In today’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to simplify the Eric Clapton version of ‘I Shot The Sheriff’ into 3 core ideas. Whenever I learn a new song I’m always looking to identify and breakdown 3 things very quickly:The key signature, chord sequences & basic song structure.A fundamental bass groove or feelAny unison or musical phrases that ...
In this blog post I want to share another student whose progress on the bass guitar and dedication has blown my mind. Meet Dana from Los Angeles, USA who started playing the bass in January 2019. At eBassGuitar everything we teach is real-world and allows students to start getting results straight away. Make sure you watch Dana's performance video at the end ...
In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to make the Circle of Fifths a valuable and above all useful part of your practice routine. The Circle of Fifths is a great device which will help you understand how chord sequences to many of the worlds greatest Jazz, Show & Pop Songs are created… but it can also ...
Here at eBassGuitar we're lucky enough to witness fantastic results from our students on a regular basis. Meet Gerry who started playing bass guitar just 4 months ago (having never played before), read his story and watch the video of him playing to discover how much he's achieved using just the Bass Lab PLUS Program.What's your name, where are you from ...
In today’s bass guitar lesson we’re going to be looking at how to play the song The Chicken For ‘Beginner’ bassists. The Chicken is a funk tune by sax player Pee Wee Ellis but popularised for the bass guitar by the legendary Jaco Pastorius. Strictly speaking, this isn’t a ‘beginner’ bass line… but this tune is often played on Jazz Jam ...
In this blog post I'm going to share a super exclusive 25 minute 'bass cam' style video of me playing live - so if you want to discover more about "James Eager Bass Player" make sure watch this video.This video is live, unedited, raw... and fundamentally you'll see me doing exactly what I love to do as a bass player ...
In today’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to share with you how to play Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison without tab or tablature. First of all, I want to make it clear that I'm not ‘anti-tab’ - it can definitely be a very useful tool. However it does come with limitations. I’ve played this tune 100s on 100s of times ...
Today’s ‘bass lesson’ is a little bit different… I’m going to be reviewing the Sire P7 2nd Generation.. Here is a handy downloadable checklist to share my thoughts on all the most important elements of this bass guitar. We’ll also give you the tech specs too. Click here To Get The FREE Sire P7 Checklist & 20 Minute Live Video ...
In this bass guitar lesson, I’ll teach you ways on how you can perform surgical-accurate slides. I’ll also discuss how to be more comfortable and familiar with moving on your fret board. Click Here To Download How to Play Perfect Slides Every time PDF! I get quite a few questions at eBassGuitar like "How do I go about on improving ...
In this bass guitar lesson, we will be taking the legendary bass line from White Room by Cream. I’m excited to share this lesson as this was one of my earliest influences because it was played by an incredible bass player.. Jack Bruce. Click Here To Download How To Play White Room By Cream PDF! What I'm going to do ...