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37.5Now create a bass cell
Try this practice pattern:
- C on beat 1
- G on 2&
- upper C on beat 3
- G on 4&
Think:
root – fifth – octave – fifth
with syncopated placement.
This is a practice groove, not a claim that there is only one canonical calypso bass pattern.