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Why Play Jazz & Latin Grooves for Advanced Bass Guitar?
How to Play the 12 Bar Blues
What is the Blues Bass Line?
How to Play a Blues Bass Line
Transferring the Blues Bass Line
Add Shuffle to Swing the Blues on Bass Guitar
Adding Eighth Notes on Bass Guitar
Add Passing Tones to Improvise Walking Patterns on Bass Guitar
Chromatic Passing Tones to Improvise Walking Patterns
Reading Chord Changes to Move into Jazz
Reading Chord Changes to Walk to the Bass Line
Walking Bass Lines with Chord Changes
Walking Bass Lines Within a Mode
The Two Feel in Jazz
The Two Feel in Jazz Using Eighth Notes
Playing Double Time on Bass Guitar
Playing Double Time Walking Down the Scale
Playing Latin Rhythms on Bass Guitar
Playing Latin Rhythms Using Quarter Notes for Transition
Latin Grooves with Chord Changes
Latin Grooves with Chord Changes & Dotted Quarter Notes
Reading Key Signatures on Bass Guitar
Reading Key Signatures by Counting Steps
Improvisation & Chord Changes on Bass Guitar
Improvisation & Chord Changes Tips
Summary: Add eighth notes intermittently, making sure to swing them, when playing your bass guitar; learn how from a professional bass guitar player and teacher in this free music instruction video.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"Okay, so we learned the twelve bar blues prototype bass line with quarter notes and with the shuffle feel, which is all eighth notes. But, we don't have to play exclusively with just quarter notes or eighth notes. Sometimes it's nice to play with a quarter note feel, but throw the eighth notes in every once in a while to keep things going, but make sure you swing them. So, the typical D flat, D, F, G. Maybe on the G here, go into the next measure. You want to throw in that eighth note. Or you can throw it on the F. I'll just play the line and see what comes about when I do that. Also, some using some staccato in those eighth notes. So, D flat, D, F, and F make it staccato. So try throwing your eighth notes in there to make your lines sound a little more creative even if you're just playing your quarter notes, swing."
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