sadCyrano
Verified buyer
07/18/25
Simply great!
great course, great teacher!
Creating Bass Grooves
When playing bass in a true musical setting, it's all about the groove. However, it's important to be stylistically appropriate, authentic and support the music you're helping to hold down. Alex Scott breaks down groove creation for six different popular musical genres. You'll learn the fundamental concepts needed to make those grooves shine!
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About this course
When playing bass in a true musical setting, it's all about the groove. However, it's important to be stylistically appropriate, authentic and support the music you're helping to hold down. Alex Scott breaks down groove creation for six different popular musical genres. You'll learn the fundamental concepts needed to make those grooves shine!
What you'll learn
- Navigate complex chord symbols and extensions
- Execute clean position shifts while maintaining rhythm
- Play a complex modern rock riff with 16th note syncopation
- Play in halftime groove feel
- Understand how bass lines outline exotic chord voicings
Release date: 04/09/2021 • 8h 15m runtime
Sample lessons
Pop III: Locked Down
Lesson
Country II: Double it Up
Lesson
Blues II: Twelve Bars of Heaven
Lesson
Classic Rock V: The Chorus
Lesson
What's included
54 lessons • 24 charts • 17 Jam Tracks
Creating Bass Grooves Introduction
In this series, Alex takes a look at the most popular genres of music and dissects them to approach bass groove creation. Not only will you learn about the tendencies of these genres, but Alex will use them as a vehicle to conceptualize and apply bass groove creation.
Pop I: Diatonic Digs
To start off his Creating Bass Grooves course, Alex starts to break down the Pop genre. Alex discusses the diatonic chord theory and progressions that punctuate the style.
Pop II: Pass it Around
The next step for learning about Pop bass grooves is the use of passing tones. Alex will discuss the concept and provide a practice routine to get it under your fingers.
Pop II: Pass it Around
The next step for learning about Pop bass grooves is the use of passing tones. Alex will discuss the concept and provide a practice routine to get it under your fingers.
Pop III: Locked Down
The next step in understanding the Pop genre and creating bass grooves is to understand the rhythmic side of the instrument.
Pop III: Locked Down
The next step in understanding the Pop genre and creating bass grooves is to understand the rhythmic side of the instrument.
Pop IV: The Verse
Now let's take a look at the verse. Alex discusses basic ideas for creating bass grooves in a verse. Once again you'll practice to get it under your fingers.
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Reviews
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tobiasss
10/05/23
Great course
just finished the course. great content and superb teaching! Thanks a lot alex!
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