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Sometimes you need a simple bass line. In fact, sometimes you need just one note. But don't sound like a beginner, instead, use the hack in this video! Music theory from The Arusha Accord "Juracán" EP.
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A monumentally important element in intelligent bass lines, is obviously: melody. So when you remove the melodic element (by staying on one note), you have to compensate with your rhythm. And ideally, you want your one-note bass line to be thrillingly unpredictable, which will draw your listeners in with its intrigue. So, let’s talk about rhythm then. Most humans love symmetry. That’s why 99.9% of Popular Music uses time signatures that are symmetrical. This means the music has a regular and predictable pulse, like the continuous 1/4 notes in 4/4, or the continuous dotted 1/4 notes in 12/8. However, there are a few brave artists out there who are freethinking black sheep, going against the current, and The Arusha Accord is the black sheep’s black sheep! They celebrate the unorthodox beauty of asymmetry, by creating irregular and unpredictable pulses in their music. The results are mesmerizing, and help extend the longevity of their music into the timeless realm! So, start by setting up four bars of alternating 10/8 and 12/8, with your grid set to 1/8 notes, and your tempo set to 115 BPM. In the intro of this song, The Arusha Accord chose D for their one note, so we’ll use it too.
Step 1. Long Cycle
One note ain’t much to play with, right? Well, it’s plenty for The Arusha Accord. The first thing they do is create a long cycle for their bass line. In fact, the bassist plays through forty four 1/8 notes in one cycle of the rhythm. So, step one is to choose a root note, then draw in forty four 1/8 notes on that one pitch.
Step 2. Assymetrical Time
The Arusha Accord’s intro bass line hints at a dotted 1/4 note pulse, as all the bars start with a couple groups of three 1/8 notes. This gives the bass line a more laid-back vibe, as there’s more distance between the accents, creating a slower pulse. So, purely to demonstrate a different feel, we went with a bass line that hints at a 1/4 note pulse. And we created this by starting each bar with a couple groups of two 1/8 notes. This gives our bass line a more urgent vibe, as there’s less distance between the accents, creating a faster pulse. So, step two is to choose between either of these hinted at pulses, then to use the remainder of each bar to add the asymmetry. To do this, create an irregular pulse by grouping your remaining 1/8 notes into a mixture of twos and threes. But, at the end of your third bar (or at the end of your fourth bar), throw your listeners a curveball to keep ‘em on their toes, by using a single 1/8 note. So, here’s the grouping we went with: In our first bar, we grouped 10/8 into 2+2+3+3. In our second bar, we grouped 12/8 into 2+2+2+3+3. In our third bar, we grouped 10/8 into 2+2+2+3+1. And in our fourth bar, we grouped 12/8 into 2+2+2+3+3. And the way you’re gonna make your grouping stand out, which in turn creates that irregular pulse, is by keeping the first note of each group as an 1/8 note, and then shortening the other notes of each group to 1/32 notes. Like this. And here’s a little bonus hack. In the original song when the drums come in, the cycle of time signatures changes yet again, that’s so Arusha Accord!
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