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RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines
$19.99
RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Soul bass guitar. You’ll learn 100 grooves in the style of 16 legendary bassists, mastering in-the-pocket playing and growing your vocabulary of bass riffs, licks and techniques.
Nail the groove styles of:
Early Soul & RnB pioneers Lloyd Trotman and Bernard Odum
Memphis Soul and Stax – Lewie Steinberg, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Tommy Cogbill
Motown– James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt
West Coast Motown – Wilton Felder, Carole Kaye, Scott Edwards
Philly Soul – Ronnie Baker, Jimmy Williams
Atlantic and Muscle Shoals – David Hood, Jerry Jemmott
Chicago Soul & Chess Records – Louis Satterfield, Willie Weeks
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Master the Grooves of The World’s Greatest RnB, Soul and Motown Bass Players
Get inside the grooves and techniques of the coolest bass players ever recorded!
RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Soul bass guitar. You’ll learn 100 grooves in the style of 16 legendary bassists, mastering in-the-pocket playing and growing your vocabulary of bass riffs, licks and techniques.
Discover 100 RnB, Soul & Motown Grooves for Electric Bass
This is much more than a simple book of licks, you’ll go on a journey with some of the most innovative players ever to pick up the bass. These are the players who literally discovered what makes an amazing bassline.
You’ll nail the groove styles of:
- Early Soul & RnB pioneers Lloyd Trotman and Bernard Odum
- Memphis Soul and Stax – Lewie Steinberg, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Tommy Cogbill
- Motown– James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt
- West Coast Motown – Wilton Felder, Carole Kaye, Scott Edwards
- Philly Soul – Ronnie Baker, Jimmy Williams
- Atlantic and Muscle Shoals – David Hood, Jerry Jemmott
- Chicago Soul & Chess Records – Louis Satterfield, Willie Weeks
The Recipe for a Perfect Bass Groove
We all know a great groove when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling? In this book, seasoned session bassist Dan Hawkins teaches the essential techniques needed to create an array of memorable grooves. Electric Bass skills you’ll learn include:
- The “breaking the rules of music” trick Bernard Odum used for James Brown
- How to create solid memorable riffs that make a tune
- Mastering syncopation in the style of James Jamerson
- How to lock in with a drummer
- Where to use articulations such as hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides
- Essential arpeggio and scale patterns
- The ideas that fuelled some of the greatest basslines in recorded history
Get Your Bass Groove Playing Up to Scratch
There’s more! RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines also teaches you how to nail the perfect Soul Tone in its “Gear Talk” section. You’ll even discover how to recreate classic tone with modern gear.
100 Fantastic RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines
Each section of the book profiles several legendary Soul and RnB bass players and explains how they created their iconic basslines.
Bonus 1: As well as a 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: Studio quality backing tracks will help you perfect your skills and get your playing super-tight
Buy RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines today and quickly start making that sweet Soul music!
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!”
