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Bass

Pick a master and practise their lines with real notation, tabs, loop and metronome. Slowly, bar by bar.

Exercise texts are in German.

22 masters & styles · 280 exercises

James Jamerson1936–1983 · Motown / Soul — das Fundament des E-Basses · 10 exercises Jaco Pastorius1951–1987 · Fusion — der fretless Revolutionär · 32 exercises Paul McCartney1962–heute · Melodic Pop-Rock — Beatles · 8 exercises John Entwistle1964–2002 · Lead Bass / Rock — The Who · 8 exercises John Paul Jones1946– · Rock / Riff-Groove — Led Zeppelin · 8 exercises Larry Graham1966–heute · Funk — Erfinder der Slap-Technik · 8 exercises Bootsy Collins1970–heute · Funk — 'The One' / P-Funk · 8 exercises Louis Johnson1955–2015 · Funk / Slap — 'Thunder-Thumb' · 8 exercises Rocco Prestia1951–2020 · Funk — Fingerstyle 16tel-Groove (Tower of Power) · 8 exercises Stanley Clarke1971–heute · Fusion — Virtuose an E-Bass & Kontrabass · 8 exercises Marcus Miller1959– · Modern Funk/Fusion — der Slap-Meister · 10 exercises Victor Wooten1964–heute · Modern Fusion — Double-Thumb & Tapping · 8 exercises Ray Brown1926–2002 · Jazz-Kontrabass — Meister des Walking Bass · 8 exercises Ron Carter1937– · Jazz-Kontrabass — modern & melodisch · 8 exercises Paul Chambers1935–1969 · Jazz-Kontrabass — Hard-Bop & Arco-Solo · 8 exercises Charles Mingus1922–1979 · Jazz-Kontrabass — Komponist & Virtuose · 8 exercises Hadrien Feraud1984– [проверить Geburtsjahr] · Modern Fusion — französischer Jaco-Erbe · 8 exercises Anton Davidyantszeitgenössisch (geb. [проверить] – heute) · Modern Fusion / Prog — Tapping & odd meters · 8 exercises Richard Bona1967–heute · Modern Fusion — melodisch, afrikanisch · 8 exercises Matthew Garrison1970–heute · Modern Fusion — 3-Finger-Technik & Effekte · 8 exercises Konzepte & TechnikenBausteine · Techniken und Bausteine — nach Prinzip geordnet · 75 exercises TraditionalsGemeinfrei · Gemeinfreie ganze Stücke, legal spielbar · 17 exercises

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All exercises are original phrases and concepts in the style of the artist, plus public-domain pieces — no transcriptions of copyrighted songs.