How to Play A Shuffle on the Bass
Ever been at a jam where nobody knows what to play? It usually ends the same way: shuffle time.
In this week’s “Essence of Groove” video, I’ll show you several different ways to play this feel — from simple patterns to rock and even swing. Once you’ve got these under your fingers, you’ll be much better prepared the next time someone says, “Let’s play a blues.”
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Thank You. I am happy I found you. 64 and picked up the bass 6 months ago. Starting to have some fun with it.
Another great song for a shuffle groove is Heart Ache Tonight by the Eagles.
Great song for beginner and intermediate players like myself.
So, I’m making lunch and this shuffle show pops up on my feed.
I thought that would be a great listen.
After a minute, I have to get my bass and start playing along.
Burned lunch.
More time to play
I’ll make more chow in a minute.
Cheers Amigo!
I just found your channel on my feed. I love it and subscribed.
Get a metronome or drum pattern and hammer in the swing feel form as slow as you can go to as fast as you go for a long time. I find it especially hard when doing quick tempo and crossing strings line a pattern for Torn Down.
Just found your channel. I enjoyed it very much. I'll have to go back and watch the Texas blues shuffle. I liked all of them but that one is a lot like what I play now. Thank you for the videos. New subscriber.
Beautiful bass, takes me back a few decades when Modulus was all the rage. Should have grabbed a neck then.
With me, it depends on the speed of the music. Naturally, I play 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 because it feels more comfortable to me. I don't always agree with playing technique videos because they come across as rather rigid and structured. We are all different and play in a way that makes us feel comfortable a individuals. Classical style training is very limiting in its ideas.
Glenn Miller – In The Mood is so similar to Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys. It's a really fun bass line to play.
It's simple, but even experienced players can learn a lot from this. I very much welcome it, thank you.
Gary Thain was a great bassist for Uriah heep
What is wrong with just QUARTER NOTES!? Forget all the damn grace notes and dotted crap. Let the drummers and guitar players do that. 1 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 3 will always feel better than anything else. I played bass on a Dion record because that's exactly what he wanted to hear that his other bass player wasn't doing.
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That Modulus babe sounds AWESOME !!! Thx for sharing.
3:00 in this second example, is that not a BOOGIE pattern, as opposed to a shuffle?
I'm about to retire and my son, a self-taught guitarist, thinks I should pick up a bass and learn how to play it. If I could just learn how do these shuffles, I'd be happy. Of course, if I could get even close to how Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath plays, you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Thanks for the inspiration.
can you break down why zz top / srv etc play a Texas shuffle – other than that's where they're from 🙂
Good Night! And thanks for The video!
Uno de mis temas favoritos, no es estrictamente un Shufflle (entiendo como Shufflle un tempo ni muy rápido ni muy lento pero estrictamente necesario ser ejecutado with groove)
Se trata de T-bone Shufflle, por supuesto de T-bone Walker, es más bien un boggie woogie está en G Major y es muy divertido tocarlo.
Hice una transcripción nota por nota ha ce algunos años y también es instructivo,pues te obliga a abordar notas altas en el diapasón (diferentes octavas)
Las figuras rítmicas son básicamente negras,corcheas y algún tresillo.
Espero poder ver más vídeos suyos!
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I love the ZZ Top "shuffle in C" story. Ai Ai-n't picking it up though: "To "shuffle in C" is likely a reference to playing a musical style, not a programming task, as the search results primarily show tutorials and backing tracks for a blues shuffle rhythm on guitar in the key of C. If you are a programmer, "shuffle" in C++ can refer to the std::shuffle algorithm in the <algorithm> library, which randomly permutes elements in a range, but there is no direct equivalent in C itself." Lord…….Maybe C++ is D…….
Great video, great examples and explanations….look forward to more
Bobbing the head looks so corney – I always lose respect when I see someone doing that. It's supposed to be about the BASS, not Chicken Little. What's wrong with throwing the neck out and back for emphasis? That helps you PROJECT out into the audience and give every ounce of energy away. Bobbing your head isn't the most tiring job in the world, but PROJECTING for four hours is. Do it right.
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My advice for bass players is to take drum lessons. I'm primarily a guitar player now, but I grew up playing bass (in a family of musicians). I ended up going to college for music and played bass in the jazz band. But I also had a love for drums (and guitar, and I played trumpet throughout college…) and so I took drum lessons all through college. To me, that was the most useful and impactful knowledge that I applied to bass. It really helps you understand timing on another level. Past band mates use to jokingly call me "the counter" (because, yes – I count), but I was always were I was supposed to be when I was supposed to be there ????
Hi, New Bassist here. I appreciate your video, and look forward to seeing more. I recently acquired a lovely pearl white Ibanez Sound Gear Bass. I have practiced on it till my fingers were raw. I still need to build up some calluses. Keeping time is easy for me. But how do you avoid fingertip pain? Especially while learning. Thanks
SWING? Not triplet BS. It’s called swing at comes in percentages. You should demonstrate it on that computer.
I saw Uriah Heep in a down stairs bar on Symonds Street Auckland NZ about 10 years ago maybe 60 or 70 people weird venue low ceiling great night.
Love the Modulus neck haven’t seen one in a long time!
Hey, I'm a guitar player and I love your channel!
My word, this guy looks so like Scott Bakula! Great bass advice though.
Of course I remember Uriah Heep. Unfortunately I am that old but still paying guitar. Great video.
Jamerson only used one finger. I find myself doing the same thing. caught your video for the first time. Loved it.
Gary thain from the heep
WPOD is one of the best shuffles of all time. Especially the drums