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Introduction

These Bass Lick of the Week video lessons are short, four-bar exercises written in a variety of different genres, and which use a variety of different playing techniques. In each lesson you'll see a full play-through of the line with on-screen sheet music and TAB. This is then followed by a detailed, bar-by-bar breakdown of the line which will give you clear instructions on how to play it yourself.

Each lesson comes with downloadable resources - a detailed PDF worksheet and a bass-free backing track for you to practice along with. These can be downloaded from the Free Stuff section of this website.

This course is absolutely free!

Bass Lick of the Week

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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.