On 27/02/24 I will be researching the way to build a funky sounding bass line. My resources will be a previously cited youtube video (see proposal form) and any additional resources will be linked just after the work.
It seems that funk bass can get a traditional feel from subdividing each beat into a further four beats, being 1/16ths. This means for every 4 clicks in a bar, the bass will be doing extra work – the notes do not need to be too complex or busy, something simple such as two or four notes can work if there are also…
Ghost notes; as stated by one of my alternate sources, ghost notes “are one way to make your line more funky as they are more percussive and enhance the rhythmic variation.” (Talkingbass-Mark, 2015). Ghosts notes can be added after regular notes too enhance the song, and add a bit of personality to