Son Of A Preacher Man Style Soul Bass Line (Tommy Cogbill)

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Thanks for the video! And I just ordered your book!

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Thanks so much!

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This is a fantastic lesson mate

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Thanks very much 🙏🙏

[@donh5794]

The book just arrived and this video along with the others will help a lot.

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Enjoy!

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Excellent thanks for sharing Dan 👍

[@berndschreiber260]

I'm always pleased when i watch your videos. In a very symphatic way you teach the Essentials of bassplaying 👍🙂

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Thanks very much, Bernd. 👍👊

[@rossco420]

Great lesson Dan 🔥🔥🙏

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Thanks!

[@jasonferguson627]

I see John Paul Jones as credited as the bass player on this song right from his bio. Am i missing something?

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I think you might be missing something…

[@michaellinde8871]

If you listen to the original by Dusty Springfield with Tommy Cogbill, they played Preacher Man in the key of E, not G as is suggested on this video.

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Correct, but this is in the style of Cogbill’s line (as mentioned in the title and the beginning). It’s not a cover. 🙏

[@SuperBeachbum74]

Tommy Cogbill, the only bass player who Larry graham has to look up to !

[@falconspath]

I had the privilege of meeting Tommy only one time, when he recorded one of our sessions in Nashville. Great guy!

[@jesuslovesbass3944]

Ok, I'm a newb. I'm a bit confused about the maj C 7th. Shouldn't the 7th be "B", not Bb?

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No problem! It’s confusing at the start. You have a “C Major Seventh” - the chord symbol is CMaj7 or CM7 or C🔼7. That chord contains a B (the major seventh or seventh note in a major scale). The “C Dominant Seven’ or “C Seven” chord - C7 - contains the same major triad as CMaj7 (C E G) but contains a b7 (Bb) instead of a B. They’re very similar but very different! Hope that helps.

[@jesuslovesbass3944]

@@OnlineBassCourses Ok, sorry to keep bugging you about this. I'm just trying to understand how this works. So, a CMaj7 retains the B natural, but a C7 (a dominant 7 chord) drops the 7th a half step to a Bb. So, am I correct to assume that all Dominant 7 chords flatten the 7th note? Again, sorry to keep pestering you about this LOL. Thanks

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@@jesuslovesbass3944 it’s ok. Yes, you are correct about that. You can move these shapes to any root and the underlying structure/formula remains the same. Chords come from scales so learn scales. A major seventh is simply the 1 3 5 7 from the major scale. The dominant 7 is the 1 3 5 7 from the Mixolydian mode (which contains a b7). It makes it so much easier when you know the scale/mode that a chord/arpeggio comes from.

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@@OnlineBassCourses Ok, I think I got it now. Read a little more, put it together with what you've told me. Thanks, Dan...now I can get some sleep tonight.

[@williammorson1535]

That piece of bass at the beginning turned me over. That's what I want to play like.

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Thanks, William. You can do it! Download the PDF and backing track and work up to it.