Playing Syncopated Rhythms on Bass Lesson

Syncopations are a key ingredient in funky bass playing. In this lesson, I provide an overview of syncopated rhythms (what are they? how do we count/read them? how do we use them?) and then walk you through 3 practice exercises. First, we focus on getting comfortable playing syncopations as both 8th notes and 16th notes, then we start to improvise grooves using syncopated rhythms. Once you've worked through the material in this lesson, you'll be ready to start improvising, transcribing, and writing using syncopated rhythms.

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00:00 - Intro Demo
00:20 - Lesson Agenda & Purpose
00:58 - What’s a Syncopation?
02:20 - 8th Note Prerequisite Exercises
03:16 - 1st Exercise 8th Note Explanation
05:17 - 1st Exercise 8th Note Demo
06:51 - 16th Note Prerequisite Exercises
08:36 - 1st Exercise 16th Note Explanation
09:27 - 1st Exercise 16th Note Demo
10:13 - 2nd Exercise 8th Note Explanation
11:17 - 2nd Exercise 8th Note Demo
12:30 - 2nd Exercise 16ht Note
14:02 - 2nd Exercise Over a Progression
14:52 - 3rd Exercise Explanation
16:05 - 3rd Exercise Basic Demo
17:12 - 3rd Exercise Variation Demos
19:16 - 3rd Exercise Over a Progression

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