NoSkill1st October 2009That's awesome, Bogdan! Interesting finger/thumb technique to emulate the stand up bass. Great continuation of your previous Ska lesson. Cool walking line. I like these longer lessons. Thanks!
Alex871st October 2009I love this bass playing style! Good work Bogdan :-)
Stephane Lucarelli1st October 2009Cool lesson Bogdan - It reminds me of "The Skatalites" !
Sensible Jones1st October 2009Great stuff Bogdna! Very reminiscent of that late 60's Ska vibe!!! I've added it to my Ska Wiki article too!!
Gerardo Siere1st October 2009Nice lesson Bogdan!
- TheOldOnes1st October 2009
I can't wait to start on these lessons when I pick up a bass at last!
Bogdan Radovic1st October 2009That's awesome, Bogdan! Interesting finger/thumb technique to emulate the stand up bass. Great continuation of your previous Ska lesson. Cool walking line. I like these longer lessons. Thanks!
Thanks man! That muting technique is very useful for emulating upright bass sound and can really add to your bass vocabulary! It would be cool to see a rec video of this one!
I love this bass playing style! Good work Bogdan :-)
Thanks man! I also favor this styleCool lesson Bogdan - It reminds me of "The Skatalites" !
Thanks! I was aiming for that sound!Great stuff Bogdna! Very reminiscent of that late 60's Ska vibe!!! I've added it to my Ska Wiki article too!!
hehe cool! Thanks for featuring it in the wiki!Nice lesson Bogdan!
Thanks Gerardo!I can't wait to start on these lessons when I pick up a bass at last!
That is great! Let me know if you need any help with bass playing!- Sinisa Cekic1st October 2009
Great ! Reminds me of the period when Ska arrived here
Pedja Simovic1st October 2009Very useful bass lines Bogdan
Emir Hot1st October 2009Great chops Bogdan.
Laszlo Boross1st October 2009Great lesson Bogdan!
Ivan Milenkovic1st October 2009Great lesson!
Daniel Realpe4th May 2010this is a very important topic for beginner bassist! thanks
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Hello GMC!
- Today we have a Ska bass lesson on our hands! We are going to deal with the roots of Ska style with a old school approach to the bass line composing. You are going to learn how to construct a walking bass line in this genre!
- This lesson features walking bass line construction and a new technique to master - muting and picking. You will learn how to emulate the sound and feel of the upright bass!
- First part of the lesson is in the key of C major and in the second part we have a modulation going to D major.
-Key: C and D major
-Tempo: 120 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Tuning: standard
-Difficulty: beginner/intermediate
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Am Fender Jazz Bass deluxe, equal mix of both pickups with added bass and middle on onboard preamp - then going to the nemesis (eden) amp with a 1x15" and flat eq there.
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson's feedback and in my instructor board at the forum.
Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun practising this lesson!
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