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1. (Tower) (#23547) by WAYNE ELLIOTT I can't seem to reproduce the right beat. Reggae · Beginner · 2410 Hits · Last Modified: 3/11/08 2. 10-bar Triad Reggae (#5847) by Evan Donovan Busy line using all the tones in the triads and some passing tones. Reggae · Beginner · 35456 Hits · Last Modified: 1/19/02 3. 123 (#8967) by Jay Gibby ]'; Reggae · Beginner · 11225 Hits · Last Modified: 11/19/02 4. A Little Bit Of Reggae (#615) by Jeff Hinzman This is just a quick little reggae ditty in C. Easy enough so you can learn it then concentrate on the rhythms of reggae. Reggae · Beginner · 33694 Hits · Last Modified: 10/3/00 5. A Nice Reggae Bass Line (#10746) by Alex Hecker Walking Reggae bassline? I think so! Reggae · Beginner · 27958 Hits · Last Modified: 4/9/03 6. AaR (#8167) by Max Marshall An up-beat reggae line. See if you like it. Reggae · Beginner · 7724 Hits · Last Modified: 9/1/02 7. Adding Reggae Feel (#11836) by Greg Wallace 3 pages of reggae-influenced lines to give some idea of how to add a bit of reggae feel to stylistically different musical lines. Reggae · Beginner · 21889 Hits · Last Modified: 12/9/06 8. ADGC Reggae Groove (#2479) by Chris Fazio A really cool reggae bassline with ADGC chord progression Reggae · Intermediate · 23292 Hits · Last Modified: 3/15/01 9. Another Reggae Line (#20445) by Geoffrey Barnes Another simple line created from something I learned when I first picked up bass. Reggae · Beginner · 4175 Hits · Last Modified: 5/5/06 10. At The Beach Mon (#14099) by Lesa McCabe I can almost feel the warm sand under my feet! Reggae · Beginner · 7645 Hits · Last Modified: 3/13/04 11. Axial - Dubious (#8136) by Ronnie Duisters I once created this bassline for Axial, a band of mine which stopped some years ago. We were kind of a progressive rockband with a female singer. The bassline is played in the bridge of the song 'Dubious'. Reggae · Intermediate · 6291 Hits · Last Modified: 8/28/02 12. Bass Groove Of The Month: Reggae #2 (#18158) by Patrick Pfeiffer Downbeat Reggae Groove. Reggae · Intermediate · 9090 Hits · Last Modified: 4/10/05 13. Bass Groove Of The Week #23 (#15209) by Patrick Pfeiffer A groove in the style of Sting. Reggae · Intermediate · 6339 Hits · Last Modified: 7/4/04 14. Bass Groove Of The Week #30 (#15827) by Patrick Pfeiffer A groove in the style of Robbie Shakespeare. Reggae · Intermediate · 5221 Hits · Last Modified: 8/22/04 15. Bass Style Of The Month: Reggae #3 (#18185) by Patrick Pfeiffer Reggae bass groove Reggae · Intermediate · 5008 Hits · Last Modified: 4/18/05 16. Bass Style Of The Month: Reggae #4 (#18257) by Patrick Pfeiffer Drop one Reggae Groove Reggae · Intermediate · 3944 Hits · Last Modified: 4/25/05 17. Bass Style Of The Month: Reggae - #1 (#18106) by Patrick Pfeiffer "Drop One" Reggae Groove. Reggae · Intermediate · 6023 Hits · Last Modified: 4/10/05 18. Beginner Reggae (#21923) by Jim Steinmetz Simple reggae line for beginners...enjoy! Reggae · Beginner · 4121 Hits · Last Modified: 12/25/06 19. Cancion (#9130) by Andrew Atkins A cool 12 bar riff in the key of G Reggae · Advanced · 11992 Hits · Last Modified: 2/19/03 20. Cheese (#13622) by Dale Jones Dude this is my first one and i havn't got the hang of the line builder so chill. But i think its ok i guess for me first time! Reggae · Beginner · 3145 Hits · Last Modified: 1/31/04 21. Chill Out (#11758) by Britt Jarvis Early ska line.....really easy, I like it Reggae · Beginner · 6786 Hits · Last Modified: 7/2/03 22. Cool Ska Bass Line (#8734) by Dan Munier Real easy ska line just get the timing down I use this in one of my bands songs. Reggae · Beginner · 7399 Hits · Last Modified: 10/29/02 23. Crack-Rock Steady Ska (#21786) by Devin Jahnke A line from one of my bands', The Real Smooth Moves', songs, called Crack Rocks. This is my first tab with software, so feel free to tell me how I did. Reggae · Beginner · 1003 Hits · Last Modified: 11/21/06 24. Dark Reggae (#19238) by Andrew McDaniel Dark sounding reggae line. Beginner syncopation exercise. Reggae · Beginner · 2665 Hits · Last Modified: 8/15/05 25. Deep Blue Ska (#18565) by Devon Morrison This is a crazy moving bass line tht changes in like every key but its fun if u can play it fast enough. Reggae · Advanced · 2548 Hits · Last Modified: 6/3/05 26. Dope Reggae Loop (#9231) by Mike Badeau Dope line, guaranteed to keep you movin'. Reggae · Intermediate · 8147 Hits · Last Modified: 12/13/02 27. Dread Letter Office (#12193) by Greg Wallace Careful, the jerk chicken is pretty spicey! 7 pages of easy Reggae riddums... Reggae · Beginner · 16542 Hits · Last Modified: 10/15/06 28. Dread Letter Office - The Sequel (#12213) by Greg Wallace More easy reggae for beginners - 4 pages. Reggae · Beginner · 6657 Hits · Last Modified: 10/19/06 29. Dread Or Alive (#13503) by Greg Wallace 4 easy reggae riddims... Reggae · Beginner · 7516 Hits · Last Modified: 1/27/07 30. Dreamovreggae (#8961) by Dominic Michaud Nice and smooth ska/reggae song to listen to. Reggae · Intermediate · 7866 Hits · Last Modified: 11/29/03 31. Dub Bounce It (#18363) by Andrew Linton If this doesn't make 'em bob their heads,...nothing will! Reggae · Beginner · 1955 Hits · Last Modified: 5/9/05 32. Dub Style (#15399) by Guy Troxler Just a cool lil groove i use with my band Reggae · Intermediate · 2160 Hits · Last Modified: 7/10/04 33. Early Day (#12602) by Mike Blasutti Wake up and play this for breakfast Reggae · Beginner · 4788 Hits · Last Modified: 10/8/03 34. Easy Reggae Line (#2675) by Mikko Viljakainen This is simple reggae line... It sounds almost like Marley to me. Well, it might be better if you listen it yourself... Reggae · Beginner · 14834 Hits · Last Modified: 9/22/01 35. Fly Reggae (#9202) by Michael McKenzie I'm brand new to the bass and this is my first lesson attempt. Sounds ok to me. What do you think? Reggae · Beginner · 2731 Hits · Last Modified: 12/9/02 36. Freak DA Shiek (#634) by Jeremy Walsworth It might be reggae or funk or what ever youchoose its my first one, simple to the point. Let me know how you dig it. Reggae · Intermediate · 5298 Hits · Last Modified: 10/6/00 37. Gazamattaz (#7256) by Gareth Brookes A cool ska riff to get you started Reggae · Intermediate · 2602 Hits · Last Modified: 6/9/02 38. Groovy Man (#7164) by Richard Baker This is quite a groovy reggae bass line. Reggae · Intermediate · 7398 Hits · Last Modified: 1/9/04 39. Happy-Day Ska (#9730) by Dominic Michaud A song I heard somewhere and I can't get it out of my head... Reggae · Intermediate · 3300 Hits · Last Modified: 1/22/03 40. Hesa (#20572) by Adam Bebbington Hes a Reggae · Intermediate · 989 Hits · Last Modified: 3/14/06 41. How Easy Is This? (#9765) by Zach Farnsworth I'm not a punk fan, but here's a lesson on it anyways Reggae · Beginner · 2718 Hits · Last Modified: 1/27/03 42. How To Make Walking Ska/raggae Lines (#5383) by John Weis How to make your own ska, raggae, or skat lines. they're all pretty much the same, just different speeds. Reggae · Intermediate · 22279 Hits · Last Modified: 3/9/02 43. I Feel Jamaica Man (#17493) by Rodney Liner This is a cool "Jamaica Man" feel. I guess you can call it a "CALYPSO" sounding groove. Simple, but in your face. Have Fun "Jamaica Man". Reggae · Intermediate · 4149 Hits · Last Modified: 6/23/06 44. Island Hopping (#20444) by Geoffrey Barnes A simple reggae line. Reggae · Beginner · 1309 Hits · Last Modified: 2/25/06 45. Island Jammin (#3151) by Sam Eydoun Here's a little reggae bassline my buddies and i once wrote a few years back. This is just a taste of the first 2 parts. Reggae · Intermediate · 5384 Hits · Last Modified: 5/3/01 46. Jamaican Jam (#11483) by Daniel Hunter Cool reggae jam. have fun. Reggae · Beginner · 2980 Hits · Last Modified: 10/1/03 47. Kinda Reggae-ish Bassline Used In A Song (#6021) by Seamus Clarkin This is a little walk i do in one of my band's songs, it's reggae-ish with the guitar accenting the offbeats like in reggae,good for getting used to switching strings Reggae · Beginner · 2782 Hits · Last Modified: 2/5/02 48. Midnight (#23430) by Josh Cross Smooth 8 measure jam i wrote in A min. the timings a little tricky but other than that nothing fancy. this is my first one tell me what you think. Reggae · Intermediate · 279 Hits · Last Modified: 2/14/08 49. Noche Noche (#3059) by Pablo Nadales Una base reggae de SUMO Reggae · Beginner · 2516 Hits · Last Modified: 4/24/01 50. One Man Reggae (#13775) by Mike Graziano Nice little groove im messing around with Using finger-tapping style Reggae · Intermediate · 1879 Hits · Last Modified: 2/16/04 51. Practise Makes Perfect (#16090) by Paul Morris Here are to good reggae bass riffs/licks that i think work very well Reggae · Beginner · 1237 Hits · Last Modified: 8/31/04 52. Raggae Soup (#23383) by Steven Steel Little known raggae song with slight variation :) Reggae · Beginner · 164 Hits · Last Modified: 2/3/08 53. Rasta Dub (#1469) by Josh Foutch This is just a cool lil' reggae line i play. It shouldn't be that hard. Just play around with it. Reggae · Beginner · 6553 Hits · Last Modified: 12/28/00 54. RAyGA Dub (#7031) by Micah Kaplan A very simple no frills Dub line I came up with. Reggae · Beginner · 2763 Hits · Last Modified: 5/14/02 55. Reaggae Song (#6771) by Erik Olausson Bla bal baaehdmhadgl Reggae · Beginner · 2275 Hits · Last Modified: 4/15/02 56. Regee Punk (#10620) by Dan Brinson Don't rememer where I learned it, but if you play it right you'll see the people watching you will start bobbing their heads..Have fun with it. Reggae · Beginner · 2193 Hits · Last Modified: 7/24/03 57. Reggae Basics 1 (#8408) by Justin Jebaraj Here bass gives boost to the rhyhtm section of music. Reggae · Intermediate · 3245 Hits · Last Modified: 6/24/04 58. Reggae Bass Line (#13082) by Bob Smith Kinda reggaeish Reggae · Ridiculous · 1873 Hits · Last Modified: 12/4/03 59. Reggae Beat (#19331) by Garth Fisher A simple reggage beat that I have made for you to expand on Reggae · Beginner · 855 Hits · Last Modified: 8/27/05 60. Reggae Es Español (#17710) by Jerry Garcia FIRST BASS LINE THAT I UPLOAD,RATE IT.... IT'S A SONG THAT I PLAY WITH MY BAND... WE PLAY PUNK,ROCK,SKA.METAL IN SPANISH Reggae · Intermediate · 1378 Hits · Last Modified: 2/18/05 61. Reggae Fever - Part Four (#1164) by Jon Faine The last part in the series mon. Reggae · Intermediate · 3127 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/00 62. Reggae Fever - Part One (#1161) by Jon Faine I present a four-part reggae lesson series. These lines can be woven into one continuous groove; riddim forward mi breddren! The lines are easy to play, I consider them to be intermediate due to rhythm. Loop the lines to get a feel for them. Reggae · Intermediate · 5240 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/00 63. Reggae Fever - Part Three (#1163) by Jon Faine Follows part two mon. Reggae · Intermediate · 2348 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/00 64. Reggae Fever - Part Two (#1162) by Jon Faine Follows part one mon. Reggae · Intermediate · 2423 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/00 65. Reggae Groove (#3265) by Danny Gonzalez This is a nice little reggae line, the playback is in funky, because I didn't found any reggae track, enjoy it! Reggae · Beginner · 85847 Hits · Last Modified: 5/9/01 66. Reggae Riff (#15318) by Guy Troxler This little ditty i came up with was the basis for one of my bands songs Reggae · Beginner · 1411 Hits · Last Modified: 7/5/04 67. REGGAE SKA THING (#21868) by MARIO Camacho You could put it on slap 2 or elec fing Reggae · Beginner · 572 Hits · Last Modified: 12/9/06 68. Reggae-ish (#11756) by Matt Maynes This is a reggae-ish beat Reggae · Beginner · 1050 Hits · Last Modified: 7/1/03 69. Reggae/Dub Groove (#14964) by Russ Abu I wrote this line having a reggae set of mind thus why I label it reggae. I just realized it has a similar chord progression to a pink floyd song. Either way check it out. Reggae · Intermediate · 2269 Hits · Last Modified: 6/4/04 70. Reggea Mon (#12766) by Mike Blasutti Get together with some bongo players and groove to the sweet reggae music Reggae · Beginner · 2474 Hits · Last Modified: 10/29/03 71. Riff # 11 (#11186) by Chris Dodde Real cool Reggae · Intermediate · 2031 Hits · Last Modified: 5/8/03 72. Riff #10 (#11185) by Chris Dodde Different kind of beginning. Reggae · Intermediate · 1111 Hits · Last Modified: 5/8/03 73. Riff #2 (#10760) by Chris Dodde Another riff. Reggae · Intermediate · 986 Hits · Last Modified: 4/10/03 74. Riff #5 (#11116) by Chris Dodde I am using ghost notes instead of 16 notes! Reggae · Intermediate · 1024 Hits · Last Modified: 5/4/03 75. Riff #8 (#11214) by Chris Dodde This can vary a lot. Reggae · Advanced · 1758 Hits · Last Modified: 5/11/03 76. Righteous Line Can Back Up A Jam Session (#7921) by Zach Partain You need quick fingers to play but once u have it down it sounds good Reggae · Advanced · 2593 Hits · Last Modified: 8/9/02 77. Rootical Tune (#19774) by Helen Murphy This simple little groove can be played in any chord. Just choose your root note and follow the pattern. Reggae · Beginner · 924 Hits · Last Modified: 11/12/05 78. Ska #1 (#11529) by Greg Wallace Basic Ska lines on these 6 pages. Reggae · Intermediate · 83014 Hits · Last Modified: 7/7/03 79. Ska (ish) (#19751) by Helen Murphy Part of one of our bands songs, its my first attempt at lesson writing, so it sounds much better played than how Ive written it!! Reggae · Beginner · 673 Hits · Last Modified: 11/10/05 80. Ska Arpeggio Progression (#7125) by Andrew Skoirchet Simple arpeggio idea that anybody can do really easy and it's sounds pretty cool in upbeat music like ska Reggae · Beginner · 4598 Hits · Last Modified: 5/27/02 81. Ska Bass Lines #1 (#17387) by Brad Hewitt How to make ska bass lines Reggae · Beginner · 2400 Hits · Last Modified: 1/11/05 82. Ska Lines #2 (#17388) by Brad Hewitt More help with ska lines Reggae · Beginner · 2329 Hits · Last Modified: 1/11/05 83. Ska Starter (#11734) by Stephen Greenberg A basic lesson on how to play/ create Ska Music on a bass. This is also to help promote the ska community. :) Reggae · Advanced · 5546 Hits · Last Modified: 7/1/03 84. Ska/Reggae Unleashed (#11425) by Dominic Michaud Groovy bassline from my twisted mind. Enjoy! Reggae · Intermediate · 4637 Hits · Last Modified: 6/2/03 85. Slinky (#14095) by Lesa McCabe It's Slinky Time! Reggae · Beginner · 1190 Hits · Last Modified: 3/13/04 86. Somethin To Take To The Beach (#4105) by Niko Cabrera This is a great reagge song that i composed but u may used this for funk rock or fusion blues Reggae · Advanced · 4303 Hits · Last Modified: 7/12/01 87. Straight Outta Kingston Mon (#11239) by Britt Jarvis Its Easy......I Like It......How Wonderful Reggae · Beginner · 2119 Hits · Last Modified: 5/14/03 88. Sublime Stylee Reggae Groove (#20598) by Justin Wehrman Simple bass line with a Sublime styled groove. Reggae · Beginner · 895 Hits · Last Modified: 3/19/06 89. Sunny Days (#23431) by Josh Cross 8 measure upbeat walking style ska line in cmaj Reggae · Intermediate · 162 Hits · Last Modified: 2/12/08 90. Sweet Reggae Groove (#4569) by Chris Ingham This is a nice line, I am sure you'll like it. Reggae · Intermediate · 2731 Hits · Last Modified: 8/22/02 91. The Day Ahead (#9838) by Derek Muhammad A neat little reggae line I created using simple arpegio triads from a major scale. Move them around and remember to bounce (it is reggae) Reggae · Beginner · 1829 Hits · Last Modified: 2/1/03 92. The Jamacian Riff (#5473) by Umair Khan It's one of those jamacian riff. Reggae · Beginner · 4040 Hits · Last Modified: 12/9/01 93. The Tyranny Of Mr. X (#19664) by Joe Heffer Simple bassline in G Major Reggae · Beginner · 1075 Hits · Last Modified: 10/21/05 94. Unregistered Taxi (#9594) by Derek Muhammad A bass line adapted from a Sly & Robbie rhythm. This is my first attempt at a lesson so I thought I would keep it simple, unfortunately it does not seem to 'bounce' on the computer, so when you play it remember to give it the 'reggae feel' Reggae · Beginner · 1809 Hits · Last Modified: 1/30/03 95. Writing A Reggae Bass Line (#14879) by Juan Contreras The quintessential element of reggae bass is the rest. The most experienced reggae bassists use the least number of notes to get a groove. Reggae · Intermediate · 2425 Hits · Last Modified: 5/30/04

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