How to Groove on the Bass Guitar with JUST 4 Simple Notes (Beginner Lesson)
In this Bass Guitar tutorial, you will learn how to groove with just 4 simple notes from the Minor Scale and understand concepts of Beat Division, Rhythmic Anticipation & Delay. We also cover how you can internalize the groove by developing a strong and steady pulse with an organic outlook involving a “Ghost” drummer and more! We cover all the relevant rhythm concepts involving Straight, Swing & Triplet time feel involving Quavers, Semiquavers, and Triplets. 🥁 Learn about the Swing & Straight "Time Feel" in detail: https://geni.us/8HZMXJ 🎧 Learn how to play Popular Urvasi Bass Riff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZfH891OnK4 🔴 Subscribe to our channel: https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📹 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) are categorized by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🎸 Watch my other Bass Lessons: https://geni.us/soyX 🎧 Check out my Bass Riffs: https://geni.us/xv1jvB 🕘 Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:23 Melody Used For the Lesson (1 3b 4 5) 02:18 Playing 4 Notes as a Pulse 04:20 Visualizations of Sub-Divisions 04:40 What is a Sub-Beat 05:22 Using the different pulses 06:18 How to Double-up Eight Notes 07:00 Rhythmic Beat Displacement 09:33 Imagining a Drum Groove 11:46 Rhythmic Delay to the Nearest Sub Beat 16:41 Applying Swing to our Groove 19:01 Applying Triplets to our Groove 20:57 Grooving With Sixteenth Notes 22:46 Final Thoughts 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +919845465411 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨👩👧👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac's Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal
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