Bass Grooves

One of the first parts of  learning how to fully use both sides of the instrument  is to lay down a good groove on the bass. Once this is accomplished then you can begin to jam with the other hand. First let's try some sample bass grooves.

This first bass line is a funky groove  starting on the 3rd finger.

Here is a little latin groove using Dm7 to G7. Notice I play both the chords and bass with the bass hand.

This 3rd bass groove uses a pentatonic blues sound. This bass line is played as a shuffle. The and (+) markings are actually played on the 3rd part of the triplet feel. If this sounds confusing listen to the sound clip.

On this last groove above I use the 1st 3rd and 4th finger to play the notes. You can also use your thumb, 2nd and 3rd fingers.

Here is a sample of each bass line with the other hand soloing.