Multi-Grammy Award-winning bassist Jimmy Haslip, founding member of the Yellowjackets, teaches you how to use the familiar pentatonic scale as a framework for stunning improvised bass solos!

• Are you struggling to create dynamic, engaging bass solos?
• Do your melodic ideas feel repetitive and predictable, lacking groove and flair?
• Want to discover how to play compelling, grooving solos using just the humble pentatonic scale as a framework?

Then dive into multiple Grammy Award-winner Jimmy Haslip’s new book and transform your playing!

In Pentatonic Soloing for Electric Bass, the legendary bassist teaches you how to transform basic pentatonic scales into expressive soloing tools and reveals how to use simple shapes as the backbone for soulful, vocal-like phrases that groove.

You’ll quickly master advanced phrasing as you learn a foolproof way to create motifs, riffs and sequences that add depth to your lines.

And, as you begin to solo masterfully over the included funky backing tracks, you’ll discover how to enhance these familiar shapes with borrowed notes from the Natural Minor and Dorian scales, to bring new richness to your playing.

Develop Soloing Skills and Musicality

Haslip breaks down his soloing approach over jazz-funk tunes, teaching you intermediate and advanced solos. Understand how to apply vibrato and vocal phrasing for articulate, professional solos. Dive deeper into pentatonic mastery by integrating Blues, Dorian Bebop, and Diminished scale ideas into your playing.

Practical Applications and Composition Challenges

Take on the composition challenge by learning two short solos over contemporary jazz tracks, then create your own over the free, downloadable backing tracks. Solo and improvise over a drum groove by Nate Smith to enhance your timing and groove. Finally, bring everything together with advanced melodic lines over another original jazz-funk tune, combining every concept in the book.

Here’s What You’ll Master:

• Minor Pentatonic Scale with Advanced Phrasing: Elevate your soloing vocabulary with creative motifs and sequences
• Enhanced Pentatonics: Integrate Natural Minor and Dorian scales for deeper soundscapes
• Soloing Techniques: Learn intermediate and advanced solos with vibrato and vocal phrasing, and odd-note grouping phrases
• Advanced Pentatonic Mastery: Learn Jimmy’s simple method to borrow notes from the Blues, Dorian Bebop and Diminished scales to play richer improvised lines
• Composition and Improvisation: Create original solos over contemporary jazz tracks
• Grooving Over Drum Patterns: Sync with Nate Smith’s beats for tighter, dynamic playing

Additional Resources

With over 120 downloadable audio files, including 5 special practice tracks, you’ll have everything you need to perfect these techniques in a real-world context.

Become the Consummate Bass Soloist

Uncover the power of the minor pentatonic scale, and learn how to create motifs and rhythmic sequences that make your solos pop. Jimmy’s advanced phrasing will have you squeezing every ounce of creativity from these scales!

Pentatonic Soloing for Electric Bass by Jimmy Haslip is your ticket to mastering the pentatonic scale and transforming your bass solos. Get it now and groove like never before!

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