Unit 3 · Low end · Lesson 5 of 10
Start free Full course
?

Signed in as you

Continue learning Your collection Upgrade to the full course Your account and billing
Unit 3: Low end · Lesson 5 of 10

Bass and kick is in the full course

Stack the bass on the kick for weight, or put it in the gaps for bounce. About 3 minutes, in your browser.

  • All 10 parts of Unit 3, 6 cards and a project: add a bass line to your beat and make it heavier without adding drums.
  • Every unit after it, as it opens
  • Your Unit 1 cards, beats and progress carry over
← All of Unit 3
Unit 3 · Lesson 5 of 10
Signed in as you · progress savedsaved
Unit 3 · Lesson 5 · How it works

Bass and kick

Stack the bass on the kick for weight, or put it in the gaps for bounce.

  1. With the kick, or between

    Done

    A house beat, and a bass played two ways: on every kick, so the two hit as one, then in the gaps between the kicks, so they take turns.

    Play, then hear both.

    122bpm
    4 bars
    Kick
    Clap
    Bass
    Chords
    1. Bar 1Am7
    2. Bar 2Fmaj7
    3. Bar 3Cmaj7
    4. Bar 4G7

  2. Put it in the gaps

    Done

    Put a bass note in every gap between the kicks: on each “&”. The kick and the bass take turns, and the beat starts to bounce.

    0 of 4 in place.

    122bpm
    4 bars
    Kickalready there
    Bassyour turn
    Clapalready there
    Chordsalready there
    1. Bar 1Am7
    2. Bar 2Fmaj7
    3. Bar 3Cmaj7
    4. Bar 4G7

  3. On the kick, or in the gaps?

    Done

    One clip at a time. Does the bass land with the kick, or between?

    Round 1 of 3.

    1. On the kick, or in the gaps?

  4. Lesson done

    3 steps, all done, and saved to your account.

    In your collection

    Ready to use: drop it into the beat maker, or find it any time in your collection.

    Your collection Try it in the beat maker Its page in the dictionary

    Walking bass is next. A note on every beat, walking up through the chord: jazz and rock ’n’ roll.

Step 1 of 3