Rockschool Bass Grade 8 - "Sampa Samba"

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This piece is taken from the current Rockschool Bass Grade 8 syllabus. It features some nice two handed tapping, slap, and of course improvised solos :)
I have decided to take the Rockschool Grade 8 exam, purely to get the qualification, and I've only had the book a week. It's great fun jamming along with the tunes, and I would thoroughly recommend Rockschool to players of all abilities :)

My bass is an Overwater Progress 3 Custom, please see www.overwaterbasses.com for more information.

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• Rockschool
• Bass
• Grade
• Sampa
• Samba
• Latin
• Funk
• fusion
• groovy
• funky
• slap
• tap
• solo
• mellow
• awesome
• riff
• lick
• finger

[anthonydro]

I agree with SrBridges, good job but make sure you read the bassline properly in the book, the notes are right but make sure you get the rhythm right and the improvised bassline you need to stick to what the track does because it will fit with the drums better, good job though, a bit more work and it'll be great

[AlanSanderson1]

yeah thanks man

I know it's not quite accurate, I nailed it though and got a distinction in the exam so it's all good.

I'd only been playing it for a week or two in this vid.

[SrBridges]

Nice one, but, a humble advice: just work more in your phrases; not all in soloing is being harmonically correct. The key on latin music is being a "lil bit" more rythmical. A DARLE ;D!

[AlanSanderson1]

Cheer man, thanks for you help

I'm going to take this down and post a new video as I'm not entirely happy with it, it's really old. The phrasing and rhythm needs to be improved!

It's just finding the time to record...

[member833]

i'd definately pay £5 for your solo album, thanks for replying :) i'll keep an eye out for your work :)

[AlanSanderson1]

nice one dude, no worries.

Add me as a friend, I'll put out a bulletin or something every time something interesting happens.

What kinda music are you into listening to?

[leejames1982]

not bad, you can obviously play well but i think the tapping part at the start like 30 secs into the vid was really crap, definetly need to practise your tapping buddy

[ainsleywalker]

this is so out of time its painful

[BobSleighization]

Is a 5 string bass required for grade 8? All the videos I've seen of people doing grade 8 have 5 string basses.

[NoobRealm]

Five stringed bass :D

[mintmongoose]

Ouch my ears, man u need to practice... loads! I would agree ur a generally good player just need lots more practice on this one

[jonro100]

Very nice piece.You learned how to do that with Rockschool? I think I'll sign up.

[augmented13th]

another nice piece. well played.

[DaveBassyBass]

Make sure you phrase everything correctly. During the slap section especially you need to payuattention