Hip Hop Groove X Jazz Fusion Harmony
Groove Lab Study 3
A process-driven study in rhythm mapping and voice leading. This study is designed to help you write a bass line from scratch, with no tabs or pre-written patterns. Learn to map what the drums are doing, build a rhythm around it, and connect chords with smooth note choices.
Develop:
• Rhythm mapping: visualizing where the kick and snare land across 16th notes
• Applying hip hop groove theory to build a bass rhythm that locks with the drums
• Reading chord symbols to find the notes available in each chord
• Voice leading: choosing notes that connect chord changes smoothly
• Documenting and improving your playing with the Groove Lab Practice Cycle
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Groove Lab: Backing Tracks for Modern Bass Players
Learn how to play hip hop bass lines through groove, feel, and real musical context.
Technique Becomes Vocabulary
Groove Lab Study 2
A composition study in articulation, rhythmic contrast, and turning technique into musical vocabulary. This study is designed to help you take a technical idea, explore what it can do, and use it to write something original. It isn’t a speed exercise. Learn how selective picking, two-hand tapping, and note duration change the feel of a groove.
Develop:
• Articulation and attack as tools for rhythmic contrast
• Selective picking and two-hand tapping applied in a musical context
• Shifting the bass between groove, melody, and texture
• Arrangement decisions that create momentum
• Turning a technical concept into your own musical vocabulary
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Lofi Hip Hop Groove Study (Motif + Pocket Development)
Groove Lab Study 1
A groove-focused study in lofi hip hop feel and motif development through rhythmic repetition. This track is designed to help you develop bass lines that function as rhythmic anchors. Learn to create motifs that support complex harmonies.
Develop:
• Motif development through rhythmic repetition and variation
• Uneven-grid, laid-back pocket feel with controlled placement
• Supporting non-diatonic harmony
• Creating bass motifs that lock with drums while grounding evolving harmony
• Groove decision-making across all levels of complexity
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Modern R&B Groove (Terrace Martin–Inspired)
A groove-focused study in modern hip hop and jazz harmony. This track is designed to help you develop responsive, musical bass lines in a live, layered context.
Develop:
• Playing behind the beat with control
• Navigating extended harmony (9, 11, 13)
• Interacting with live instrumentation
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Lo-Fi Hip Hop Groove (Dilla x Nujabes–Inspired)
A laid-back, off-grid groove that challenges your sense of time and phrasing. Focus on feel, space, and subtle variation.
Develop:
• Internal time feel (push/pull phrasing)
• Sparse, intentional note choice
• Locking with non-quantized drums
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