5 James Brown Bass Lines That Will Get You ‘On The ONE’
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James Brown bass lines are PERFECT for showing you how to get ‘on the one’. So what is ‘the one’ anyway?
You may have seen Bootsy talk about it…
Maybe you’ve heard interviews with Victor Wooten, or Marcus Miller or Stanley Clarke or any number of amazing bassists where they talk about it…
At the very least, you’ve definitely heard these bassists play this mythical thing that forms the foundation of funk:
‘THE ONE’
And to really see where ‘the one’ came from, we have to go back in time and go to the source. The Godfather of Soul and hardest working man in show business, Mr James Brown.
James Brown is credited with the creation of ‘the one’ - that heavy, funky, phat feeling you get when everyone in the band hits in a certain way, and it just feels incredible.
So today, I want to share with you 5 amazing James Brown bass lines - all played by different bassists - that will guide you towards getting on ‘the one’. What you play obviously matters, but how you play these bass lines also makes a HUGE difference to how they feel.
And not only will these bass lines show you how to get on the one, they’re also just unbelievably fun.
If you want to practice these James Brown bass lines and get them sounding as good as possible, I’d definitely recommend you download the tabs, tracks and notation by heading to this page:
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And filling out the form under the video.
It’s completely free, and not only will you get everything you see in the lesson, but I’ve also included some slower practice tracks so you can get your fingers around some of the trickier James Brown bass lines. (Bass lines #2 and #3 can be a workout for the fingers)
You’ll notice with some of the examples in the video that playing ‘the one’ doesn’t always mean slamming beat one of every single bar (although that does happen).
In fact, most of the examples in this lesson are 2-bar phrases where beat 1 is totally de-emphasized - or even not played at all - in the 2nd bar of the phrase. Check out the 5th bass line and you’ll see that half of the bars, there’s nothing at all on beat 1 - and it’s one of the funkiest James Brown bass lines!
Good luck with ‘the one’ and happy playing!
Cheers,
Luke
P.S. The link to download the tabs, tracks and notation for FREE (including the slower practice tracks for getting things up to speed) is right here:
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0:00 Intro
0:59 James Brown Bass Line #1
4:42 James Brown Bass Line #2
7:24 James Brown Bass Line #3
9:45 James Brown Bass Line #4
11:22 James Brown Bass Line #5
14:37 Get The Free Tabs And Tracks
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What other James Brown bass lines have you used to get ‘on the one’?
@yandengebaptista2126
2 жыл бұрын
Watching this really demonstrates to me how much Roots Rock Reggae has this exact same concept. I'd love if you'd do a video on Bob Marley & The Wailers' bass player, family man. I'm so sure you'd learn so much interesting things
@Likeaforest
2 жыл бұрын
@@yandengebaptista2126 ohh you are so right ❤, I would like to have a lesson like that
@doobedoodndoobie
2 жыл бұрын
Hot pants, Bodyheat , Payback
@scorpioscots9692
2 жыл бұрын
Hi That Was Awesome Could you please do Welton Felder who Played on Jimmy Smith Root Down Album 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👌💪👍✌️
@ManuelHernandez-br6dy
8 ай бұрын
More lines like the last one please! 🔥🔥
To develop that sound and those grooves in those days when there wasn't really anything else like it before them says a lot. James was special. His musicians were talented too, bringing his ideas to life.
@Darkcranio
3 ай бұрын
Well he was also famous for not including the things the musicians in his band came up with on the record. So only his name, he got all the credit and money in royalities and because the musician signed a contract, we cannot prove what was his and what isn't.
@njoysuccessnow
3 ай бұрын
@@Darkcranio That's interesting. My family owned a supermarket that sold a very popular food item in Louisiana for over 40 years. Some employees that worked there publicly claimed they were responsible for the recipe and that's 100% false. They knew absolutely nothing about the recipe. Lol! I'm sure JB's musicians had some freedom to be creative as Bootsie Collins and Clyde Stubblefield stated, but James definitely had conditions and demands concerning that creativity and they had to follow it.
@Darkcranio
3 ай бұрын
@@njoysuccessnow Well I'm not saying you have to believe everybody that claims something. I'm just saying he did these things, for example Bobby Brown tell it an interview that his name didn't go on some records he worked/came up with, and he was in the front. There are musicians we don't know about or what they contributed. Coming up with the funk, well there isn't a clear line in terms of song, but many consider it as Cold Sweat. The question really is if he did came up with "the one" since that's the root of the funk, as think he did because so far no musician come forward working with him he didn't, even though the OG JB band members hated him after the paycuts.
Nice! I like how you design your lessons and discovering so many beginner friendly bass lines that enables me to emerge in one style completely. Thanks man!
Nice Memories of The Godfather of Soul. FUNK FACTS 😂
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Lol! Can't argue with the funk facts.
I love the way you're doing this, Luke. Very specific and usable breakdowns of how to play this music on the bass, but also info about the music and how to give it the right feel. I feel like I'm papa with a brand new bag.
I really enjoy what you are doing Luke ! Thanks very much !
Great video, thanks mate!
Awesome and inspiring stuff- Well taught as well. Saving this to go back to and learn. Thanks man! \m/
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome @Mike Felber!
Another fantastic lesson Luke. Easy Funk lines that are fun to play and emphasize the ONE. Funk on!
Sick, gonna incorporate these into my show! Cheers from the road!
Nice, your Technique and teaching is incredible, I am a beginner enjoy practicing your techniques on becoming a better bass player. Keep up the good work. From Dos Palos ca
My man you have a great talent
Glad u covering James Brown! Thats when I really started to like Bass.
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
He's the MAN!
Dude, you're awesome. I've only watched 2 videos so far but I've subscribed and will be watching more. Keep up the great work!
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
*_You're_* awesome @kurest! Thanks so much for checking out the videos.
Thank you Luke, I look forward to play them all perfectly thanks to the notation I like the (simple one) the most. That’s a killer groove. The last is also very good. Keep the funk coming. 🤟🏻
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Will do @Wim Gesquierre - more lessons are *always* on the way!
the mothership connection has landed, ladies and gentlemen Luke, you are a great teacher! 4th one is so useful for practicing the one, doing crazy fills and returning to one in time) I have a request, make a "how to sound like Bootsy Collins" video like the ones you did for Joe Dart and Paul. Bootsy is my bass hero, i'm eager to fully integrate
Awesome!!
Merci!
Loving this, working on the first (probably easiest) one and when I go to the track... there seems to be an extra bar in there. Driving me nuts - can't find what I'm doing wrong. Edit: hmmm seems it's the b section which I hadn't noticed yet - lol
I picked up my bass 1st time since January 2020. Wasn't sure where to start. These bass lines are great, funky and easy to play
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Keep on playing and practicing @The Midnight Trucker! This playlist has a ton more bass lines you can use to keep your streak going: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6l8w6Sjd8u7naw.html
Love your videos Luke and been with you from the start! BTW the natural and the flat seven are both in the bebop scale. i know you knew that because you told me!
Bedankt
Back in 1967 I played bass in a seven piece soul band in Leicester Square London five nights a week, with two black guys singing James Brown stuff, the band was called " Please Stand Up " which was always good for a laugh when the guys introduced the ensemble. My bass lines were taken from a mixture of James Brown, Ska music, and jazz, mainly because I couldn't read music, but knew what sounded good, especially the gaps between notes, which were as important as the notes themselves, and the way to drive a band was through playing that way, the bass was the bedrock especially when there were extra brass players sitting in on the front line. I can think of at least ten great bass lines that you might want to include in your lessons.
James brown toooo goated
Love this Funk!
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough @Steven Adcock!
Thank you for this, Luke! Everything's clear for me - exept Sex Machine. This was a bit too fast. And I would play it a bit different. Maybe because I always hear the 1970 live version 🤩🤘
Nice playing but I Feel Good line is notated incorrectly
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Really? Which part?
@thisisEHAM
2 жыл бұрын
@@BecomeABassist I noticed this too. Second measure of the D pattern like at 3:05 doesn’t match what’s being played. Scribed as “One, Two-And, And” but played as “One-And, And, And”
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Ah! I think what I’m _playing_ is rhythmically incorrect. The notation is how it sounds on the recording.
No jokes about the D, this comment section really into bass lol! Great video man you really nail these grooves. The sexmachine bassline with the octaves is one that many people miss
So now I understand what Flea learned before adding the slap. Great
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
No doubt Flea was influenced by James Brown!
@ASSman864
Жыл бұрын
And check out james jamerson
My Cousin is Fred Thomas. So yeah I knew the whole band.
Hvala
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Molim @Milisav Stojanovic!
What kind if bass are you playing?
Bass model?
You played the rhythm wrong in the second bar, around the 3 minute mark of the video. The low D on beat 2 was early.
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
You're right @marilyn mackeen!
@LorenzoDeLeon
5 ай бұрын
Same on the first song, second bar, first beat, it’s a quarter note you play and eighth…
Puppy!
In the track I feel good, the seventh is major for the kind of trill. And minor for the rest. That's what I hear in the original song.
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
The horns are definitely playing a major 7th, but the bass is definitely playing a minor 7th. I made sure by using the method in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGqu2MiliZrAZ5M.html
I missed how to find the ONE !
@denisblack9897
Жыл бұрын
play this stuff everyday and master it to the level you make stink faces when you make the stink face while playing - you found it
Wait, did you say C flat... is that a thing? like my mind is blown right now..
@BecomeABassist
2 жыл бұрын
Technically, it is a thing @MrGwg11, but you don't ever have to think about it in those terms if you'd rather not. E#, F flat, and B# also exist for very esoteric reasons.
@MrGwg11
2 жыл бұрын
@@BecomeABassist Thank you for the response. Honestly, i though you might be pulling a fast one like the trades guys who sent me for a bucket of steam. Cheers.
P-funk might get you to The One even better.
"C flat" ???
@BecomeABassist
4 ай бұрын
Yep - It's an actual note in certain very specific contexts and keys. You can understand a bit more in this thread: www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/ju2qu/why_is_there_no_b_sharp_or_c_flat_as_a_musician/
hello is this a ALEMBIC bass ?????
@BecomeABassist
3 ай бұрын
It's a Spector!
Actually the song is "I've got you" and not "I feel good".
@mcriquet
Жыл бұрын
I got you
James Brown didn't invent Funk...he was called "The Godfather of Soul" not funk...his music didn't become "Funky" until about 1971....yes it was peppy some up and down beat grooves ...in the 60s we called his music "Groovy"...we didn't start referring to his music as Funky until after we had ALL heard "Sly and The Family Stone" at Woodstock in August of 1969... I was on the verge of turning 8 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday...Sly introduced the WORLD to funk...as a matter of fact...initially...it was called merely "Funk"...it was called "Psychedelic Funk"....about 2-3 years later it was abbreviated down to just "Funk" as a music genre... after hearing how Sly's music was burning up the radio and the charts and rivaling JB's popularity by 1971, James Brown's music then made it's shift to his version and niche of the funk genre...did James carve out his own place within Funky Music?? ABSOLUTELY!!...But he did NOT invent Funk..and or the Downbeat philosophy...the Funk Brothers in Motown were using heavy downbeat vibes before them as well...but inspite of their knickname, there music was called Rhythm & Blues...not Funk....JB's and Motown's music lacked one key musical element which, believe it or not, was foundational to origin of funk which came from the Brilliance in Sly's musical approach....and that was the Heavy Rock Guitar and Bass effects (distortion) sound....which Sly got from listening to and hanging with Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Miles in the Bay Area.. original Psychedelic Funk was ALWAYS about musical integration...most of the industry (especially the DJs) were afraid to go there chosing to shun the idea primarily out of Racism...but they couldn't ignore the outright popularity once the music hit the airwaves and especially after Sly SMASHED Woodstock!! Once "FONK" was born everyone else (including James Brown) was on board...I know and remember this because I lived through it...I started playing bass in 1970..I've been playing ever since..52 years...I'm a musical eyewitness...facts...NOT Hyperbole..😉🤜🤛😎👍🏾🎼🎵🎶...(sorry can't seem to find a bass clef meme...😊😂😂)..
@darindjking7463
Жыл бұрын
Sorry mean't to type "originally is wasn't called Funk, it was called "Psychedelic Funk"..etc...
@darindjking7463
Жыл бұрын
Oops!! Sorry for any typos...choosing not chosing...etc...
Calm down
@BecomeABassist
Жыл бұрын
Can’t stop, won’t stop! haha