The best way to master rhythm and rhythmic figures on the bass! With the help of these courses, which include musical scores and tabs, you will gain insight into the workings of rhythm by practicing specific rhythmic figures and other more subtle timing exercises, all set in different musical contexts. If you want to be able to play in time, these courses are absolutely necessary.
Walking Basslines
Basslines in jazz are often called “walking basslines”. They provide steady harmonic and rhythmic support for the rest of the band. The rhythm is simple, consisting primarily of quarter notes ...
Playing Eighth Notes
The eighth note is a rhythmic value a bassist should master. It is a major component of any bassline. As an eighth note is worth half a beat, you need two of them to fill a beat (quarter note). ...
Playing Sixteenth Notes
An important aspect of playing bass is learning to handle sixteenth notes. They enable you to divide the beat into 4 equal parts (as four sixteenth notes make up a quarter note) and by doing so ...
Playing Notes Staccato
Staccato is the shortening of the duration of a note. It is indicated by a small dot placed either above or beneath the note and is obtained by damping the note with the left hand finger, by ...
Playing the Ternary Way
Unlike the binary way of playing, where beats are divided into two parts, the ternary way consists in dividing the beat into three parts. With its notorious swaying between 2/3 - 1/3 (quarter- ...
Playing with Off-Beat Rhythms
In off-beat rhythms notes are attacked on weak beats, so-called off-beats, (the second and fourth beats in 4/4 meter) or on the weak subdivisions of the beats (second eighth note or second and ...
Playing with Syncopation
Syncopation consists in attacking notes on weak beats, so-called off-beats, (the second and fourth beats in 4/4 meter) or on the weak subdivisions of the beats (second eighth note or second and ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "16th-16th-8th"
The rhythmic figure called “2 sixteenth notes/1 eighth note” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 2 and 3. As a ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "8th-16th-16th"
The rhythmic figure called “1 eighth note/2 sixteenth notes” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 3 and 4. As a ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "16th-8th-16th"
The rhythmic figure called “sixteenth note/eighth note/sixteenth note” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 2 and ...
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