You're about to learn a pattern that you can use in bass lines, fills, and solos in a number of styles.
The main pattern looks scary but, don't worry as we'll take chunks of it to create easier blocks of notes that you can use to make up amazing bass lines.
Scroll down for the free PDF with the notated bass lines and all the shapes.
The genres covered in the lesson are funk and blues and if you want to dive deeper, I have two courses:
Funk Bass [Course]
Blues Bass [Course]
Blues/Funk Bass Patterns & TAB/Notation
One player who uses these kinds of patterns extensively is Joe Dart. He's an awesome modern-day player steeped in old school bass vocabulary. Here's a video of him jamming. See if you can spot any of the patterns!
Hi Daniel, I haven’t seen this lesson yet, I’ m still digesting the 9 rythm&blues patterns lesson. This one looks like the 10th missing one.
Anyway, I was commenting to thank you because of the notation added on top of the tab to the PDF, this is great.
Cheers.
Thanks! Yes, this pattern fits very well with those other 9.
Question Dan. Since this pattern is based around A, wouldn’t starting the measure on G send the wrong signal to the band as to what “chord” this was? Wouldn’t they think G or would they hear it as resolving to the A?
The G is the b7 and works great as it’s a chord tone. As long as the focus of the groove is built around the A root and those occasional chord tones, all will be good with the band!