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 dearth of sight reading materials that are: (i) based on … [Read more...]
Beginner’s Songs – Bad Moon Rising (members only tutorial)
Bad Moon Rising is another relatively easy song for beginers. There are 6 parts to learn I class this as a Level 1 to 2 line. (The scale I use is 1 to 10 - a Level 1 bass line might be a … [Read more...]
Beginner’s Songs – Parisienne Walkway (members only tutorial)
Parisienne Walkway by Gary Moore - with Phil Lynot on bass and vocals) is another relatively easy song for beginers and a good introduction for beginners to songs in 12:8. There are 5 parts to … [Read more...]
Beginner’s Songs – Stir It Up (members only tutorial)
Stir It Up by Bob Marley is a relatively easy song for beginers - there are 3 parts to learn (though the two bars you need to play in the intro are also present in the chorus!). I class this as a … [Read more...]
Beginners Songs – Wild Thing (members only tutorial)
Wild Thing is a relatively easy song for beginers - there are 8 parts to learn (though you could get by with learning less sections and eliminating some of the variation in the original line). I … [Read more...]
Beginner’s Songs Stand By Me
Stand By Me is another beginner's bass line that's comprised of just one secton that's repeated over and over throughout the tune. This section is 8 bars long. I think it was originally played on … [Read more...]
Beginners Bass Songs – Green Onions
Most people think that the late, great Duck Dunn played the bass line to Green Onions by Booker T And The MGs, but in fact it was Lewis Steinberg. When I came to prepare the lesson I isolated the … [Read more...]
How To Practice Songs You Already Know….Without Your Bass?
There are previous articles in this series you should ideally read if you haven?t already: First there?s the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 3)
There are previous articles in this series you should ideally read if you haven't already: First there's the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 2)
This series started with a couple of articles. Firstly I talked about the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs - you can read that here if you've not already: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
