Reggae
can anyone give any tips to trying to get a reggae groove ?
are there any recorded examples of a reggae groove being created by a solo piano that you could point me too ?
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and you should listen to some reggae records to get an idea of the bass grooves, listen to it permanently for a week and you should start to be able to figure out your won reggae bass lines.
i recommend also listening to below the bassline, a recording by ernest ranglin (jamaican jazz guitarist). it's reggae standards played by a jazz quartet (piano/guitar/bass/drums). great reggae groove!! the amazing monty alexander is playing the piano on the record.
i played in a reggae band for two years... lucky i have strong ears because all the tunes, all the feels, all the bubble rhythms were given to me either by the lead guitar showing me on the keyboard what to do or just trying to pick up what he did on the guitar.
i'm sitting here trying to work out the rhythm, but i can't really do it. it's called the "bubble" because it's kind of all encompassing.
if you want to hear some great jazz reggae, monty alexander put out a cd that is all bob marley music. you can't get a better example of reggae jazz than that.
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by Scot Ranney on 03/13/2005, 12:02
this cd is out of print, but here is info about it.https://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=adfeaee47c1bdf46a97620d7863a41c5b16af704df4dda971f28455a92b63e45915420b90ea39992e8b676ab78abe02ca45a0a9fc3e454fad662352dfc93&sql=10:65320r8at48n
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