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  1. greghagger
    Cheers @Stub Mandrel I’ve finally made the Blues course now (I called it ‘Walk The Blues’) and I made a bonus Blues Jam Survival Guide to focus on all the extra bits involved in turning up and jamming Blues. it was a great help having everyone’s suggestions to make sure I didn’t miss anything important. Thanks.
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    Great point! I always find this is a tricky skill for students to get their heads round initially. I love this groove too.
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    https://youtu.be/pP2bSiAn3VI I’ve made a video lesson to look at the bass line from Cream’s ‘Sitting On Top Of The World.’ I analyse Jack Bruce’s bass line to extract the musical devices and ideas that you can use in your own bass line. Jack Bruce was a real groundbreaker and his bass lines with Cream are well worth learning. There is a full transcription of the bass line available in standard notation and Tab. You can pick up the free PDF below the YouTube video. Enjoy!
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    https://gregsbassshed.com/free-blues-videos I recently put on a Blues Week with Greg’s Bass Shed where I released a series of three Blues bass lessons. The feedback was great and since the Blues Week I have received many messages telling me how the lessons have helped, with some players saying how the lessons had re-awakening their passion for Blues. These video get you started with playing Blues bass and can also help if you are an intermediate player looking to refine your Blues playing. I am now making these three Blues videos available to everyone. If you would like to access these video lessons for free them click the link at the top of this post so I can send them to you. I hope these lessons are helpful for those of you wishing to work on your Blues bass playing.
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    Hi Tim I have just emailed you the PDF. Sorry that the first email didn’t come through. Not sure what happened there. Cheers Greg
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    I’ve just set up a new free transcription page on my website. Each page will have a YouTube video of the original song embedded at the top and the Tab and standard notation transcriptions underneath. So you’ll have everything you need to work on the bass lines. The first transcription is ‘Where Are You Now’ by Nazareth. Let me know if you like this format and if you have any particular transcriptions you’d like to see. This is the link, make sure that you bookmark the page as I’ll be adding transcriptions on an ongoing basis. enjoy! https://gregsbassshed.com/transcriptions
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    I’ve finally got round to making and releasing the Blues course! https://gregsbassshed.com/walk-the-blues-bass-video-course
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    https://gregsbassshed.com/gbs-blues-week-for-bass-players For anyone wanting to start playing Blues bass or wanting to learn more about Blues progressions, transposing chord sequences, the Blues scales and creating Blues riffs and bass lines then come and check out my online Blues Week Series. There are three videos lessons in the series and it’s all free. If you want to get a feel for the Blues or just want to brush up or revisit the essentials then this is perfect for you.
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    @thebigyin glad you are enjoying the lessons. I have a few Blues week going on right now at Greg’s Bass Shed that you might be interested in: https://gregsbassshed.com/gbs-blues-week-for-bass-players
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    Cheers, yeah Duck Dunn is very inspiring for me.
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    I’ll leave that for you to experiment with in private!
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    If you are serious about playing Blues and want to be prepared for a Blues jam night then you need to know about the 8-bar Blues chord progressions. There are more variations in the 8-bar than the 12-bar Blues, although both progressions both mainly use chords 1, 4 & 5. So you need to know the particular songs that follow the 8-bar format. Popular songs that use the 8-bar progression are ‘Worried Life Blues’ and ‘Key To The Highway.’ Find out all you need to know in my latest Youtube lesson. This week's free PDF contains the important 8-bar chord sequences that you need to know and also recommendations for songs to listen to. You can pick up the PDF using the link under the video. Hope this is helpful for you if you are learning Blues progressions.
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    Glad to hear that!
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    Yes it’s strange that Duck Dunn often doesn’t get placed up there with the greats.
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    Cheers @Geek99 - Duck is so great isn’t he. I learn a new thing every time I listen to him.
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    I'm guessing you have seen Duck Dunn's awesome rendition of 'Sweet Home Chicago' in the Blues Brothers film. This is the scene where Jake and Elwood escape from the police and the song goes on for a good seven or eight minutes! Duck Dunn is playing all over the fretboard but still manages to hold down the bottom end and stay locked in with the shuffle groove. I have made a Youtube video where I pull apart some of Duck Dunn's bass line and extract the riffs and techniques that you can use in your own Blues bass lines. I have resisted a simple 'teach yourself to play Sweet Home Chicago lesson' as there are loads of those already on YouTube. But I try to distill the essence of Duck's bass line and give you something tangible to take away. If you are wanting to get ideas to help make your shuffle Blues bass lines more interesting then check out the video. You can also transfer some of the walking lines to your jazz bass lines too.
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    Definitely agree that identifying shapes on the fretboard and developing your ear are vital skills. But to really open doors you need the whole package - great ear, good reading skills, a good understanding of how music works. I’m not sure how you feel about this but each important element of being a musician work together and enhance the other parts. Just because you use patterns on the fretboard, this doesn’t mean you can’t understand why these patterns work and how to apply them.
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    Everyone has to start somewhere. Even with knowing one note first of all! just go for it and you will very quickly learn more.
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    Definitely agree with this. 60-70% of my work involves reading.
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    Hi @Reggaebass I recently saw a live lesson with Don Chandler and it was awesome and so informative. He really is the best Reggae teacher that I have seen on YouTube.
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    Cheers @SumOne
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    I have made a video lesson to help anyone wanting to learn 7th arpeggios. Arpeggios provide you with chord tones which are the essential 'building blocks' for bass lines. The notes of the arpeggio are chord tones. It is that simple! This lesson will give you five positions in which to play the maj7 arpeggio, getting you to play in different areas of the neck. You can apply these five positions to other types of arpeggios too and use them to start on any root note. The possibilities are endless and this is just what you need if you want to play exciting bass lines and get into playing walking bass.
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    Nice tunes!
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    Great, it is so useful and has pretty much every jazz standard you would ever need! Yes, you will do yourself a massive favour in the long run if you start working with chord names rather than fret diagrams. You can also make up setlists and write your own chord sequences too. Enjoy it!
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    Nice one! Yeah I do a similar thing with arpeggios and chords. You can also think about it as continuous 2-5-1’s. I often play a major 2-5-1 then change the ‘1’ to a minor chord and carry on with that being the ‘2’ of the next 2-5-1. The i-real app is so great isn’t it. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t got it.
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