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...]
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...]
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...]
