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 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 – We Are Young
Here's another in our series of tutorials for beginners - this one is We Are Young by Fun: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFY2jp5ICO0 … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – Sunny Afternoon
Here's another in our series of bass tutorials for beginners - this is Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_LlZYaMBe8 … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – All Shook Up
Here's another in our series of tutorials for beginners - this one is All Shook Up by Elvis and like the other Elvis tunes in this series the bass line has a predominantly quarter note rhythmic … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – Teddy Bear
Here's another in our series of tutorials for beginners - this one is Teddy Bear by Elvis and like the other Elvis tunes in this series the bass line has a predominantly quarter note rhythmic … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – Heartbreak Hotel
Here's a tutorial for beginners for the Elvis tune Heartbreak Hotel. This is a good one for beginners because the rhythm is pretty consistent through the tune - it's predominantly a quarter note pulse … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – When A Man Loves A Woman
Here's another in the series of bass lessons for beginners - this tutorial is When A Man Loves A Woman by Percy Sledge and in the tutorial we'll look at the three main sections of the … [Read more...]
