Make your rhythm playing more interesting by adding a moving bass line. Joe Pass is a master of combining chords and moving bass notes to create melody and movement w/in a rhythm line. But it works for any genre. Red Hot Chilly Peppers guitar rhythm in under the bridge is a love letter to Jimi's approach to this style. Speaking of Jimi: Castles Made of Sand. And Stevie Ray did Lenny, which is also Hendrix-esque but pure SRV soul. A rule of thumb i use is if a bass players lines and guitarists chords can be combined creatively and smartly w/in a given space of a rhythm then you can add a moving bass line. Not going to work in all cases but when you’re able to make it work, them its a really nice effect. I’d tell you to ask Jimi or Stevie but alas they were taken from us way too soon.
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