The Better Bass Lessons Blog
Bass lessons you can take to the shed tonight
Walking lines, groove, soloing and technique for upright and electric bass, from Cole Davis and the Better Bass Lessons faculty.
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How to Play the So What Bass Line and Walk Like Paul Chambers
Three ways to finger the famous So What bass melody, plus the move Paul Chambers uses to keep all those bars of D minor moving when…
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What Paul Chambers Plays on Freddie Freeloader (and What to Steal)
Paul Chambers plays triplet fills on a B-flat blues on Kind of Blue, and it works. Here’s what he’s doing, and the beat 1 habit you…
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The Ray Brown Formula for Walking Bass Lines That Never Sound Boring
I spent months dissecting Ray Brown’s bass lines and found a formula you can plug and play: sort every bar by its motion and its register,…
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