t Vv. How to Play the ELECTRIC BASS By CAROL KAYE CONTENTS GETTING WITH IT IMMEDIATELY? Dilleety Style of Muses ws sss “Pop” Music. The Boogaloo «2... The "Motown Style ‘The “Bo Diadiey” Sty ‘The Gospel Style Nempus and/or NesbvleSive pli liil Soft Rock Hard Rock |. Latin. Guadalajara Mariachi Jace. Western |] THEPICK. . ‘Choosing A Pick - How to Hold the Pick ~ Placement of Hand and Arm | Using the Pick Left Hand Fingering. 6. an Solving Time Problems: : SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE . . Choice of Electric Bass : ‘Tuning the Blectrie Bass... Adjustment of String Height for Action Action Adjustment . Accuracy of Pitch. 2.1) 1 plait Adjustment of Electric Pick-ups Choiee of Strings. To Mute orNottoMute. 2 2 Choice of Amplifier pial CURRENT BASS LINES . Importance of Listening and Playing with Records |) |) 2 ORIGINAL BASS LINES AND STUDIES Little Green Apples... ot Double Time Bass Line (Getave Study) | 7 I Don’t Need No Doctor (Raythm and Blues - Octave sua) « Slow Boogaloo Study 2. ee ee Standard Motown Study |) 2) | ped Gospel Study 2 le Boogaloo Studivs | 1) 1 | ptt PeaceofMing Pit Out of ThisWond Fe Study in Califomia Rock. 5... Study in 6/8. Ocopyrie.1969 by Intemational Copyeight Shure” Printed in, ZS Se eee eu ans 1sTHE ELECTRIC BASS Getting With It Immediately Whether you play with fingers, thumb, or pick, you will want to immediately play the current bass lines and be able to invent your own, Scales and diagrams could deter natural incentive because they are boring, s¢ I do not include ‘them in this book, If the student feets that he needs the basic scales and diagrams, there are many other books on the market that deal ‘especially with those subjects, Scales are important in certain types of music, such 48: studio sight-reading, legitimate classical type music, etc, Dwelling in that area, teaching wise, ss not my “cup of tea” Setting « “fire” under a student to WANT to play good imaginative bass figures is my goal, that’s why this book is different. Most of you have played enough to want to learn more about this exciting new way of playing. ‘On the next page is a written blues pattern to open the door to this new “feeling”. Below, you will find a “refresher course” on time figures to help you get reacquainted with rhythm notations, Notes are written in the bass clef, the same as for String Bass, i. ¢., sounding one octave lower than written, Tuning F A > Be sure to check your tuning harmonically on Sth and 7th frets RHYTHM PATTERNS Whole Note: Hut Note: Dotted Half Note Quarter Notes 2 2 SS SSS Tia a Trea Tas a Bighth Notes: Sixteenth Notes: Dotted Righth and Sixteenth Notes x poh 3 fh fra 5 + — 3 Tm ban 3a dan Temwe?ems 34 Toba ee Quarter Note Triplets ighth Note Tepes paar eae 3 MoS Teer 2 tee Tara 2an S Gas # Fleets Bas-28| EASY BASS PATTERN wn tan 1-2) aw 1 Qa 8m oan) Pan Ope en tame 1 @ an 8 ow aa) an BP am an Ban Sn (1) aman Dhan (Aan ete. Gyan am kan (ez an ae ah 8 we m1) pan) an an DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC Most people (including # lot of musicians) are not aware of the definite rhythmically-different styles of music. A lot of the “Sou!” music especially sounds all the sumne to them. In order to clarify the bassist’s approach to these varied styles, you will find a brief description with a suggested bass pattem for each one. One thing you will find in com mon - the first 8 bars of the current “classic hit" song, “By The Time { Get To Phoenix”, is used for demonstration purposes in most of the different styles. ‘Some of the bass ines appear difficult on paper but once played a few times will become very easy. For further prac- tice, 1 have recorded all bass lines on an LP record complete, Details on purchasing this record are found in the back of this book, Bass line numbers coincide with the record, “POP” MUSIC . This means usually any style that isn’t Rhythm and Blues (Soul), Soft or Hard Rock, Latin, Jaze, or Western, Clase sical music hasn't discovered the Electric Bass yet. It usually hasa light feeling with exsy bass patterns whether it be shuffle or straight 8th rhythms, Cr bie 8 nt Fmt wr % Flectee Base 28