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Creating Bass Lines – Chord Tones
This video is the second online bass lesson in the series on bass line construction. The previous lesson focused on doubling the bass drum and this lesson introduces the use of chord tones to create some interest in the line. Beyond The Root Let’s take a basic I, vi, ii, V chord progression in the…
Transform Your Boring Pentatonic Bass Fills With This Simple ‘Dorian’ Hack
This week we’re looking at how you can easily incorporate the Dorian scale/mode into your playing using a scale you already probably know really well: The Minor Pentatonic scale The Good Ol’ Minor Pentatonic Scale! OK, so most of you probably know a minor pentatonic scale. I’ve covered in loads of other lessons and it’s…
Transposing a 12 Bar Walking Line
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THE Must-Know Melodic Bass Lick
This week I’m going to show you a really popular melodic bass lick used in loads of different songs. This line can be played over a major or minor chord so is a very useful run to know. The Must-Know Melodic Bass Lick Today we are going to be learning a popular melodic fill used…
Pentatonic Bass Runs Over The ENTIRE Fretboard (Lesson & Tab)
This week we’re going to take a look at Pentatonic Scales and a simple approach for playing up and down the fretboard rather than across the fretboard. The Major Pentatonic Scale As a refresher, to build a major pentatonic scale just take a major scale and remove the 4th and 7th. C Major Scale: C…
