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1. 11/4 Witbeck Jam (#16502) by Jay Witbeck This is a Jam I use all the time when ever the rare occurance of 11/4 comes up. Try diffrent progressions with the same fingerings. It's 11/4 so even though it looks 4 you can count a measure of five then a measure of 6. Enjoy! World · Expert · 5521 Hits · Last Modified: 10/19/04 2. 5 Latin Grooves (#16356) by Dylan Woodman These are very easy, acessible latin grooves. I made this lesson MAINLY because I wanted to show common latin chord progessions. Check it out. World · Beginner · 11697 Hits · Last Modified: 2/24/05 3. 54 (#17530) by David Hopkins My 54th lesson Yeah World · Intermediate · 1348 Hits · Last Modified: 1/29/05 4. 8 Bar Latin (#21097) by Dirk Ericson Latin esque melody with changes and bass line. World · Intermediate · 2097 Hits · Last Modified: 6/29/06 5. A Latin Jam Exercise (#12075) by Juan Ramon Rey A very simple but funny jam line World · Beginner · 5790 Hits · Last Modified: 10/24/07 6. A Little Latin (#11509) by Greg Wallace Ten pages of Latin grooves in this lesson! World · Intermediate · 26534 Hits · Last Modified: 8/13/06 7. A Little Rhumba (#1646) by Lovisa Sigrúnardóttir Just a basic rhumba groove. World · Intermediate · 6819 Hits · Last Modified: 1/12/01 8. A little zorba (#3472) by Kreestos Fosilopolous it is hard but fun to tap and slap. World · Advanced · 5528 Hits · Last Modified: 5/26/01 9. Ahmeddio Omrande Di Pyramidis Canzone (#18263) by Richard Eischen A bass line which paints a picture of the land of the pyramids with a haunting refrain. Work on note values, even when they aren't what you thought they should be. Concentrate & have fun! World · Intermediate · 1822 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/05 10. Aloha 'Oi (#1794) by William Crissman This is the world famous hawaiian song. I wrote it just messing around one day. World · Beginner · 5750 Hits · Last Modified: 1/21/01 11. Another Spanish Groove (#1244) by Steve Peterson This is a common Groove in Spanish music. It should be in 3/4. World · Beginner · 6352 Hits · Last Modified: 12/10/00 12. Arabic Line (#12578) by Ali Sleeq This is a little line, taken from the A minor Arabic scale. check it out.. World · Intermediate · 4599 Hits · Last Modified: 10/6/03 13. Baião - Brazillian Theme 2 Voices (#21464) by Klaus Sena Baião is a interesting groove in Brazillian music. World · Intermediate · 1665 Hits · Last Modified: 9/16/06 14. Bass Groove Of The Week #33 (#16195) by Patrick Pfeiffer A bass groove int he style of Bakithi Khumalo. World · Intermediate · 2635 Hits · Last Modified: 9/13/04 15. Bass Groove Of The Week #34 (#16234) by Patrick Pfeiffer A groove in the style of Richard Bona. World · Intermediate · 2195 Hits · Last Modified: 9/28/04 16. Bass Groove Of The Week #39 (#16564) by Patrick Pfeiffer A bass groove in the style of Anthony Jackson. World · Intermediate · 1604 Hits · Last Modified: 10/24/04 17. Bass Groove Of The Week #4 (#13823) by Patrick Pfeiffer A contemporary Latin "Tumbao" groove with plenty of application possibilities. World · Intermediate · 3489 Hits · Last Modified: 6/13/04 18. Bass Groove Of The Week #9 (#14206) by Patrick Pfeiffer Pseudo-Latin line with some Funk. World · Intermediate · 2820 Hits · Last Modified: 3/28/04 19. Bass Montuno..."Gringo-fying (#455) by Jim Keller, IV Expanding the bass' function in a montuno jam with NO piano? How 'bout copping what the pianist's LEFT hand does during such a break... World · Intermediate · 12876 Hits · Last Modified: 9/2/00 20. Bass Style Of The Month: Latin #1 (#19228) by Patrick Pfeiffer Latin bass groove in a Bossa style. World · Intermediate · 1764 Hits · Last Modified: 8/13/05 21. Bass Style Of The Month: Latin #2 (#19292) by Patrick Pfeiffer Funky Latin Bass Line. World · Intermediate · 1725 Hits · Last Modified: 8/22/05 22. Bass Style Of The Month: Latin #3 (#19319) by Patrick Pfeiffer Contemporary Latin Groove. World · Intermediate · 959 Hits · Last Modified: 8/26/05 23. Bass Style Of The Month: Latin #4 (#19320) by Patrick Pfeiffer Tumbao Groove World · Intermediate · 1001 Hits · Last Modified: 8/26/05 24. Big Ben With Harmonics (#15236) by David Cooper This is how to play the sound of the big ben clock with harmonics. World · Intermediate · 1252 Hits · Last Modified: 7/21/04 25. Blame It On The Bossa Nova (#33) by Kerry Galloway So what makes a bossa bass line sound "right"? Why do bossas played by North American musicians sound technically correct but lacking that bossa "thing"? This works for samba, too...<br><br> World · Intermediate · 108139 Hits · Last Modified: 4/16/00 26. Caribbean Paradise (#15408) by Pat Wise Dreaming of the Islands, I'm going back in October World · Beginner · 5212 Hits · Last Modified: 5/4/08 27. Cha (#7350) by Javier Baillo A rythmic exercice. Who want play cha cha-cha? World · Intermediate · 4290 Hits · Last Modified: 6/26/02 28. Come Birds(bohemian Folk Song) (#22833) by Jon Hermansen I have no idea what this is. I just found it in one of my nieces beginer piano book, and took it, and transcribed it. World · Intermediate · 230 Hits · Last Modified: 8/19/07 29. Confirmation, Latin/swing (#1238) by Steve Peterson A common trick is to play one section in Latin and swing another. This lesson takes a standard, Confrmation, and demonstrates this twist. World · Beginner · 13964 Hits · Last Modified: 1/5/01 30. Cumbia Pa Ramon (#16909) by Anibalk Aqsasas Esta es una cumbia pa ramon World · Beginner · 1109 Hits · Last Modified: 11/23/04 31. Dionysos- "Bring The Rain" (How To) (#1866) by Andrew G. Bolton "Bring The Rain" is one of Dionysos' most popular songs, written by me (Bel Geode) in the hot summer of 1997. I have had many requests on how to play this reggae influenced line, so here we go. (Play with a bluesy, island feel... 180 bpm.) World · Intermediate · 4964 Hits · Last Modified: 1/27/01 32. Easy Celtic Melody In D (#322) by Brantley Allen The is the basis of a broad ranging melody that can be created by droning the D string and moving around a Dm scale on the G string. World · Beginner · 8395 Hits · Last Modified: 10/12/00 33. Fiesta (#22386) by Alfonso Celis Some "good to know" tips for a latin fiesta bass line. World · Intermediate · 609 Hits · Last Modified: 4/14/07 34. Gueraldi And Frosy Chorus (#23225) by Jon Hermansen Again almost on one string, here is part two or the chorus: World · Beginner · 149 Hits · Last Modified: 12/8/07 35. Gueraldi And Frosy Verse: (#23224) by Jon Hermansen Every one should know this melody, a theme from a sixth grade christmas pageant::::I saw, I believe Mike Berg put some christams stuff out, so I did as well; yet this was the only christmas theme I had on hand World · Beginner · 119 Hits · Last Modified: 12/8/07 36. Holdirdia(swiss Folk Song) (#22834) by Jon Hermansen Again my knowledge of swiss folk music, is, at the time, lacking. Thus, again, I have no idea if this is right. It is just a straight transcription. World · Advanced · 213 Hits · Last Modified: 8/19/07 37. Johnny's First (#22304) by Johnny Fontanez My first bass line. Bass:Ibanez GSR 190, Amp:Ibanez 65 World · Beginner · 227 Hits · Last Modified: 3/21/07 38. Konpa Flavored Bass Line (#8746) by James Head This is a bass line inspired by the popular music of the isalnd of Haiti. I think it's a little too busy for an authentic Konpa style, but it still has that Konpa groove. World · Intermediate · 6625 Hits · Last Modified: 12/9/02 39. Latin Bassiscs (#14534) by Travis Schilling An introduction to the basics of latin bass, focus is on the Tumbao, and it's some of it's variations. World · Beginner · 2402 Hits · Last Modified: 4/20/04 40. Latin Groove Lines (#11667) by Greg Wallace 4 pages of Latin-sounding grooves! World · Intermediate · 23970 Hits · Last Modified: 6/30/03 41. Latin Grooves (#13165) by Liz Lulu Fun Latin Grooves World · Intermediate · 6126 Hits · Last Modified: 10/21/06 42. Latin Line Thing (#10474) by Britt Jarvis Just my interpretation of a latin line i've heard...loop it World · Beginner · 1825 Hits · Last Modified: 3/23/03 43. Latin-Blues-Rock (#16203) by Pat Wise Blends 3 styles in four pages,original date9/9/04 World · Beginner · 5569 Hits · Last Modified: 10/14/06 44. LatinGroove1 (#247) by Doug Bland Latin groove in DMajor World · Intermediate · 3655 Hits · Last Modified: 2/19/03 45. Leaf (#20943) by Sylvester Tinkler Nice tune World · Intermediate · 333 Hits · Last Modified: 5/21/06 46. Little Spnish Ditty (#556) by Jeremy Wilson Don't know where I got it but it sounds spanish! World · Intermediate · 2549 Hits · Last Modified: 9/25/00 47. Mafiosa (#20359) by Sylvester Tinkler Pizza and guns.! World · Beginner · 534 Hits · Last Modified: 2/11/06 48. Major Tumbao (#6698) by Alex Costa This is a Major Tumbao, one of the most important elements of Salsa, sometimes the piano plays this part with the bass. It can be used as a bass line too... World · Intermediate · 3714 Hits · Last Modified: 12/6/03 49. March South O' The Border (#19891) by Austin Boyer A way to feel a tiny bit of the music down South World · Advanced · 589 Hits · Last Modified: 12/1/05 50. Middle Eastern Sound (#6095) by Daniel Earixson I'm almost certain many of you have figured this out, but this is what I like to warm up on. World · Intermediate · 5658 Hits · Last Modified: 2/12/02 51. Minor Tumbao (#6663) by Alex Costa This is the usual minor tumbao. World · Intermediate · 2244 Hits · Last Modified: 12/8/03 52. Ode To Abe (#22704) by Mike Berg Fun lines in the style of Abraham Laboriel that say "groove!" World · Advanced · 649 Hits · Last Modified: 3/9/08 53. Raga Scale (#1241) by Steve Peterson This is a simple raga scale. The second page is a short song based on the scale. Do your own. The third page talks about trading licks. World · Beginner · 4908 Hits · Last Modified: 12/10/00 54. Salsa (#16992) by Dylan Woodman These are two basslines that groove. Check it out World · Beginner · 3158 Hits · Last Modified: 4/6/05 55. Samba (#3895) by Paolo Serra This is a standard that every musucian must know to play. World · Beginner · 35142 Hits · Last Modified: 6/21/01 56. Samba French Furious Theme (#9011) by Geoffroy Adamczyk A famous theme in France from a commercial spot. dance, dance,...Excellent to groove and improvisation. please rate if you like. Thanks World · Beginner · 1931 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/02 57. Samba Patterns (#21458) by Klaus Sena Some Samba patterns. World · Beginner · 1533 Hits · Last Modified: 9/15/06 58. Savannah (#12155) by Greg Wallace A taste of African Hilife music. World · Beginner · 1731 Hits · Last Modified: 2/16/07 59. Simple latin, dm7, cm7 (#229) by Steve Peterson A Latin exercise. A simple chord change, with some simple latin riffs. World · Beginner · 4209 Hits · Last Modified: 10/28/00 60. Small Samba (#12630) by Greg Wallace A little taste of Brazil... World · Intermediate · 1136 Hits · Last Modified: 10/10/04 61. Songo In G--Tapping (#10725) by Miguel Soler Basically a latin songo riff in two handed tapping. very simple. World · Intermediate · 1418 Hits · Last Modified: 4/7/03 62. South African Style (#19711) by Sylvester Tinkler Nice tune! World · Intermediate · 1637 Hits · Last Modified: 9/15/07 63. Spain Vs. Morroco (#7701) by Jon Hermansen This song depicts the magnitude of the potential destruction had these two formidable opponents met on the field of battle. World · Intermediate · 1888 Hits · Last Modified: 7/24/02 64. Spanish Revolution No.9 (#23504) by Broken Enemy Has a Mexican Groove. World · Intermediate · 129 Hits · Last Modified: 3/1/08 65. Spanish Scale, Harmonic Minor (#1243) by Steve Peterson This scale has a spanish sound. World · Beginner · 3735 Hits · Last Modified: 12/10/00 66. Star Spangled Banner (#14028) by Don Crockett I came across a version of this out there in the archive and didn't think much of it.So I thought I'd post my version..... World · Beginner · 1826 Hits · Last Modified: 2/25/05 67. Suzidil Makam Song (Vadeyle Vaslin) (#15293) by Michael Sheridan Here's a song using the Turkish Suzidil makam. World · Intermediate · 1229 Hits · Last Modified: 7/4/04 68. The Green, Green Hills Of Wisconsin (#18274) by Richard Eischen You're gonna have a LOT OF FUN playing this traditional sounding Celtic tune. NOT for the newest beginner. Learn Celtic possibilities on your fretboard. Suggested tempo: from 60 to 200. Practice it often & play with confidence! Enjoy! World · Beginner · 765 Hits · Last Modified: 4/28/05 69. The Nature Song (#21039) by Bird Jonathan This is a great song written for 2 basses but easily played by one. World · Advanced · 663 Hits · Last Modified: 6/10/06 70. The Pain I Felt In Spain (#17176) by Brett Holmes I loved it there World · Expert · 738 Hits · Last Modified: 12/22/04 71. The Third Of B (#17369) by David Hopkins Cool song based off b and its third World · Advanced · 497 Hits · Last Modified: 1/9/05 72. THIS IS The SAMBA (#21453) by Klaus Sena Forget what do you know about samba.. listen this exercise! World · Beginner · 1805 Hits · Last Modified: 9/13/06 73. Tinga Layo (#12035) by Greg Wallace Tinga Layo, ay, mi burrito, ven(from the West Indies). World · Intermediate · 910 Hits · Last Modified: 8/4/03 74. Traditional Latin Tumbao (#12526) by Derek Frech This lesson explains the rhythmically challenging Latin tumbao (bassline) common in many styles of latin music. please rate to let me know what you think. thanks. World · Advanced · 3697 Hits · Last Modified: 10/6/03 75. Turkish Suzidil Makam (Mode) (#15292) by Michael Sheridan An example of the Turkish Suzidil makam (something like a mode). World · Intermediate · 1080 Hits · Last Modified: 7/4/04 76. Zydeco, I Gar-ron-tee (#12710) by Greg Wallace A bit of Cajun flavoring for y'all... World · Intermediate · 2562 Hits · Last Modified: 1/28/08

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