Category: bass

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Chord tones / Walking bass
    • Major & minor 7th chords around the cycle of 4ths in all inversions, permutations used: 1-3-7-5, 3-1-7-5
    • Inverted arpeggios in permutations + “splits”: play first three tones in higher register, slide down to play the last one, start second arpeggio in lower register and slide back on the last tone, e. g.:
      • 1-3-7-5 permutation, 2nd inversion: C2 — E2 — B1 — G1 (D string) → F1 (D string) — A1 — E1 — C0 (E string) → Bb1 (D string) — D1… and so on around the  cycle of 4ths
    • Walking with inversions & permutations
      • A Beautiful Friendship in Eb (trying to stick to this standard for a while)

Bass day (1h)

  • Chord tones / Walking bass
    • Minor 7th chords around the cycle of 4ths in all inversions, permutation used: 1-3-7-5
    • Dominant 7th chords, same thing
    • Walking with inversions & permutations
      • A Beautiful Friendship in C

This week’s packed in terms of studio time, so keeping the practice sessions kinda short.

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chord tones / Walking bass
    • Major 7th chords around the cycle of 4ths in all inversions, permutation used: 1-3-7-5
    • Minor 7th chords around the cycle in root & first inversion, 1-3-7-5 permutation
    • Walking with inversions & permutations
      • A Beautiful Friendship in Eb
  • Pick
    • For Once In My Life (Jamerson, you’re crazy!)

Next time: 3 new permutations, do all minor inversions, continue with pick practice, run blues scales & pentatonics up and down the neck

Bass day (2h)

  • Walking bass lines / chord tones
    • Major 7th chords around the cycle of 4ths in all inversions, permutations used:
      • 1-3-5-7
      • 3-1-5-7
      • 5-1-3-7
      • 7-1-3-5
    • Walking with permutations & inversions
      • A Beautiful Friendship in Eb
  • Rhythmic studies
    • Riff from “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
      • Starting on 1-e-&-a (original version)
      • Starting on 1-e-&-a (moved 1 1/16 forward)

Observations

This exercise with taking the riff and moving it in 16th notes? Dude, it’s genius. It’s mind-boggling, but once you get it right, it makes you groove like crazy! Thanks Mr. Brown, sir!