A RHYTHMIC CONCEPT FOR FUNK AND FUSION / Bass

By Peter O'Mara and Patrick Scales

This book offers a comprehensive practice foundation for electric bassists who want to develop their Funk and Fusion playing skills. The play-along format allows you to:

Recreate a real “live” performance setting and practice building a bass line over an entire composition.

Develop your approach to handling a bass line: How do you support a theme or solo?

When and where should you add fills?

Create and refine bass lines over binary and ternary grooves, in both odd and even meters.

Play confidently over modal as well as diatonic chord progressions.

Strengthen your timing and lock in tightly with the groove.

Improve your sight-reading skills.

Each piece includes an introduction and practical playing tips to guide you through the material.

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