Soul#
15 grooves. Pick one with groove: soul (or another name below) in the song or a section.
| Groove | Amp | Swing | Bass | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
soul |
clean | 0 | eighths | chops on 2 and 4, snare on every beat |
soul/ballad |
clean | 0 | slow | chords on the triplets, ride, slow bass |
soul/memphis |
clean | 0 | dotted | short stabs on 2 and 4 (Steve Cropper style) |
soul/gospel |
clean | 0 | slow | long chord and chops on the triplets, ride |
soul/northern |
clean | 0 | eighths | four-on-the-floor kick, snare on every beat, uptempo |
soul/philly |
clean 🎧 | 0 | octave | sixteenth-note chops, open hi-hat on the offbeat, octave bass |
soul/neo |
clean | 0.6 | dotted | long laid-back jazz chords, rim on 2 and 4 |
soul/rnb |
clean | 0 | tumbao | straight eighths on a Latin rhythm, tumbao bass (What'd I Say style) |
soul/funky |
clean | 0 | funk | syncopated chords and chops (Sly Stone style) |
soul/spector |
clean 🎧 | 0 | dotted | open eighths, boom . boom-boom CHA (Be My Baby style) |
soul/swamp |
twang | 0.6 | walk | swung muted strums (Tony Joe White style) |
soul/blues |
clean | 0 | slow | long chord and chop, half-time drums (Al Green style) |
soul/sweet |
clean | 0 | slow | open chords and light upstrokes |
soul/sixeight |
clean | 0 | two | jazz chords on the triplets, bass in two |
soul/boogaloo |
clean | 0.2 | funk | syncopated chops and sixteenth-note kick |