Urvasi Bass Groove: 4 Exercises to Improve Your Timing (Part 2)
Improve your bass timing with Jason Zac using AR Rahman's Urvasi riff: keep a foot pulse, hear sixteenth-note subdivisions, sing while playing and map the groove onto a rhythm grid. Nathaniel conducts classes on Piano, Guitar, Vocals, Bass and other instruments along with Music Production. You can learn over 4 months, 6 months, or 12 months. To learn more, please reach us at 7760456847 or write to us at music@nathanielschool.com Part 1 which covers Bass Guitar shapes and interval positions can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOvO4GaP09k A list of our tutorials can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9UnPiTktveaPrye0exDY9N Also check out Jason's Riff Collection for more inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8zXmPzctsLOxz9xRQ95T4C Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanielmusic/ Please subscribe to our YouTube channel for more: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielschool Visit our website: http://nathanielschool.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanielschool/ Chapters 00:00 Improve timing with the Urvasi bass line 01:26 Keep a steady pulse with the foot 04:39 Hear the sixteenth-note subdivision 06:19 Sing the bass line while playing 07:24 Transcribe the groove onto a time grid 08:39 Write the sixteenth-note grid 10:57 Count and point out the groove with the pulse 13:01 Play the groove from the markings 14:01 Isolate the first three hits 15:02 Recap: pulse, subdivision, singing and transcription
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