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Song Tutorials Arranged Chronologically

Here's all of the How To Play Bass Song Tutorials that I have on the How To Play Bass website arranged chronologically - newest first! … [Read more...]

Octopus’s Garden by The Beatles (members only tutorial)

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Is This Love – Members Only Tutorial

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Playing Bass With A Harmonic Metronome Part 2

In the first part of this short series we did some work using an example based on a simple quarter note bass line in the style of Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks. To remind you if you've not … [Read more...]

This Love – Maroon 5 (members only tutorial)

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Playing Bass With A Harmonic Metronome

Before we get started I just want to let those of you who like to know these things into the origin of these exercises. Back in the day at a gig I was talking with our regular drummer Roger and we … [Read more...]

We Can Work It Out – Stevie Wonder (members only tutorial)

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Statesboro Blues (Live At Macon)

For a short period after Brother Duane passed away, the Allman Brothers toured as a 5 piece. The best recording of that period (IMO) is the Live at Macon Auditorium album and we get a tantalizing … [Read more...]

Sight Reading Etude #2

For those bass players who want to work on their sight reading but who are 'meat and potatoes' bass players (i.e. 95% plus of us!) there's a lack of sight reading materials that are: (i) based on … [Read more...]