The Swing feel
While the same musical principles apply no matter what you're playing, the feel, or "groove" you put down will vary wildly from one musical genre to the next. Up to this point, we've only dealt with straight 8th rhythms. Now, Let's add swing to our feel arsenal. Swing feel is used in Blues and Jazz quite extensively, so if we 're going to get control of these styles, we'll have to get comfortable with the feel.
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This lesson is part of the course Teach Me Bass Guitar vol.2: Rhythm fundamentalsWatch a preview of the full course below.
About the instructor
How many people can lay claim to a career so varied that it includes appearances on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball, Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, the London Palladium, the Grand Ole Opry and the Kremlin? From Punk to Funk, the simplicity of Country and Blues to the complexity of HyperJazz and World Beat? Not many. Yet premier bassist and educator Roy Vogt has done all that and more.
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