Symbols and Abbreviations

Lesson 4/24 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Bass Licks

Symbols and Abbreviations

The Left Hand

The Right Hand

staccato (short detached note)

Hammer-on; generate the sound of a note with the force of your "fretting" finger. Do not "pick" the note.

Quick Hammer-on

Slide – into the indicated note

Slide – only the first note is picked

Slide – begin the slide somewhere further up the neck

Slide – quick

Pull-off

No Chord

Play the note first time through. Apply standard tie rule upon repetition.

Vibrato

Ghost Notes – mute

Accent (play louder)

Thumb Slap

Popping Effect

Hammer-Attack

Tapping using Index

Tapping Index and Middle finger together

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1- Slapping Technique 2- Eighth Note Grooves 3- Odd Times 4- INTRODUCTION 5- The Bass Guitar 6- SECTION TWO: <br> ROCK PROGRESSIONS AND ADVANCED RHYTHMS 7- Rock Blues Feel in <span class="symbolA">)</span> Time 8- Tapping Technique 9- Runs and Arpeggios 10- The Bass Amp System 11- Quarter/Eighth Note Combinations, Rests 12- Notation 13- Sixteenth Note Grooves 14- Sounds and Effects 15- Triplet Grooves 16- 12 Bar Bassline (8th Note Groove) in G 17- Symbols and Abbreviations 18- Playing in a Band 19- 8 Bar Bassline (16th Note Groove) in Cm 20- Sixteenth Note Syncopations, Triplets and Ghost Notes 21- Syncopated Grooves 22- 8 Bar Bassline (Triplet/Shuffle Groove) in Am 23- More Triplet Variations, Shuffle Grooves 24- More Triplet Combinations

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Symbols and Abbreviations