Hey there, bass players! We’ve been exploring the world of rhythm for some time now and, while that concept is far from exhausted, I figured we were ready for a change of pace—perhaps something a bit more fun, and certainly very funky.

The blues box refers to a specific set of intervals: The root, fifth, flat seventh and octave

Let’s shift our focus to patterns, an element of music that bass players get to rely upon quite a bit. Thanks to our instrument being tuned in fourths, we have the luxury of a delightfully symmetrical fretboard. Since the relationship between the