Reggae Bass For Beginners

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In this bass guitar lesson, James will show you the bass guitar basics of reggae music and how you can get this unique feel right.
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[@gjca99]

Fantastic lesson! I had less than a day to prepare for doing a song in a service in a reggae style. This video enabled me to produce an authentic reggae vibe and attracted many favourable comments! Thanks James 😊.

[@TinyDragon]

This is one of those styles where one needs to just feel it - analyzing it kills it.

[@wilsonalvin7606]

instaBlaster.

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Tiny Dragon! Wonderful observation! Thanks for sharing your insight!

[@Anjohl]

100% agree. You'll know when you're there. I'm an absolute beginner, but I have a weird natural knack for reggae, which is peculiar considering I'm as white as it gets, and come from a hard rock/metal background!

[@pjdahmen]

Awesome lesson and Thank you for the pdf down below! Keep up and well done!👍🙏

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@Flux799]

Not sure if you mentioned but typically flatwound strings are preferred in reggae, I've jammed with many reggae and dub reggae bands and flatwounds do the trick..or dead round wounds work to. But string choice is essential.

[@ebassguitar]

Sean Savage makes total sense Sean! :-)

[@dav97mor]

This is great, I'm playing a raggae tune, among other styles and needed a quick lesson. Gig is in a couple of days so this was a life saver.

[@edmundustimmo]

Thank you James O have been learn a lot from you...

[@ebassguitar]

You're very welcome Edmundus!

[@BONGOGO100]

It great that you love to play reggae but you gotta feel it not just play it .. more space

[@ebassguitar]

I’ll never try and pretend I’m a specialist... That’s why I’m bring in don chandler for a masterclass at the start of April :-)

[@BONGOGO100]

@@ebassguitar my friend I didn’t mean to offend you at all your doing a great job bringing playing reggae to peps who probably never tried it before .. all good 😌👍👍

[@tonyallen6510]

Yes👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Anjohl]

I just started playijg bass "seriously" in late 2023 after wanting to for years. I mainly play live, 95% improv, and I find reggae oddly comfortable. Not sure why!

[@wiseoldfool]

My take on Reggae is that you have to weave the notes around the rests.

[@andrewwright6893]

Superb lesson thanks very much. Practice time with the pdf. Lovely feel to reggae tunes. Brilliant

[@markrodgers2976]

Hell, I'm not even a minute and a half in, and I've already stopped the video to start copying riffs, then improvising off that !!!! This looks like another winner that I'm gonna need to dwell on a while !!!

[@ebassguitar]

Boom! Love it... have you grabbed the PDF?

[@markrodgers2976]

@@ebassguitar No bro, I haven't. I've got a backlog of stashed videos here already, more content than my bitty brain can process !!! But you've quickly moved into my favorite top 3 guys here !! Keep 'em coming, you'll see me hanging around !

[@rjp63vip]

James that was JuicyJuicy baby! I've only started playing bass last week and I was able to play along not perfectly but good enough ... thank you brother! I prefer the second groove because of the octave sound. Its more dynamic to me. You're a funtastic teacher. I subscribed! I'm loving learning to play the bass . I'm all about Dat bass!

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks Roylin! Wishing you luck on your groovy journey. Cheers!

[@watsonunlimitedmusic]

A respectful and thoughtful look at the genre ! Not bad at all.. My only qualm might be that you're playing Three Little Birds a bit too staccato.. but that's being nit picky

[@wackyruss]

Watson Unlimited staccato?!? This isn't Mozart, Beethoven, or Bach.... it's Reggae, Mon!

[@watsonunlimitedmusic]

@@wackyruss This music deserves as much care and respect as any other..

[@FitAndSaxy1]

Great tutorial! :) Got the PDF too! As a complete bass beginner this should keep me busy for a while. Hope to join the club soon! :)

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Joe! How's your bass playing? Glad you like the video! Have you tried Bass Lab Plus? All the best!!

[@dacdoandinh2687]

Thank you very intuitive lesson!

[@ebassguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@narindersharma2616]

Another great lesson James. Thanks!

[@johnslowhandhanson]

Love the lesson great for a guitarist turned hopefully a bassist

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks jon! Hope this video helped you out with your reggae bass playing. Maybe share a video to the eBassGuitar community in the future :)

[@dockoyvlog]

i like your bass guitar very simple but beauty

[@ebassguitar]

Thank you so much! Simple and clean-looking bass guitars definitely rule! :)

[@hanzaw2425]

Thanks so much !

[@odanewalker8604]

i love both of them. altho is like 9 hours ago i started to play so im a biginer..

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it, Odane! How's your bass playing? I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@myblueheaven4424]

Sorry but Three little birds in the intro sounded nothing like the original bass. Too much staccato, you muted and added ascents to notes in all the wrong places. It just destroyed the feel.

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely look into that! Cheers!

[@brynyowannatkinson2915]

Bang on the money!! So much in there. Feel is one of those concepts that’s pretty hard to teach. But you nailed it.🤘

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it! Cheers!

[@huldacampbell8563]

Good afternoon, what is the cost?

[@OmarManrique]

¡Arrechisimo! he visto otros tutoriales, pero este lo explica muy claro, el sonido es genial, ¡muchacho! eres un bárbaro en este tutorial, ¡de pinga!. Awesome!!!, I have seen other tutorials, but this one explains it very clearly, the sound is great, guy, you are a barbarian in this tutorial, very cool!!!

[@marcgirukwishaka8832]

I Want to learn bass

[@ebassguitar]

Do it!

[@marcgirukwishaka8832]

@@ebassguitar i given you nember watsap

[@ebassguitar]

What’s nember watsap?

[@lincolndomingo634]

Great lesson..Enjoyed it.

[@tonyallen6510]

He talks so much!!!

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!

[@stuartmoore6310]

Maybe it's just me but I could not hear the bass in the mix. Perhaps turn the bass up or turn the backing track down.

[@ebassguitar]

What device are you listening to it on Stuart?

[@percussioncrazyful]

good and thanks!! ...

[@ebassguitar]

Cheers!

[@patrizioromano9320]

Thanks.... very intresting to introduce this topic

[@ebassguitar]

Awesome man! Cheers!

[@markprice4843]

fantastic lesson cheers.

[@ebassguitar]

Cheers man!

[@MrJingkrong]

ขอโหลด PDF นะครับ

[@koostraw3754]

Thanks for the lessons. But want to ask its like your plucking hand is far from the neck. whiles some reggae bass players recommend its should be closer to the neck plucking.

[@ebassguitar]

That’s something you can experiment with to get the reggae tone that’s for sure... give it a go and let me know how you get on :-)

[@legolwa]

Excellent job!

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks man!

[@andrey_bassplayer]

- thanks for what you do) You have useful lessons)

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you learn something useful from the video! Stay tuned for more lessons! :-)

[@jmd01]

Nice clear lesson, thanks. By the way, was there ever a part 2? I couldn't find it.

[@ebassguitar]

Yes, it’s got 3 little birds in the title!

[@jmd01]

@@ebassguitar Thank you!

[@harveymulier6419]

subscribed

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks Harvey

[@charithhewage4035]

❤❤❤

[@TheeHitch]

Good lesson but needs on scene tab

[@ebassguitar]

Why don’t you download the free pdf? You’ll learn far more taking that apart ;-)

[@tasigurung3805]

We

[@johnnybgood774]

Like the channel

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it! Cheers!

[@mr_mnky]

what bass model(s) do you recommend for reggae?

[@ebassguitar]

Any decent bass should do it... but I’d probably choose an active bass, so I can turn the bass control ip

[@markbass354]

thanks James nice lesson

[@cliffordproctor4705]

really enjoyed this learning pictorial I love that song

[@tonyallen6510]

Thank for talking so much 😫

[@markbass354]

@@tonyallen6510 ok

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it Mark! All the best!

[@omg_wtf]

Hmmm.. not doing it for me. I prefer domstrumental's channel. Flabba Holt groove things like that

[@ebassguitar]

Well, don is a mate and coming on to a live masterclass thing week - I’m excited!

[@ccastillo36540]

🤯 too much music theory for a beginner

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for pointing that out! All the best!

[@sandrabecht4489]

👍🇩🇪

[@Neil-qf6df]

But i dont wanna learn theory, i just wanna sound cool

[@ebassguitar]

Why do you not want to learn theory?

[@Neil-qf6df]

@@ebassguitar it's too hard, i just wanna sit down and play some cool stuff, make use of the patterns etc

[@ebassguitar]

I promise you it’s not actually that hard… and the result you’ll experience will far out weigh the work you need to put in

[@bluesfortheredsun]

less talking more playing pleeeeeaaaase!!!! thanks.

[@ebassguitar]

😄

[@TONY76127]

@ 6;34 you state the drum accent is on the 2 and four,,,,NOT correct,,,,3 little birds is a 'ond drop' ride,,,one drop accents is on either the 1 or 3, in 3 Little Birds the accent is on the 3,,,,,if u are gonna attempt to teach reggae pls do a bit of research and do it correctly, having said that 1/love

[@ebassguitar]

DOCTAH X dude, I did my research on this. I think you a feeling the pulse twice as fast so the kick drum would fall on beat 3. I feel this as half time so the kick falls on 2 & 4. There is a debate on how this should be felt because the guy who makes me the tracks feels it double time. In my opinion neither is right or wrong. I think I might have even mentioned that in the films...

[@TONY76127]

guess me and all the reggae drummers(jamaica, england, even italian and german drummers who have nuff xperiance,,,juz zayin mate i've been recording and playing 40plus years,,,,,,check SUBATOMIC SOUNDnyc,,BoomOneRecords and wikipedia,,,,at any rate just trine help sight?

[@jurav5107]

First 8 minutes he is talking too much about useless things. About nothing...

[@ebassguitar]

Jura V the half time stuff is really important when understanding this feel works. It would be remiss of me as a teacher if I didn’t talk about it. Context is everything when trying to obtain a greater understanding. :-)

[@cliffordproctor4705]

well its for guys who are trying to learn, so talk all you want and just pick out what beneficial to you.. stop being a hater

[@jurav5107]

@@cliffordproctor4705 Stop being meme

[@bandelaroloverman3368]

Well said ebass, some people are so shallow minded they can't really comprehend..

[@piemvanberg1850]

less talking, more showing, mate.

[@ebassguitar]

Context is everything when trying to obtain a greater understanding :-)

[@frederickthorne2496]

excellent lesson thanks!

[@ebassguitar]

My pleasure! Cheers!