Shout Music is when the congregation really gets fired up!
Let’s learn how to shout on the I chord in the key of C…
Shout Bass Line Variation 1
The above may look complicated on the surface, but the pattern is quite simple. Think, hear, and feel the two “target notes”: C (Do) on beat 1 & G (So) on beat 3. The other notes are simply three note chromatic pickups that either ascend or descend into each target note.
Technique Tip: The proper way to walk is to drop the weight of your arm-hand into each note. Try to sound like a bass player thumping out juicy, round, big, fat notes.
Shout Bass Line Variation 2
Think, hear, and feel the “target notes”, C & G and “feed” them chromatically from above or below…
Rhythmic Conception and Interpretation: Feel each chorus as coherent 2-bar and 4-bar ideas, not as isolated notes or four-note segments that end at the bar lines.
Shout Bass Line Variation 3
This variation takes part of the ascending line and displaces it one octave lower…
Shout Bass Line Variation 4
The entire ascending line displaced one octave lower…
Can you think of some other ways to connect the target notes?