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  1. greghagger
    After hearing about the passing of Rocco Prestia, I had a night of playing his awesome bass lines. He has such a unique sound which I found pretty hard to get near. But all I same, I have pick five of his bass lines and made a lesson. There are so many classics to choose from, but these are my particular favourites. Hope you like them.
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    Thanks @Reggaebass for sharing the thread and my stuff. Hope this helps @hooky_lowdown
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    Cheers! It was a lot of fun to make!
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    Learn the awesome Thundercat lick and main groove from ‘What’s The Use’ by Mac Miller. In the lesson I breakdown the main groove and the lick. I also explain how we can use Amaj7 arpeggio & F# Dorian to ‘deconstruct’ the lick. There is also a FREE pdf transcription with the lesson and a free backing track at the end of the video.
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    No worries. Hope you are having fun with the ‘9th arpeggio stretch!’
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    New video lesson where I show you how to play a bass line and arpeggios at the same time. Learn to master the 9th arpeggio & get a workout at the same time!
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    Free downloadable PDF transcriptions of this classic Fleetwood Mac bass line. https://gregsbassshed.com/free-pdf-s
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    No problem, glad you like the video.
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    If you are looking to improve your Blues bass lines and need some ideas, then Tommy Shannon is an ideal player to study. Tommy has worked with many Blues artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter. In my new video lesson, I cover five of Tommy Shannon’s classic bass lines and show you some of the techniques he used.
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    Hi, you are on the right track and I also endorse the use of transcribing. Here is a video lesson that I made on Funk. There are a few ideas in there. Hope it helps. Obviously though, you will get some much more awesome lines from the greats! There where I got mine from.
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    Do you want to improve your walking bass lines? Here are five techniques that will add style and swing to your lines. We aren’t dealing with note choices in this lesson, but you will learn how to use techniques such as muted notes, triplets fills, and pedal notes to make your walking lines sound more exciting. Also learn why we should be thinking ‘linear’ with our walking lines. Click the link to view the lesson and pick up the free PDF.
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    Just started to have a listen to this. Thanks for sharing, this is great collection so far!
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    Yes you are right, there is loads of Reggae influence on The Police songs. I do love the Reggae style bass line in the chorus for this song though.
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    Learn the bass line from The Police classic, ‘Message In A Bottle.’ The main riff is so fun to play and I love the Reggae inspired chorus bass line. There is a free PDF with the video lesson. Choose between standard notation or Tab versions. https://youtu.be/y24bQzreHyQ
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    Interesting post. As musicians, we can all benefit from a mentor. This is a more accurate word than teacher in certain situations. I have taught and played professionally for over 25 years now and I still have a mentor that I go and see from time to time. There are always things to learn and having direction is so helpful. It's the feedback that we all need. Online courses are great to a certain point. I have now started making them too. The perfect solution for a lot of players learning online is taking a course and then having some coaching afterwards. In my opinion, the coaching part is just as important. When learning with a teacher, it is very helpful to know what you want to achieve from the lesson. Sometimes communicating what this is can be difficult though! The quicker we learn to take criticism, the better. Although like you say, sometimes this isn't given in the most positive way. Good luck with your further development.
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    Hi, just letting you know about a new video from Greg’s Bass Shed - Learn Five Essential Bass Rhythms. These five rhythms appear time and time again in bass lines from many styles of music, including Rock, Pop, Blues, and Jazz. Find out out what these rhythms are, and also how to read them. Free PDF with the video which includes the five rhythms and also information to help you read. This video is suitable for beginner to intermediate players and any others looking to learn to read rhythms.
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    I started playing bass when I was 14 years old. I was already playing trumpet and piano to a fairly high level. I was also playing rhythm guitar in a school band, but our singer was so bad at playing the bass, that I decided to have a go. We did a gig, and I absolutely loved it! I still love playing the bass as much now as then and I have been playing professionally for over 25 years. There is so much still to learn, but for me, that learning is striving for a higher level of musicianship, rather than particularly nailing technical elements of playing. I love the subtleties of bass, but equally how you can really change the harmony or vibe of a song with a small change.
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    Learn a Rock shuffle groove Learn a killer Pentatonic fill Learn a rockin’ Doobie Brothers Tune Download the free pdf transcription Jam to the backing track In the video lesson, I show you the above by teaching you the bass line from a lesser known Doobie’s song, ‘Down In The Tracks’. This is a great bass line, and I’ve got two fantastic musicians to help me make the backing track. Enjoy!
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    Good rhythm, and true 😂 It is useful to learn ‘key notes‘ at first, to help you to learn all the others. For example the middle line, D was a useful one to learn first. When starting to read leger lines on the bass guitar, I found that learning C (first line above the stave), and G (third line above the stave), helped me initially.
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    That’s very true, you do have to maintain any skill you learn. You have reminded me that I better start some practise! 😂
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    That’s a shame. There is still time though. At least that sounds like you’ve been playing the bass for a long time though, which is great!
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    If you systematically learnt how to read music, you would be fine with any piece of music someone threw at you, key changes included!
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    Don’t use these for bass clef!
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    Good point, apart from possibly reading a few melodies from jazz standards, you aren’t going to need these rhymes for bass clef!
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    I think it would be more accurate to say good players don’t necessarily make good teachers and vice versa. Some are great at both.
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