Basses Loaded • Volume 2 • Rock Edition

The Rock n’ Roll Bass Player • Rock Bass: Basic Rhythms • Application: Chord To Chord Movement • Focus On Theory: Essential Intervals, The Major Scale • Major Scale Construction • Third Intervals and The Major Scale Chords • Major Chords within The Major Scale • Minor Chords within The Major Scale • The “VII” Chord and The Major Scale • Basic Open Patterns: Application • Basic Movable Patterns: Application • Groove Style: Quarter Note Rock Style • Rock Articulation Styles (Part 1): Making Upright Bass “Doom” Sounds • In The Style Of “Footstompin’ Music” by Grandfunk Railroad • Swing Bass: Open Blues Runs • In The Style Of “In The Mood” by Glenn Miller • “Jump Blues” Bass: Mid-40s Style • In The Style Of “Caldonia” by Louis Jordon • “Rhythm and Blues” Bass: Early 50’s Style • In The Style Of “Honey Hush” by Big Joe Turner • Early Rock Bass: In The Style Of Bill Black • In The Style Of “Blue Suede Shoes” by Elvis Presley v Early Rock Bass: In The Style Of Willie Dixon • In The Style Of “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry • The British Invasion • Early Paul McCartney Style • In The Style Of “All My Loving” by The Beatles • 1970’s Classic Rock Style • In The Style Of “Money” by Pink Floyd • Rock Articulation Styles (Part 2): Making “Dump” Sounds • In The Style Of “Memphis Tennessee” by Johnny Rivers • Quarter Note Rock Style • The Revivalist Movement, Part 1: Ska and Reggae • In The Style Of “Superman” by Goldfinger • The Revivalist Movement. Part 2: Swing • In The Style Of “Route 66” by The Brian Setzer Orchestra • Intervallic Visualization and Application • Quarter Note Rock Style: Bass Line Ideas • Put It Together: Sample Progressions • Focus On Theory: The Natural Minor Scale • Natural Minor Scale Construction • The Natural Minor Scale: Diatonic Chords • Major and Minor Chords within The Natural Minor Scale • The “II” Chord and The Natural Minor Scale • Minor Scale Intervals: Visualize and Apply • Quarter Note Rock Style: Minor Bass Line Ideas • Groove Study 2: Straight 8ths • 8th Note Pedaling • Key Note Pedaling • In The Style Of “Live Wire” by AC/DC • Root Note Pedaling • In The Style Of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana • Rock Bass: Picking Styles • In The Style Of “Sin City” by AC/DC • In The Style Of “Got The Time” by Joe Jackson • In The Style Of “She” by Green Day • Scale Visualization: Horizontal Arrangement • Open String Pedaling • In The Style Of “Some Heads Are Gonna Roll” by Judas Priest • Open String Pedaling: Riff Examples • In The Style Of “Enter Sandman” by Metallica • In The Style Of “Gotta Get Away” by The Offspring • In The Style Of “Breaking The Chains” by Dokken • In The Style Of “Forty Six and Two” by Tool • In The Style Of “Zero” by Smashing Pumpkins • In The Style Of “Coast To Coast ” by The Scorpions • Beyond Pedaling: Theme and Variation • Scalar Neighboring Tone • Chromatic Neighboring Tone • Beyond Pedaling: Expanding The Quarter Note Concept • In The Style Of “Mony Mony” by Tommy James and The Shondells • Beyond Pedaling: Theme and Variation; Major 6 Arpeggio Application.

Note from the author, Mr. Rod Goelz Basses Loaded: Volume 2 “Rock Edition” is part “history lesson” and part “improvisational workshop”. In this edition, you’ll learn Quarter, 8th and 16th note rhythmic combinations. I’ll not only teach you how to play the lines and improvise the lines, but I’m even gonna show you how to make your bass GROWL!