greghagger Posted October 8, 2022 Posted October 8, 2022 I’ve recently been looking at the music of the 'Godfather Of Soul' James Brown. And you can't look at James Brown without the funkiest of all Funk bassists, Bootsy Collins cropping up! Bootsy is on a lot of JB hits from the early 1970's and if you enjoy playing Funk then this is the bassist to check out. What a character he is, who lives Funk! In my latest YouTube lesson I show you the main grooves from five James Brown tunes. These all have great bass lines and some of them are trickier to play than you might think. All five grooves are really fun and you can learn a lot about the role of bass in Soul and Funk by studying them. As Bootsy would say - "you playing bass now, you are the foundation of the song." You can pick up a free PDF under the video of all five bass grooves in standard notation and Tab. https://youtu.be/qjNWnBYi9g0 Quote
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