Katie Thiroux’s Demonstration of a Perfect Two Feel

DDB jazz specialist, Katie Thiroux shares her top tips for playing bass lines in a swinging two feel. She covers everything from the basics, to chromatic embellishments and triplets. With references to legendary bassists Scott LaFaro, Ray Brown, as well as modern masters such as David Wong and more, this video is a comprehensive guide to understanding two feel bass lines and triplets... and it’s under 10 minutes!

Timecodes

00:00 Introduction
00:35 What is a two feel?
01:16 Chromatic leading tones
01:50 Rhythmic changes
03:01 Triplet feel
03:22 Adding embellishments on beat 4
04:07 Demonstration
04:41 Feeling the pulse
05:30 David Wong
06:26 How to avoid slowing tempo
07:05 Bassists with a good two feel
08:07 Outro