Bass Rhythm Comes First
If you’re a beginner on bass, you’re probably wondering when should you start looking into practicing rhythm?
Beginner Bass – 5 Things You Need to Learn
Learn 5 beginner bass things you should learn first when just getting started on bass to make sure you’re on the right path.
Importance of Building a Repertoire on Bass
We have an important topic to talk about – it concerns your future as a bass player.
Straight Eighths Rock with a Pick
In this lesson we’re going to take a step back into reality and work on what you’ll spend most of time playing with any rock band.
Simple Blues Bass Lick That You Can Re-use
In this lesson, you’re going to learn a neat blues bass lick that you can re-use – I call it the Texas Bluff.
Easy Blues Bass Riff That Works Every Time
Here we have a funky bass turnaround lick that you can use to spice up your grooves. It starts with two ghost notes that are played using raking technique and then there is a cool lick that uses slide in combination with raking techniques all within a single left-hand shape.
E7 Slap Bass Groove with Open Strings
I just wrote an easy slap bass groove featuring open strings that you can use for practicing slap and pop technique on bass. There are also hammer-ons and pull-offs, commonly used techniques in slap bass playing style.
Beginner Ska Bass Lines Writing Formula
In this lesson, I’ll show you how you build walking ska bass lines using a simple formula. This works pretty much over any chord progression that get’s thrown at you.
Walking Bass Improvisation For Beginners
Here we have a funky bass turnaround lick that you can use to spice up your grooves. It starts with two ghost notes that are played using raking technique and then there is a cool lick that uses slide in combination with raking techniques all within a single left-hand shape.
12 Most Difficult RHCP Songs On Bass
I thought it would be fun to put Flea in a spotlight and make a list of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs that are hard to play on bass. I’ve played in a band that plays RHCP covers for years, so this list will be highly subjective. The songs won’t appear in order of difficulty – just so you know. There will be a comment for each song about what’s tricky to play.
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