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...]
How To Play Bass – Beginner’s Songs – Parisienne Walkway (notation and tab in video)
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...]
How To Play Bass – Beginner’s Songs – Stir It Up (notation and tab in video)
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 … [Read more...]
How To Play Bass Beginners Songs – Wild Thing (notation and tab in video)
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 … [Read more...]
How To Play Bass Beginner’s Songs Stand By Me (with notation and tab in video)
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...]
How To Play Beginners Bass Songs – Green Onions (notation and tab in video)
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...]
Video Lesson – Whiter Shade Of Pale
Here's a tutorial for the bass line to a song that is perfect for beginners. This is the bass line to A Whiter Shade Of Pale: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AODiXEVMU#t=15 … [Read more...]
Bass Guitar Playalong – Roxanne – Sting – Police – David SinRocks
Been watching and listening to a bunch of Sting stuff today - he was one of the first guys whose lines I learned a lot of back in the day.? I must have driven my folks mad - always playing along to … [Read more...]
Fretless Bass Lesson – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes – Paul Simon – Bakithi Kumalo
Here's a great video clip that was sent to my by Nigel Walden, one of the subscribers to my weekly bass magazine First Bass And Beyond.? This clip shows Bakithi Kumalo giving a little fretless bass … [Read more...]
Learn How To Play Bass Guitar – Don’t Stop Me Now – John Deacon – Queen
Here?s a learn how to play bass guitar tutorial to Don't Stop Me Now by Queen - the original line of course was played by the very great and very underrated John Deacon.? (And it's a cracking line … [Read more...]
