Comping Styles for Bass Funk v 2 Author:Bruce Arnold "Comping Styles for Bass Volume 2: Funk" is a collection of 36 different progressions that are presented in a funk style. Both the guitar and bass parts are presented in staff notation so a bass player can see what the guitar is doing and also get used to reading bass parts in a funk style. It includes a CD containing these progressions in a tri... more »o setting of Guitar, Bass and Drums. The ability to read, play and make a convincing, consistent groove in a sixteenth note rhythm is one of the more formidable challenges facing a contemporary rhythm section player. This book attempts to address that challenge by supplying chord progressions with different syncopated rhythmic patterns. Practice of these exercises will lead to an understanding of the style, and ability to execute the rhythms common to funk. The student should strive to maintain rhythmic precision throughout each exercise, and after gaining control should compose their own comping patterns.« less