Funk Groove - James Brown

Hi,

This bass exercise is inspired by the song 'Give it up or turn it loose' by James Brown.

You may want to listen to the track and get a feel before trying the exercise.

You can slap this exercise if you want. Important is the feel.

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Double Thumb Exercise

Hi,

Bass players like Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten and etc often use the double thumb technique.

This is a nice and simple exercise for you to practice the double thumb technique.

Saw Uriah Duffy did something like this and it sounded like Jaco's lines.

Give it a try.

Have fun!

Diminished Arpeggio

Hi,

This lesson was something that I learn from watching Janek Gwizdala's video.

It is a 2 octave diminished arpeggio. I used G diminished for the below example.

You only need to use your index and pinky to play the exercise.

I find it interesting and fun.

Hope you like it.

Using 5th

Hi,

This is a lesson that I learn from watching Damian Erskine's video, but simplified.

Starting from the G note on the 3rd fret of the E string, you play the 5th interval.

You can use it as a quick riff when in the key of G.

Notice that all the notes are in G major scale.

The pattern sounds nice because you are outlining the 9th chord.

Have fun and experiment.

DI Box

DI box or Direct Input Box is frequently used to connect our bass or amp into the mixer. The box helps to balance the signal and reduce noise or distortion.

Since I use my bass amp as my monitor, the connection will be for the bass to line in into the DI box, 

DI box will have a link to the input of the amp. The DI box output (XLR) will go into the mixer.

Hope this information is useful.

Cheers

Sequencing Exercise

Hi,

Practicing scales can become monotonous after a while.

Sequencing exercises help to make scales sound more musical and interesting.

The above is a sequencing exercise for A major scale.

You can practice ascending and descending or different numbers of sequences.

Have fun!

Altered Major Chord

Hi,

A common alteration on the major chord is to add a #11.

The formula of a Cmaj7#11 is 1 3 5 7 #11

#11 is to raise the 4th degree by half step.

4th in C is a F. Raise half a step is F#.

So the chord tone in a Cmaj7#11 is C E G B F#.

You can easily improvise over the Cmaj7#11 with the C major Pentatonic or Lydian scale.

Have Fun!