Here’s 80-20 Bass Groove 1:
Here’s the notation and tab:
80-20 Groove 1 has a funk rock feel to it and you can use it in the following ways:
- as a short 16th note sight reading etude
- as a test of 16th note technique – if you can’t play it at 90 BPM then start out at 60 BPM and work up until you can play it at 90 BPM
- as a short but fun groove to learn and play
- to analyze and see what devices I’ve used and if there are devices you like and want to use yourself, then isolate them and take them to your practice space.
Note the Jamerson-esque drop to the E string in Bar 4 to get to the low F at the first fret.
If you want the 90 BPM band style track to play along with, and/or the 60 BPM chordal metronome track then you can download them here from my WeTransfer.com account:
Note that the MP3 tracks are tagged with ’80-20 Bass Groove’ as the artist and ’80-20 Bass Groove 1′ as the album!
Nice groove. I like it slow
Definitiely easier to play slower 😉
What do you like about your Music Man bass?
Rob
Because thepickups are close to the bridge you get a much tighter, treblier sound than you get playing closer to the neck (which is my normal preference). Plus it’s not quite as big a scale as a Precision style scale….for guys with small hands (like me!) it makes it a fractioneasier to get around the fingerboard! Both things help when playing intricate lines. I hated it when I first got it and nearly sent it back. But I’ve grown into to enjoying playing it. HTH.
Paul
Strung with flats that bass will produce great tones for Latin and walking.
It is strung with flats! And they’ll likely never be changed!
Thanks. Great exercise.
No worries! For extra credit film yourself playing it with the backing track and comment below and I’ll add it to the post!!!