Tommy Shannon – Double Trouble Bass (Hot Licks)
In this entertaining and instructive video lesson series, Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon, aided by Arlen Roth and Chris Layton, gives you a truly great bass lesson. See and hear how to play basic blues riffs, playing on 2 and 4, closed position, special walking patterns, 1/2 step passing notes, muting, walking bass skips, rolling picking touch, flatpicking, and New Orleans style... A truly great bass lesson indeed!
Videos
• Introduction (03:20) - In this first video, Tommy Shannon welcomes you to the course.
• Tuning & Finding the Groove (02:00) - Tommy show his bass guitar tuning and goes in search of the first groove.
• Easy Blues Riff & Blues Riff Inversion (examples 1-2) (00:49) - Tommy shows an easy blues riff and riff inversion.
• Shuffle & Closed Position Shuffle (examples 3-4) (01:31) - In this video, Tommy explores two different shuffles.
• Walking Bass Line (example 5) (00:56) - Tommy explains the walking bass line.
• Open Bass Line (example 6) (00:39) - Tommy shows how to play an open bass line.
• Shuffle Musical Example (01:43) - Tommy and the boys play a shuffle.
• Variations (example 7) (01:04) - Tommy shows off some variations of the first riff.
• Staccato (example 8) (01:55) - Tommy explains the two ways he gets staccato.
• Triplets & Fast Triplets (example 9-10) (01:41) - See Tommy show how to play triplets.
• Back to Root (example 11) (00:54) - In this video, Tommy plays a walking line while returning to the root.
• Summary - Music Example (02:06) - Tommy and the boys play another one.
• Walking Bass Highup on the Neck (example 12) (00:52) - Tommy plays a walking line high up on the neck.
• Soft Touch (example 13) (02:09) - Tommy explains when you want to use a
• "Pride and Joy" (02:38) - Tommy shows how to play the classic
• Playing with Fingertips (example 15) (03:29) - In this video, Tommy explores playing with your fingertips.
• "Woke Up This Morning" (example 16) (01:56) - Tommy shows how to play the song
• "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (example 17) (02:14) - Next, Tommy shows how to play
• "Texas Flood" (example 18) (03:24) - See how to play
• "Say One Thing" (example 19) (02:02) - Tommy shows how to play
• Rolling Bass (example 20) (03:07) - In this video, Tommy explores playing a
• "Crossfire" (example 21) (02:29) - Tommy shows how to play
• Equipment (02:19) - Tommy talks about what kind of gear he uses.
• Group Performance (07:50) - See one last performance.