Bassline: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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Joe GlossopJoe Glossop talks through the left-hand bassline to Jimmy McGriff's 'All About My Girl' on the Hammond, and how it moves over the tune's chord changes.
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03. Playing the tune: 'Green Onions' Booker T
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04. Lead lines: 'Green Onions' Booker T
4:43
05. Bassline: 'Green Onions' Booker T
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06. Performance: Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl
3:43
07. Keyboard view performance: Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl
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08. Tones: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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09. Intro: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
2:10
10. Playing the head: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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11. Bassline: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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12. Ending: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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13. Improvisation and comping: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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Lesson transcript
Understanding the Bass Line
The bass line is quite interesting because it doesn't really change very much.
Chord Changes
- One: You're on the one there.
- Four: When it goes to the four, the only thing that changes is the third goes from major to minor, then back to major.
- Five: The five is actually a 2, 5, 1, and then minor.
- Descending: On the way down, it goes back to the four.
Instrument Specifics
On this organ, which is quite particular because it is 54 years old, there's a slight fault down the bottom that I should bring to your attention.
- If you listen to the output of these notes, that B flat is a lot quieter.
- Basically, there's nothing you can do about that.
- That's just indicative of the instrument.
So, if you hear a drop when it goes to that, that's not deliberate, and it won't happen on your instrument. This is a 1963 instrument, so that's just how it is.
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Joe Glossop is a keyboard player from Sheffield who has made his name on the Hammond organ. He currently holds the organ chair in Tom Jones's touring band, and has played with Van Morrison and James Hunter, as well as on piano and Rhodes. His courses get the real Hammond sound out of any keyboard - drawbar registration, the Leslie, the walking-bass left hand, and the comping and soloing vocabulary of the soul-jazz, blues and rock organ traditions, from Jimmy Smith to Booker T.
