greghagger Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I have been delving into Ska lately, especially the earlier classic Ska/reggae crossover style. I have found inventive bass lines, often using walking lines or arpeggio patterns. Some are pretty fast and tricky to play. I have prepared this lesson of Five Classic Ska Bass Lines. These are some of my favourites and you are sure to have fun playing them. Follow the link below for the full video lesson. Enjoy, and I’d love your feedback on the lesson, or suggestions of other Ska tunes to teach. https://youtu.be/KmdrGmk0FjU 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Of all the music I love to play this is my favourite. Thank you. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) I play mainly reggae but I do like a bit of ska , and I like riff number 5 , that’s a good finger workout 👍 Great thread Greg 🙂 Edited September 13, 2019 by Reggaebass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 This is probably one of my favourite ska basslines , really good fun to play 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Always love the Ska songs in our set - we do monkey man, more specials than toots, and always much faster than that even if we try. A lot of our songs end up getting a bit ska'd from time to time. We do the reel big fish brown eyed girl and 'party like its' version of timber. We are generally a conflict of people who want to play different things. I hadn't heard 5, sounds a good one to try. My normal favourite is Impression I get from a bass playing point of view. I want to do madness stuff but apparently our sax player has the wrong type of sax! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 41 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: This is probably one of my favourite ska basslines , really good fun to play 🙂 Yep me too. Admittedly we used to do the Specials take on it but I would go nuts whenever we played it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 4 hours ago, stewblack said: Of all the music I love to play this is my favourite. Thank you. 4 hours ago, stewblack said: Of all the music I love to play this is my favourite. Thank you. No worries, this lesson is proving really popular. I had no idea so many love Ska. The bass lines are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I play mainly reggae but I do like a bit of ska , and I like riff number 5 , that’s a good finger workout 👍 Great thread Greg 🙂 Yep that bass line is a great workout!! Glad you like the lesson. I’ll check the tune out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Always love the Ska songs in our set - we do monkey man, more specials than toots, and always much faster than that even if we try. A lot of our songs end up getting a bit ska'd from time to time. We do the reel big fish brown eyed girl and 'party like its' version of timber. We are generally a conflict of people who want to play different things. I hadn't heard 5, sounds a good one to try. My normal favourite is Impression I get from a bass playing point of view. I want to do madness stuff but apparently our sax player has the wrong type of sax! You’ll have to tell your sax player to sort it out! I love a bit of Madness. Your band sounds interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 This is a tune that I got from @tthiggins nice Bassline 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 20 hours ago, Reggaebass said: This is a tune that I got from @tthiggins nice Bassline 🙂 Great bassline thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 55 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: I don’t get to play with them very often, but when I do dep for a Ska band, this is one of my favourites. Awesome song. There is a lesson on youtube from "Cambridge Bass Lessons" on it. This is a cracking modern Ska/Punk track that is great fun to play: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 3 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: I don’t get to play with them very often, but when I do dep for a Ska band, this is one of my favourites. Thanks for this recommendation. What an inventive bass line. I like the sort of disco octave in it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, nilebodgers said: Awesome song. There is a lesson on youtube from "Cambridge Bass Lessons" on it. This is a cracking modern Ska/Punk track that is great fun to play: That’s another cracking track, cheers! You guys are really adding to my Ska ‘vocabulary’! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, greghagger said: Thanks for this recommendation. What an inventive bass line. I like the sort of disco octave in it! Maybe you could do a video on it? I love the little bass solo. Edited September 17, 2019 by Hobbayne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Hobbayne said: Maybe you could do a video on it? I love the little bass solo. Good idea. I’ll get transcribing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 Hey Everyone, As there is such interest in my Ska lesson, I have made a video lesson on Five Classic Reggae Bass Lines, that you might like. I’d love to know you get on with it. https://youtu.be/Stv9P0nugHI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I came across this tune in my collection by , Justin hinds & the dominoes, it’s a good fun ska/reggae Bassline 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkyowen Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 This one is a lot of fun to play 👍 As is this: https://youtu.be/CeMeDihwyrg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 12 hours ago, munkyowen said: This one is a lot of fun to play 👍 As is this: https://youtu.be/CeMeDihwyrg That looks great, I’ll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 If you want an easy one to teach your students Greg , this is a good one ☝️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Well, we are just looking into this one. Its not a classic by any means.. But it has a good bassline. Which I should go off and learn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Well, we are just looking into this one. Its not a classic by any means.. But it has a good bassline. Which I should go off and learn Nice Bassline that , I like the change of tempo at 1.19. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Reggaebass said: If you want an easy one to teach your students Greg , this is a good one ☝️ Nice, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghagger Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 I have now made another video lesson on Ska bass. There are three new Ska Bass Lines in the video and I talk about how to use techniques to create your own Ska bass line. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge in this thread. It’s kept me busy listening to a lot of new artists. If you have any questions once you have watched the video, I am happy to help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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