If I told you that these pentatonic shapes were ‘wrong’, what would you say? Just to be clear, these shapes ARE correct and they WILL give you the notes of whatever pentatonic scale you like… But if you look at how bassists like: They tend NOT to use those shapes – at least not in […]
5 Beginner-Friendly Jazz Bass Lines
Jazz bass lines can be intimidating, right? You see these incredible bassists creating incredible bass lines out of thin air and improvise like there’s no tomorrow – it can be super inspiring. But then you hear them talk about things like ‘double chromatic approach tones’ or using the ‘Superlocrian mode’ over altered dominant chords or […]
