Unit 3 · Low end · Lesson 4 of 10
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Unit 3: Low end · Lesson 4 of 10

Octave bass is in the full course

Jump from the root to the same note an octave up: the bounce of disco. 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
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Octave bass

Jump from the root to the same note an octave up: the bounce of disco.

  1. Add the octave

    Done

    A root-note bass, then the same bass jumping up an octave between the beats. Same notes, more bounce.

    Play, then hear both.

    120bpm
    4 bars
    Kick
    Open hat
    Root
    Chords
    1. Bar 1Am7
    2. Bar 2Fmaj7
    3. Bar 3Cmaj7
    4. Bar 4G7

  2. Build it

    Done

    Two rows for the bass: the root, and above it the same note an octave higher. The root is on the beats. Put the octave on every “&”, between them.

    0 of 4 in place.

    120bpm
    4 bars
    Octaveyour turn
    Rootalready there
    Kickalready there
    Chordsalready there
    1. Bar 1Am7
    2. Bar 2Fmaj7
    3. Bar 3Cmaj7
    4. Bar 4G7

  3. Which one?

    Done

    Three basses at a new tempo. One is the octave bass. Play each, then choose, and the card is yours.

    Play each, then choose.

    1. Which one is the octave bass?

  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

    Bass and kick is next. Stack the bass on the kick for weight, or put it in the gaps for bounce.

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