstrate the driving 2 beat feel that supports typical country train grooves and up tempo chicken pickin' song styles.”
Andy demonstrates over rhythm tracks and then breaks all of the Groove Applications down by stepping you through the key concepts, techniques and creative approaches that he used to perform the bass parts he demonstrates.
All of the performances are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Andy generously includes all of the rhythm tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your bass and lets get into a few crucial grooves with Andy Irvine!
What you'll learn
- Play a complete rumba bass line over 12-bar blues changes
- Master 12 essential groove techniques for electric bass
- Create authentic Latin/New Orleans feel with proper tone and bounce
- Apply technical mechanics to 12 practical musical situations
- Develop versatile groove vocabulary for stage and studio work
Release date: 11/04/2015 • 2h 39m runtime
Sample lessons
The Dog House Technique
Concept 5
The Funky Grease
Concept 11
The Funky Boogaloo
Round Soul Tones Groove 1
Slow Blues
Soft Touch Groove 1
What's included
35 lessons • 22 charts • 12 Jam Tracks
Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove
Hi, I'm Andy Irvine and welcome to Bass Mechanics: Crucial Groove. In this course, I'll share with you many grooves and techniques which I've found fun and useful over my 30 year career on the stage and in the studio. I'll help you begin the process of individual style development, exploring the joys of creativity and establishing a highly effective mindset to learn (and earn) with the bass guitar.
SECTION 1: Concepts & Techniques
For the first of two in depth sections, we'll dive into a number techniques and concepts I've developed which are crucial to having a well-rounded playing vocabulary, and are highly useful on stage, in the studio, and in the creative process.
Palm Muting
Palm muting is a simple, yet highly effective technique for getting warm round bass tones. It's the "producer's best friend" and translates to live performance and in the studio perfectly, providing solid sonic bedrock to build any song on.
Soft Touch
The "Soft Touch" is how we establish gentle nuance and introduce a subtle side into our playing. Use this to create perfect ballads and in any song style which requires and smooth and mellow voice from the bass.
Note Duration
The primary function of the bass is filling the sonic space with low deep sound. By letting our notes ring out for just the right amount of time, we can accomplish this and compliment the song with support and low end texture.
Adding Expression & Emotion
There are 10,001 ways to play any note, and within this subtle personal touch is where each player's individual style and personality shines through. Using various degrees of note bending, vibrato, and nuance can elevate any song's emotional impact.
The Dog House Technique
The "Dog House" technique is my own method of emulating the feel and tone of the upright string bass, perfect for classic country, blues, 50's rock & roll, jump jazz, bluegrass and more.
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Reviews
13 results
jotka53
Verified buyer
07/07/22
very inspiring !
Carvedup
Verified buyer
02/03/22
Andy has a great teaching style. I have two of his courses
assat
Verified buyer
12/21/21
awesome lesson
giansiro
Verified buyer
08/17/21
Excellent course
Eddy is a very good teacher, he takes you by hand through the various parts of the course, first explaining various important concepts and then to their applications. He cover various styles, from funk to country, but all with a very personal taste and sound. Absolutely recommend.
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