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Bebop arpeggios are the chord-tone vocabulary of bebop-era jazz soloing, worked through every chord change so strong beats land on chord tones. Even if you never plan to play jazz, spending time in this style sharpens your rhythmic control over which note goes where, a skill that carries straight into bass lines in any style.
A continuation of the raw lick material series, this time covering groups of three. Using eighth-note triplet rhythms as the starting point, you can vary accents, articulation, and where the pulse lands to reshape the feel of the line. Once these are under your hands, plug them straight into play-along tracks so they become part of how you actually phrase.
Raw lick material is a way to organize note groupings (like groups of 2 in triplets) into reusable vocabulary for your bass lines. These aren't meant to sit in the exercise pile. Put them into music right away.
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