Name: How To Play Funk Bass
Released: 2017-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

How To Play Funk Bass

2017

Available on Prime Video

Former Guitar World Music Editor Matt Scharfglass teaches you the techniques and stylistic elements of classic Motown, Seventies soul and modern R&B bass playing everything from Jamerson to Jaco.

2017

EPISODE 1

How To Play Funk Bass 01

Introduction: Basics of building a funk bass line.
EPISODE 2

How To Play Funk Bass 02

Building simple grooves from motifs: Using space (rests) and percussive dead notes.
EPISODE 3

How To Play Funk Bass 03

Sixties-era funk: Using space and switching octaves.
EPISODE 4

How To Play Funk Bass 04

Soul and motown: Using chromatic passing tones and open strings.
EPISODE 5

How To Play Funk Bass 05

Seventies-era funk: Staccato articulation, 16th notes and dead-note rakes.
EPISODE 6

How To Play Funk Bass 06

Eighties-era funk: Going "Electro" and combining simple motifs with space.

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How To Play Funk Bass

Former Guitar World Music Editor Matt Scharfglass teaches you the techniques and stylistic elements of classic Motown, Seventies soul and modern R&B bass playing everything from Jamerson to Jaco.

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Released: 2017