Chords for Tommy Brown Bass Lesson @ GospelChops.com

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_ What's up [Em] Gospel Chops?
Thank you Gospel Chops.
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Thank you Gospel Chops. _ _ _ _
_ _ We're going to the [E] next level.
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_ What's up GospelChops.com?
Here we go once again.
Today we got Mr.
Tommy Brown, veteran bass player in Northern California in the gospel music industry.
Also a seasoned studio musician.
He's going to show us a little something on the bass guitar that we can apply to gospel music.
Mr.
Tommy Brown, what you got for us today?
All right.
Hello, Gospel [Gb] Chops.
_ _ _ I'm just going to run over a few little things here.
_ _ As a bass player, I like to have fun.
I like to enjoy what I'm doing.
_ [Db] And I'm just going to give you a few things.
It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or a seasoned [Ab] bassist.
These little things I'm going to show you are [F] little transitions that will help you
just enjoy what you're doing.
First we'll start off.
_ _ [E] I tune down to [Abm] flat, so I'm in E flat.
_ _ And give you a little [F] run here.
_ _ Anything we do, we want to start off slow.
Play it slow, and as you progress, you can speed it up.
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So I'm going to start off a little slow here.
And kind of pan in.
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_ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] Another one. _ _
Same key, flat.
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_ _ _ [Ab] Speed that up.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ These exercises are [Ab] good for the hands and good for your [Gb] dexterity.
You want to play them slow and then speed them up as you progress.
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_ _ _ _ _ One other thing I do, it's like a rolling. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ [Eb] Starting with the G string. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] we put that in the beat, give it [Eb] 4-4.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] You want to combine [Ab] those [Eb] strings with the E string _ _ to achieve the _ _ _ same rhythm.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Okay, and again, start them off slow, _ progressively get faster.
Let's try something.
_ As far as the technique that I use, _ it works well for ballads. _
And it's more like a muted, using your thumb. _
Using my thumb, and I use my forefinger.
And it's almost like a crossing motion.
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_ [Bb] _ And I use ghost notes, [F] much like a drummer will ghost.
I use the ghost notes on the bass, and using this method. _ _ _ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ I get the bass, a rhythmic feel, more of a percussive _ sound.
And again, it mimics a drummer.
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Just get that ghosty _ _ _ feel.
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