Bass Fingerstyle Funk Grooves Made Easy

Learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your favourite funk tunes andinspire you to experiment with your own creations. Learn to: Use fingerstyle funk technique including hand position tips for muting and getting a good fingerstyle funk sound. Play sixty-nine solid funkriffs set in both traditional notation and tablature; develop your own funk lines. Identify the notes scales and chords used in funk bass lines. Listen and jam along with funk grooves by playing along with theincluded CD; and much more. Each lesson contains several practice exercises a funk song using the lines and play-along tracks on the accompanying CD. Also included in each lesson is a section for you to write out yourown bass grooves. Groove with attitude and confidence. Take your bass playing to the next level with Fingerstyle Funk Bass Lines!

Everything is covered here starting with all the basics like octaves hammer-ons and pull-offs. It then builds into the most advanced slap techniques including double and triple pops flamenco thumb technique and plucks. There are lessons in upright bass slap as well as modal harmony studies. The grooves cover a wide range of styles that include jazz fusion walking lines fingerstyle conversion pop/dance funk/soul bluegrass Dixieland etc. These lessons have something for almost any student; written in bass clef and tablature with CD.