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Beginner’s Songs – Parisienne Walkway (members only tutorial)

May 13, 2019 by Paul Wolfe

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...]

Filed Under: Bass for Beginners, bass guitar, bass tab, beginner, Popular Song Tutorials

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Beginner’s Songs – Stir It Up (members only tutorial)

May 12, 2019 by Paul Wolfe

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...]

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Beginners Songs – Wild Thing (members only tutorial)

May 9, 2019 by Paul Wolfe

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...]

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Beginner’s Songs Stand By Me

May 5, 2019 by Paul Wolfe

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...]

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Isolated Bass – Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams

September 9, 2014 by Paul Wolfe

Here?s the next in the series of isolated bass lines that I?m posting.? This is the bass line to Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LkYuxK8lE … [Read more...]

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Isolated Bass – Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen – Garry Tallent

September 9, 2014 by Paul Wolfe

Here?s the next in the series of isolated bass lines that I?m posting.? This is Garry Tallent's line on the Springsteen classic Born To … [Read more...]

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Isolated Synth Bass To Superstition by Stevie Wonder

September 3, 2014 by Paul Wolfe

There are a lot of isolated bass lines that you can hear via YouTube and so on.? But there are a lot of isolated bass lines that are floating around the Interwebz that aren?t on Youtube. So I?m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bass guitar, isolated bass Tagged With: isolated bass, stevie wonder, superstition, synth bass

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Isolated Bass To Californication by The Red Hot Chili Peppers/Flea

September 2, 2014 by Paul Wolfe

There are a lot of isolated bass lines that you can hear via YouTube and so on.? But there are a lot of isolated bass lines that are floating around the Interwebz that aren?t on Youtube. So I?m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bass guitar, first bass and beyond, flea, isolated bass Tagged With: californication, first bass and beyond, flea, isolated bass, red hot chili peppers

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Name That Bass Line Season 2

January 18, 2013 by Paul Wolfe

My favourite Bass line Quiz Show is back with Season 2 - see how many of these low end beauties you can guess!!! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbWejtMaHVk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bass guitar, how to play bass Tagged With: david sinrocks, marloweDK, name that bass line

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How To Maintain Your Practice Routine When Shit Happens

December 28, 2012 by Paul Wolfe

In the 1994 movie ?Forrest Gump? there?s a scene where Forrest is running and steps in dog crap.? Someone asks him if he knows that he?s stepped in dog crap and Forrest replies: ?It happens.?? The guy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bass guitar, first bass and beyond Tagged With: bass guitar, practice routine

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  • Books & Courses
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    • 80-20 Bass – What Is 80-20 Bass?
    • WB101 – Why I Had To Learn To “Walk” On The Bass….
    • Cracking The Detroit Code – The 30 Day Challenge
    • HTPB50 – The Only 6 Things A Bass Beginners Should Practice
    • The Duck Dunn Challenge
    • Cracking The Rock Bass Code – 30 Day Challenge
    • Cracking The Blues Rock Code – 30 Day Challenge
    • Funk Soul Disco 30 Day Challenge
    • Walking Basslines 101 30 Day Challenge
  • Blog
  • Members Tutorials
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    • Index Of Member Only Content
    • Vanishing Tutorial
    • Pre Training Day 1
    • Pre Training Day 2
    • Pre Training Day 3
    • Pre Training Day 4
    • Pre Training Day 5
    • Day 1 – Getting Started With Root Notes
    • Day 2 – Adding The 5th
    • Day 3 – The Major Triad
    • Day 4 – The Minor Triad
    • Day 5 – Connecting Devices
    • Day 6 – Deliberate Composition
    • Day 7 – Deliberate Composition 2
    • Day 8 – Deliberate Composition 3
    • Day 9 – Deliberate Composition 4
    • Day 10 – Connecting Chords With Approach Notes
    • Day 11 – Quarter Note to 8th Note
    • Day 12 – New Device/Modifying Device
    • Day 13 – New Device/2nd Modifying Device
    • Day 14 – The R-3-5-6 Device (with variations)
  • 80-20 Grooves
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