5 Beginner FUNK Bass Lines (Guaranteed To Impress)

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Funk bass lines: If there’s anything more fun than laying down some of these, I’m not sure what it is.

But if someone demands:

“Play me something funky!”

What do you do? Have you got some killer funk bass lines you can launch into at the drop of a hat and fill a dancefloor?

If so, awesome! Go to town on whatever funk grooves you already have under your belt.

If someone wants to throw down a bit of funk, but you *don’t* have anything to play at the moment, then today I have the perfect video for you.

We’re going through 5 old-school funk bass lines that people know and love; the kind of lines that will get people on their feet and paying attention to your playing.

The best part though, is they’re relatively simple to get started with. Being funk bass lines, they’re probably a little more active than a lot of other genres, but once you learn the main phrase of most of these lines, you’ve nailed 90% of the song and you can start jamming on them with other musicians really quickly.

You’ll be learning bass lines played by:

► Will Lee
► Anthony Jackson
► Verdine White
► Ronald LaPread (The Commodores)
► Lucky Scott (Curtis Mayfield)

So whether you’re a funk bass beginner or just want to beef up your funk bass line arsenal, check out ALL the bass lines in the video

As always, the best way to get familiar and comfortable with any of these beginner funk bass lines is to practice them! And to make things as easy as possible for you to do that, I’m giving away the tabs, notation PLUS all the backing tracks from this lesson - including the slower practice tracks.

Just head to the site:

Fill out the form on that page and I’ll send you it all - completely free. You can be mastering these bass lines in less than 60 seconds.

Remember as well, that with funk, it’s all about the rhythm and the groove.

Yes - you should absolutely learn the right notes, but what’s probably more important is how you play the right notes. Listen to the original recordings as much as you can and try to make your playing sound and feel as close to what you hear on there.

Once you can do that and things feel really good, then you can start taking these beginner funk bass lines and start putting your own spin on them and making them your own.

Good luck with the funk and happy playing!

Cheers,

Luke

P.S. Want the tabs, tracks and notation for all the lines you saw in this video (including the slower tempo practice tracks)? You can get it all for free when you fill out the form on this page:

[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
0:48 Bass Line #1
4:16 Bass Line #2
6:50 Bass Line #3
8:40 Bass Line #4
11:21 Bass Line #5
13:55 Get The Tabs, Tracks and Notation For ALL These Bass Lines Free

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[BecomeABassist]

What OTHER beginner funk bass lines should be on the list?

[rgonzales]

I'm a church base player. Occasionally need to come up with baselines. This really helps when I get stuck thank you very much you've done a great job keep it up

[lincolncalvin]

Bro I've played all these bass lines and you are killing it...looking for some more of these types of grooves...

[tonywalker]

thank you! learning the first one this rising was truly a blessing. blissed out heading to work. just plugged into the monitors and funked with that little bassline and some variations for a while. much love.

[aarondavis]

See this is what I like, this is how I get into new music. Awesome video, do more of these Luke ! I really like that Spector you got there too

[christopherconnolly]

Luke, thanks for putting in the time to teach us these riffs. Lotsa fun!

[r_pro_]

Thanks for these videos, they are great for finding new songs to practice. I also like how the songs do get a little bit more advanced as the video continues, that way it's not just for complete beginners

[rickfletcher]

I have always wanted to play Bass. It's a different animal from playing guitar.
These lessons are fantastic. Simple and easy to follow. No music theory to complicate and confuse me, (Thank you So much)
Just great lessons that show how to play Bass.
Thanks again Mate!

[patriciosilvarobalino]

Wonderful job on this and great tone.
You help us a lot

[MyCovertNarcissism]

Fantastic video this one Luke. I do love the theory one's they are so important but once in a while it's great to be able to just jam along with some of these songs.

[LillyMelody]

I like how you call the notes and you have all the information very clear instructions thank you . 🤘Plus tabs counts etc's it's all there

[adrienhasell]

My dude you are really really good at teaching the bass I have learned more from you in a week then other YouTubers in a month

[derrickpina]

These were great Luke. The EWF tune was a great one to practice muting of that open A.

[duck_sucker]

Love your content, can't believe you make it seem so simple.

[burgijator]

i got my first bass ever 2 weeks ago, never played guitar in my life and this is realy helping man, ty so much for this 😊 keep up the good work

[mediaklan]

Awesome lesson. Really appreciate the free tabs (+ the spicy version ^^) and your video is very well structured. This helps too.

[AxeMan]

These are super useful, especially your points on tone and note sustains per genre.

[michaelmccullough]

Thanks Luke, truly appreciate this. Hope to see what else you have for Beginner FUNK Bass Lines. My brother in law play drums so we had a good time.

[rickrobie]

Great job Luke! These are awesome, I am on them🤓

[almanoellitto]

Luke, you're the man I'm looking for. Thanks for your good job!