Fingerstyle funk bass lines joe santerre pdf files

Joe santerre slap bass lines free download as pdf file. Download fingerstyle funk bass lines by joe santerre files. It contains a gold mine of riffs and lines found in your favorite rock tunes, exercises to help you develop your own rock bass lines, and strategies for locking in with the drummer. Berklee afrocuban slap bass lines oscar stagnaro berklee press.

The basic principle for playing latin tunes is the same as playing twobeat bass lines. Pdf musician maladies in berklee today alumni magazine, 1995. Learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. Fingerstyle funk bass lines by joe santerre, 9780876390764, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The straight eights should be played evenly but keep the tension until the end of bar 2 and 4. Fingerstyle funk paperback common by author joe santerre on. I love all your lessons bodgan,very usefl for play over. A thesis submitted to the graduate council of texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music with a major in music may 2014 committee members. How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic. The next books youll need is funk bass and 70s funk bass heres the links. Fingerstyle synergy joe robinson guitar lessons truefire. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your favorite funk. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your f. Although tablature is the most popular way to read music these days, the ability to at least understand basic music theory and how to read music the old fashion way is not a bad idea for any bass guitar player.

Here you can find fingerstyle funk bass lines by joe santerre shared files. Currently working on finger funk bass line book for hal leonardberklee press and next solo album. The bass note of the chord is the most important note and will usually be played on the first beat of the bar or where the chord changes. This is the first step in developing walking bass lines. Fingerstyle funk bass lines by softcover audio online. The very basics relating mostly to bass playing will be covered here. Music book learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove, with 69 radio riffs, develop your own funk lines, learn the notes, scales and chords needed for funk bass lines, by joe santerre, including cd, written in english. It is also suitable for group learning, as it comes in a handy electronic version which can be easily projected in front of a group of students. James jamerson from jazz bassist to popular music icon. So this funk bass groove is build mostly from the notes of an a7 chord, as well as some notes from an a minor pentatonic scale.

Serious with his trio featuring faculty members joe. Fingerstyle funk bass lines learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. Whether youre an aspiring or a seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you play with attitude and confidence. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned bass player, this workshop will help you learn many of the bass lines and styles found in your favorite funk tunes, and inspire you to experiment with your own creations. Berklee press fingerstyle funk bass lines thomann united. Exercise 1 demonstrates this with several examples. Containing 232 individual files, youll have 5 folders of drum breaks, basslines, one shots, synth grooves and vocal hits. Former students include tom hamilton aerosmith, john. Transcribed by aidan hampson the track listing includes. Here i will show you some examples of essential elements, which are used in funk slap, practical examples with notes, tablatures and studio recorded mp3 audio tracks.

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Walking bass guitar is an important comping style for any jazz guitarist to study when learning how to play jazz guitar chords if you are new to playing walking bass guitar lines and want to learn an easy method for learning them, i highly recommend checking out this guide that i published before working through the material in this lesson this article is aimed at the. So to start, heres the bass tablature for this riffand then ill break things down a little. Download bass funk samples, bass funk breaks, funk. The following transcriptions are premium paid for and taken from the books jamiroquai. Berklee press fingerstyle funk bass lines berklee guide series softcover with cd written by joe santerre learn the art of creating a solid fingerstyle funk bass groove. Francis rocco prestia fingerstyle funk bass lesson. Free bass transcription of hey joe by jimi hendrix. David bruce has a growing reputation as a composer, with commissions from carnegie hall, the san diego symphony and the royal opera house, london. Rock bass lines by softcover audio online sheet music. Since that time the techniques have been modified and refined by many other bass greats including louis johnson, bootsy collins, les claypool, flea, stu hamm, mark king, marcus miller, victor wooten. The fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and four spaces called staff. Free slap bass exercises marks and symbols used in funk.