A closer look at the techniques involved when playing Funk single lines - muted, open and skank techniques.

Simple riff / bass line over a I IV V chord progression.

We are going to learn some of classic licks common to this style of music. Are you jamming with friends? This is perfect type of bass line to play in that situation.

Country groove strumming with bass line played with thumb

Triads are basic tools for harmonization and building strong sounding bass lines.

Let's learn combining major and minor triads all together in a song situation with different variations.

Major triads are great way to start when composing bass lines.

Minor triads are essential tools for composing a strong sounding bass line.

In this lesson, we'll see how to build a walking bass line with chord accompaniment over a standard jazz blues progression in the key of G.