FF 5.6 | Bass
6 Bass (1 Day)
Watch the roots only bass video together and play through a blues in A as a class.
Instruct students to use bass technique even when they are on guitar when playing bass lines.
If you have basses and bass amps in the room, rotate students through these instruments and give them an opportunity to sit in as the bass player.
Highlight the importance of grooving with the drummer when playing the bass.
Watch the adding the sixth video together and give students time to work on playing a blues in A with the root, fifth, and sixth.
CHORD BASELINE ASSESSMENT: Instruct students to play roots, fifths, and sixths to along with the blues backing track in A. Be sure they use good technique, have good time, and are using the correct notes on each beat.
DIFFERENTIATION: Once students have done the baseline assessments for chords, bass, and soloing, come back to these elements in timed chunks. Give students time to work independently with the videos to further their confidence using the root, fifth, and sixth and to learn how to do the modified jump blues, how to play the fifth, and how to walk.
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