L279 JB style funky groove in D9
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A “James Brown style” funk groove with anticipated notes and the good old 3 note chromatic walk up from the 9th up to the Major third. The bass line starts on the 8th note before the downbeat 1 Ive recorded the backing track in Garageband (Mac), playing the 2 rhythm guitar parts myself and using a premade drumloop from the program.
The bass is fairly simple notewise and technique-wise, but the challenge is locking with the groove and hitting that D right on the 8th note before 1, especially after visiting the high register.
You can of course play the D on the open string, but the sound of the D on the 5th fret of the A string is so much thicker
Im emulating a P-bass by only using the neck pickup and rolling a bit back on the tonecontrol
The backingtrack can be dowloaded here
marsello said,
June 28, 2011 @ 2:16 pm
how can i download this backing track!? if i click on the link, it just open the same page! pls help me, a like this track!
Smilinsteve said,
June 22, 2011 @ 4:37 pm
Ive been funk-if-fied! Please bring it on, More Marlowe DK!
MarloweDK said,
September 27, 2010 @ 10:23 am
Should be possible now, had a wrong link posted
fenderdj said,
September 27, 2010 @ 8:38 am
Sorry, but i cannot understan how to download tha backing track.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks to all in advance.
F.
L295 D7 groovy lick | PlayBassNow.com said,
February 2, 2010 @ 8:39 am
[...] You can download the backing track here [...]
Jasper1983 said,
January 28, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
Ok, I kind of found the answer myself. It just works better. Little hard to get used to it, if you have only playde the rake.
greetz
Jasper1983 said,
January 28, 2010 @ 8:47 pm
Hope its not a silly question. thx for the reply.
Jasper1983 said,
January 28, 2010 @ 8:46 pm
Hi Thomas,
I love this lick!
Got one question though concerning the first 5 notes. Why do you go index, index, middle, index, middle. And not i, i, m, m, i. Is it to get the groove better? Because i learned to use the same finger when i go down one string. Hope its not a silly
Sinfonian said,
November 29, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
Smooth! Very Smooth head bopper!
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Funkyjack said,
November 24, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
Haha, yeah that’s what I mean. Of course you don’t have to play the songs.
Keep up the good work.
Funkyjack said,
November 23, 2009 @ 11:51 pm
I love this one!
Would be great if you could post more like these:). Maybe some fast JB funk like sex machine, cold sweat etc.
Greatings from Holland
Well, i like to do my own grooves most, but of course in the JB vein, more coming up
toshiko said,
November 23, 2009 @ 6:12 pm
Well, this made my rainy Monday morning in New England!
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June 28, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
Link fixed