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80-20 Bass Groove 7 – 16th Note Smooth Jazz Style

March 8, 2021 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s 80-20 Bass Groove 7:

Here’s the notation and tab:

80-20 Groove 7 can be used 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 80 BPM then start out at 60 BPM and work up until you can play it at 80 BPM – if you can play it at 80 BPM then try playing 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.

To download the audio tracks – chordal metronome tracks at 60 BPM and band style at 80 BPM – click on the link below:

https://we.tl/t-vobLh9cY6U

 

The MP3 tracks are tagged with ’80-20 Bass Grooves’ as the artist and ’80-20 Bass Groove 7′ as the album.

 

 

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Comments

  1. charles.morgan102a@gmail.com says

    March 8, 2021 at 4:36 pm

    great exercise many thanks

    • Paul Wolfe says

      March 8, 2021 at 4:47 pm

      no problems! Glad you enjoyed it.

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