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Bass Lick of the Week was a free YouTube series that ran from September 2017 - September 2018. Over the course of the series, multiple playing styles were covered, including funky fingerstyle lines, slap and pop grooves, plectrum basslines and chordal/harmonic parts. These 52 lines are now presented here as a free video course. Each exercise has an accompanying download which includes the audio backing track and a PDF worksheet. These resources can be downloaded from the Free Stuff section of this website.

Bass Lick of the Week #1

This exercise is a funk bass groove that is played with the plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #2

This exercise is a fingerstyle line that uses major and minor tenth intervals to imply chordal parts alongside a bassline.

Bass Lick of the Week #3

This exercise is a slap bass groove that is a nod to the great Marcus Miller.

Bass Lick of the Week #4

This exercise is a slow bass groove that combines harmonics with fretted bass notes to create chords.

Bass Lick of the Week #5

This exercise is a rock bassline that is played with a plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #6

This exercise is a slow fingerstyle groove that’s played quite aggressively.

Bass Lick of the Week #7

This exercise is a slap bass groove that will allow you to focus on fretting hand slaps and popping double stops.

Bass Lick of the Week #8

This is a chordal plectrum part that makes good use of power chords, major pentatonic lines and open string tenths.

Bass Lick of the Week #9

This exercise is a fast-paced fingerstyle line that was originally intended to be part of the Victor Wooten-style piece that I wrote for my book Giants of Bass.

Bass Lick of the Week #10

This exercise is a slow slap and pop bass groove that has a Marcus Miller vibe.

Bass Lick of the Week #11

This exercise is a rock bassline that is built on the E minor pentatonic scale.

Bass Lick of the Week #12

This exercise is a fingerstyle funk bassline that reflects an F# dominant seventh chord.

Bass Lick of the Week #13

This exercise is an uptempo slap line that uses the triplet popping technique that was pioneered by bassist Stuart Hamm.

Bass Lick of the Week #14

This week’s exercise is a two handed tapping line that’s a lot easier to play than it might sound.

Bass Lick of the Week #15

This exercise is a slow-tempo chordal lines that uses open string tenths and harmonics.

Bass Lick of the Week #16

This exercise is another funk groove that’s played with the plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #17

This exercise is a fingerstyle funk groove written in the style of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Bass Lick of the Week #18

This exercise is a slap and pop groove with a complex fill based on Victor Wooten’s ‘open-hammer-pluck’ technique.

Bass Lick of the Week #19

This exercise is a rock bassline played over a 5-4 time signature.

Bass Lick of the Week #20

This exercise is a fingerstyle funk groove that works over a G dominant seventh chord.

Bass Lick of the Week #21

This exercise is a challenging slap bass groove that uses techniques popularised by French-Canadian bassist Alain Caron.

Bass Lick of the Week #22

This exercise is a slow-tempo fingerstyle funk groove that recalls the playing of the legendary Jaco Pastorius.

Bass Lick of the Week #23

This exercise is a rock bassline that’s played with a plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #24

This exercise is a slap and pop groove written in the style of Level 42 bassist Mark King.

Bass Lick of the Week #25

This exercise is a fingerstyle funk line that features double stops and some challenging phrases that use open strings.

Bass Lick of the Week #26

This exercise is a funk groove that sounds great when played with a muted plectrum technique.

Bass Lick of the Week #27

This exercise is a percussive line that’s played with the palm muting technique and unusually, includes some fretting hand slaps.

Bass Lick of the Week #28

This exercise is a slow tempo groove in E minor with some harmonic chords sustained across the top.

Bass Lick of the Week #29

This exercise is a slap and pop groove written in the style of Marcus Miller.

Bass Lick of the Week #30

This exercise is a semiquaver-based groove that’s played with the plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #31

This exercise is a heavily syncopated fingerstyle funk groove that works over a D7 chord.

Bass Lick of the Week #32

This exercise is a slap and pop groove that incorporates some strummed chords and is played over a shuffle feel.

Bass Lick of the Week #33

This exercise is a busy, semiquaver-based groove that makes use of the blues scale. It’s also played with the plectrum, and features some awkward string crossing.

Bass Lick of the Week #34

This exercise is a chordal line that features a lot of harmonics.

Bass Lick of the Week #35

This exercise is a busy fingerstyle funk groove that makes use of many decorations such as hammer-ons, slides, and shakes.

Bass Lick of the Week #36

This exercise is an up-tempo slap groove that makes extensive use of fretting hand slaps.

Bass Lick of the Week #37

This exercise is a semiquaver-based plectrum groove, which sounds great with some additional palm muting.

Bass Lick of the Week #38

This exercise is a chordal line that is played at a very slow tempo.

Bass Lick of the Week #39

This exercise is a slow-tempo fingerstyle funk line written in the style of Jaco Pastorius.

Bass Lick of the Week #40

This week’s exercise is another funk groove that’s played with the plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #41

This week’s exercise is a quirky, up-tempo slap and pop line which was inspired by the playing of Les Claypool, the bassist with Primus.

Bass Lick of the Week #42

This exercise is a relatively simple, but melodic line in A minor.

Bass Lick of the Week #43

This week’s exercise is a rock bassline that sounds great when played with a pick.

Bass Lick of the Week #44

This exercise is played with the slap and pop technique and features some challenging strumming figures.

Bass Lick of the Week #45

This exercise features a lot of harmonics and uses an 11/8 time signature.

Bass Lick of the Week #46

This week’s exercise is a fingerstyle funk line that works over a D7 chord.

Bass Lick of the Week #47

This week’s exercise is a busy rock riff that should be played with a plectrum.

Bass Lick of the Week #48

This week’s exercise is a slap groove that’s played over a shuffle feel.

Bass Lick of the Week #49

This week’s exercise is a two handed tapping line that is a great place to start if you’ve never used the technique before.

Bass Lick of the Week #50

This week’s exercise is a melodic line that uses tenths and chords to outline the harmony.