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100 Funk Bass Grooves
$19.99
Get inside the grooves and techniques of the funkiest bass players on the planet! 100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of funk bass groove. From old school to new, Funk has never gone away, because it’s all about the groove. Here, Dan Hawkins teaches what you can learn from the funk bass players who laid down the story of funk on thousands of deep cuts.
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Ready to Master the Grooves of The World’s Greatest Funk Bass Players?
Get inside the grooves and techniques of the funkiest bass players on the planet!
100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of funk bass groove. From old school to new, Funk has never gone away, because it’s all about the groove. Here, Dan Hawkins teaches what you can learn from the funk bass players who laid down the story of funk on thousands of deep cuts.
Discover 100 Funk Bass Grooves
So much more than simply a book of licks, you’ll learn the funk bass groove secrets of the world’s most influential and sought-after bass players. You’ll nail the groove styles of:
- The Pioneers: Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham
- The Groove Masters: Bernard Edwards (Chic), Mark Adams (Slave), Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- The Technicians: Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power), Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report), Bobby Vega (Sly Stone, Tower of Power, Joe Satriani)
- The Jazz-Funksters: Paul Jackson (Herbie Hancock), Abraham Laboriel (Michael Jackson), Incognito
- The Funk-Rockers: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Les Claypool (Primus), Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
The Recipe for a Perfect Bass Groove
We all know a great groove when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling? In 100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass you’ll drill down into every essential technique needed to create your own super-bad basslines, all while growing your bass lick vocabulary.
Electric Bass Skills You’ll Learn:
- Essential scales and arpeggios and how to use them
- Perfect syncopated note placement and rhythmic space
- How to play fast and accurate
- Legato hammer-ons and pull-offs
- How to slap, pop and tap the right way!
- Special finger and pick techniques
Get Your Bass Groove Playing Up To Scratch
Funk bass is the driving force and inspiration behind some of the most popular tunes ever recorded and has touched every area of groove-based music: Pop, Soul, RnB, Jazz and Rock. If you want to be the perfect bass player, you owe it to yourself to learn to lay it down.
100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass
Each section of the book profiles an iconic funk bass player and gives a rundown of the instruments and gear used to create their tone.
Bonus 1: As well as FREE download of 100 studio quality audio examples, we’ve created a special Spotify playlist of essential tunes to get you in the groove.
Bonus 2: 4 x bonus videos walk you through the most challenging techniques, step-by-step, with detailed breakdowns.
Bonus 3: Studio quality backing tracks and isolated drums loops to get you in the groove.
Buy 100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass today and learn to get your funk on!
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
