Master the Grooves of The World's Greatest RnB, Soul and Motown Bass Players

Get inside the grooves and techniques of the coolest bass players ever recorded!

RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Soul bass guitar. You'll learn 100 grooves in the style of 16 legendary bassists, mastering in-the-pocket playing and growing your vocabulary of bass riffs, licks and techniques.

Discover 100 RnB, Soul & Motown Grooves for Electric Bass

This is much more than a simple book of licks, you'll go on a journey with some of the most innovative players ever to pick up the bass. These are the players who literally discovered what makes an amazing bassline.

You'll nail the groove styles of:

- Early Soul & RnB pioneers Lloyd Trotman and Bernard Odum

- Memphis Soul and Stax - Lewie Steinberg, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Tommy Cogbill

- Motown - James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt

- West Coast Motown - Wilton Felder, Carole Kaye, Scott Edwards

- Philly Soul - Ronnie Baker, Jimmy Williams

- Atlantic and Muscle Shoals - David Hood, Jerry Jemmott

- Chicago Soul & Chess Records - Louis Satterfield, Willie Weeks




The Recipe for a Perfect Bass Groove




We all know a great groove when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling? In this book, seasoned session bassist Dan Hawkins teaches the essential techniques needed to create an array of memorable grooves. Electric Bass skills you'll learn include:



The "breaking the rules of music" trick Bernard Odum used for James Brown
How to create solid memorable riffs that make a tune
Mastering syncopation in the style of James Jamerson
How to lock in with a drummer
Where to use articulations such as hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides
Essential arpeggio and scale patterns
The ideas that fuelled some of the greatest basslines in recorded history




Get Your Bass Groove Playing Up to Scratch

There's more! RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines also teaches you how to nail the perfect Soul Tone in its "Gear Talk" section. You'll even discover how to recreate classic tone with modern gear.