How to play reggae style grooves on the bass guitar dummies. Most reggae songs have the bass upfront in the mix with low subs that are meant to rock the dance floor. Secrets of reggae bass line how to create a reggae bass. The audio is accessed online and features 47 fulldemo tracks. Its a really concise and focused introduction to reggae music and reggae bass lines. Walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys upright bass and electric bass method reggae bass bass builders bkonline audio funk volume 5 bkcd bass playalong rush bass anthology. Index 1 the boss james brown 2 fell in love with a boy joss stone 3 whats the buzz jcs soundtrack 4 for what its worth east harlem voices 5 lets get it on marvin gaye. Riddims in reggae,the backing tracks to be specific with some alterations sometimes,are used over and over again. Quality bass guitar transcriptions can be difficult things to find on the internet. Bass is certainly a center point to this genre but reggae bass playing was not always the reggae bass playing we now think of it as.
Here are some tips to aid you in mastering these bass blues licks. Essential insight and techniques for mastering reggae bass. Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. Pdf reggae bass bass builders download pdf free ebook. Ebook pdf reggae bass bass builders friedland bk cd noten cd fur. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now. I spend most of my gigging hours playing rock, funk or top 40, which are mostly highenergy pursuits, so its refreshing when i get the opportunity to play chilledout music outside those genres, such as reggae, where i can lay back, play very simply, and just vibe.
The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. Aston family man barrett is a bass player of legendary status and for us and this is one of the biggest basslines ever made. So, its got some good stuff but its filled with a bunch of filler from styles of music that are related to reggae, but arent what i even think of as reggae. The notes are hardly ever sustained, they use a lot of rest and as a result the bass lines sound very jumpy. Building walking bass lines bass instruction pdf free download. As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. Believe it or not, the riddim to exodus was inspired after family man heard the score to a paul newman movie called exodus whilst they were recording the album in london and bob was on his own personal exodus from gangsters and politicians. Steffens scoured his reggae archives, while simon returned to jamaica with his son to photograph the contemporary music scene, giving the reader a sense of the islands people and philosophy beyond the marleyandmarijuana stereotypes. It will guide you to acquire the disciplines and lessons quickly. So you could use this bass for reggae, just pan to the p bass pickup, and cut the treble. The rest was reggae related type stuff, like ska, and dub and other styles. Demo tracks are accessed online via download or streaming and include playback options to make learning easier than ever. When reggae emerged in the late 1960s, it came as a cultural bombshell not only to jamaica but the whole world. Reggae bass by ed friedland softcover instructional book with.
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