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    Top 30 Funk Bass Lines

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    The document provides a transcription of bass lines from 7 famous funk songs, including "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, and "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band. For each song, the bass line is notated with musical notation and tablature, along with annotations about tempo and style. Key features of the bass lines like rhythmic feel, chord progressions, and variations are described. The bass lines cover a range of techniques and skills from beginning to advanced levels.

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    Top 30 Funk Bass Lines

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    The document provides a transcription of bass lines from 7 famous funk songs, including "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, and "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band. For each song, the bass line is notated with musical notation and tablature, along with annotations about tempo and style. Key features of the bass lines like rhythmic feel, chord progressions, and variations are described. The bass lines cover a range of techniques and skills from beginning to advanced levels.

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    The document provides a transcription of bass lines from 7 famous funk songs, including "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, and "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band. For each song, the bass line is notated with musical notation and tablature, along with annotations about tempo and style. Key features of the bass lines like rhythmic feel, chord progressions, and variations are described. The bass lines cover a range of techniques and skills from beginning to advanced levels.

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    357 views2 pages

    Top 30 Funk Bass Lines

    Uploaded by

    David White
    The document provides a transcription of bass lines from 7 famous funk songs, including "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, and "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band. For each song, the bass line is notated with musical notation and tablature, along with annotations about tempo and style. Key features of the bass lines like rhythmic feel, chord progressions, and variations are described. The bass lines cover a range of techniques and skills from beginning to advanced levels.

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    Top 30 Funk Bass lines

      
    Play That Funky Music - AWB

               
    eights notes stacatto

    Bass Guitar  

    Bass Guitar 

     
            
    12/8 pulse = dotted quarter
    3

    B. Guit.

    B. Guit. 

                
    each beat is subdivided into 3 eighth notes
    5

    B. Guit.

    B. Guit. 
    Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

           
    More challenging version

         
    G♭ A♭


    E♭-

    
    6

    B. Guit.

      

    8 8 8 8 11 11 1 13 13
    1 1 4
    B. Guit.

                

                         
    7 Recommended Version


    B. Guit.

      


    6
    6 6 8 6
    B. Guit. 6 6 6 6 9 9 6 6 6
    6
    9
    approximate tempo: 105 BPM

     
    PICK UP THE PIECES

     
    Original Form: INTRO A1 A2 B A1

     
    9 INTRO
    B. Guit.

    B. Guit. 

           
                     
    Jerrys track does this 5x!
    A

     
    13 F7 4x B♭7

    B. Guit.

      

    1e+a 2e + a 3 e + a 4e+a

    B. Guit.

                
     
    17 F7 2x

    B. Guit.

    B. Guit.   

              
    To Verse

     
         
        
        
     
    19
    B
    1 e +a 2 e + a 1 e +a 2 e + a 1 e +a 2 e + a 1 e +a 2 e + a

    B. Guit.

    B. Guit. 

                 
    24

    B. Guit.

    B. Guit. 

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