Latin Bass lessons online

Lichtaffen · #1 10-13-2009, 07:51 AM

I'm about to buy The Latin Bass Book, which has been highly recommended for learning latin bass styles, but I was wondering if there were any online resources for learning Latin bass. Any suggestions?

Jazzdogg · #2 10-13-2009, 08:30 AM

There are excerpts from Poncho Sanchez' "Fundamentals of Latin Music or the Rhythm Section" on YouTube in which the extraordinary Rene Camacho provides the bass instruction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJw_EvcgTW8

I own the DVD, and I like the fact that it presents the bass tutorial in the context of the Latin rhythm section as a whole.

bass12 · #3 10-13-2009, 10:18 AM

I once spoke to Oscar Stagnaro about online lessons. I don't know if he is currently offering them or not, but it's worth checking. You probably won't find a bassist with a deeper understanding of the various Latin bass styles than Oscar. On top of it, he's a super nice guy. Here's a link to his site:

http://www.oscarstagnaro.com/

abstractart06 · #4 10-13-2009, 10:36 AM

Thanks for the link. Great info.

Stumbo · #5 10-17-2009, 04:34 PM

You might want to check out this link:
Learning Latin music

m0nst3r · #6 10-18-2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzdogg

There are excerpts from Poncho Sanchez' "Fundamentals of Latin Music or the Rhythm Section" on YouTube in which the extraordinary Rene Camacho provides the bass instruction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJw_EvcgTW8

I own the DVD, and I like the fact that it presents the bass tutorial in the context of the Latin rhythm section as a whole.

I like that guy's tumbaos. He's very good at internalizing the clave. It's funny how he says, "this is me taking liberties," and then just takes off. That lick he does at 2:52 is bad!