7 Bass Rhythms 1 Chord Progression

My last bass lesson took just four notes through seven different rhythms. Here's the lesson in case you missed it:

This week, I thought I'd expand things a little. We're still using the same rhythms but now a chord progression in the key of E minor (Em / G / D / C).

Here are the seven grooves:

  1. Straight 1/8th rock
  2. Shuffle blues
  3. Straight 1/16th funk
  4. Swing 1/16th dance
  5. Tumbao
  6. Dotted 1/4 to 1/8th pop
  7. Compound 12/8

Scroll down for the free PDF with the E Natural Minor and E Minor Pentatonic scale shapes plus TAB/notation of the seven bass lines.


ONE Bass Chord Progression SEVEN Bass Rhythms


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