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Jaco style

Groove

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Scott DevineJaco Style 16th Note Grooves (L#89)

¤"Remember these notes are all over the fretboard" "Remember these notes are all over the fretboard" 

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10:26 played slow.11:18 with backing track.

Main riff with muted ghost notes.

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Jaco Pastorius Style roove

 

L 89 

Your ction Plan

1. Fantastic. You've decided to take on the 'Jacogroove'! Well believe it or not one of the most helpful

and inspiring things you should now do is put Jaco

Pastorius on your listening list. To really get deep into

this style of playing this will be an invaluable tool. To

start you off on the right foot you should listen to

Jaco performing Come on Come Over, Used To Be A

Cha Cha and The Chicken. These can be found on

 YouTube.

2. Mastering the 16th note funk groove feel actually

relies heavily on your plucking hand technique. Even

if your having no difficulties at all playing this riff you

should still check out these 3 tutorials (links below) to

make sure your plucking hand is optimized and

functioning as well as it should be. Watch out: this is

a key mistake… so many bass players concentrate

95% of their energy on what's happening with the

fingerboard hand and don't give any attention to theplucking hand. This is a mistake! Make sure you're

taking both hands into account.

Lesson #40 - Ghost Notes 1

Lesson #41 - Ghost Notes 2

Lesson #43 - Octave Exercise 

Lesson #65 - Killer Dynamics Exercise

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3. It's important that you develop your own riffs when

using this style of playing. As homework I want you

to come up with 3 original riffs that employ the '16thnote groove feel'. If you have trouble doing this and

need some inspiration there's a list of links to my

other groove lessons below this 'Action List' that

should get you inspired and ready to go!

4. Look into Jaco's influences. To really understand

where Jaco was coming from it's important that you

can understand and can relate to not only his playing,but also the players who influenced him. Add these

people to your listening list - Rocco Prestia, Chuck

Rainey, Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmont… and, throw

some James Brown in there too!

Lesson #66 - Funky Bass Groove #1

Lesson #67 - Funky Bass Groove #2

Scott Devine