Percussive Brushing Effect on Two-Feel Bass Lines

Jazz Lesson with Olivier Babaz

In this lesson, Olivier Babaz shares his approach to mimicking the sound of jazz drums played with brushes... whilst playing a swinging two-feel bass line. You will often find bassists hitting the bass for percussive effect on beats two and four, but I've never seen this technique before. If you are playing in an ensemble without drums and want to add a feeling of motion and excitement to your playing, check this out!

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