This week’s groove is all about one of the essential tenets of bass playing: consistency
Want a challenge? Try playing the syncopated,hypnotic bass line from Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Move On Up’ for 5 minutes straight whilst maintaining consistent articulation, note length and dynamic level. Harder than it sounds, right?
hey, great idea for a groove.
one thing i noticed in the notation though, shouldn’t it be a D instead of a B the last note before it starts again? i.e. bar 4 of the repeated pattern. I was playing along the record and I can clearly hear a m3 over that Bm. Thanks a lot!
Simon, you’re absolutely right, sloppy work from me! I’ve corrected the offending note and also fixed some other errors in bar 2 of the groove. Thanks for the heads up!