In this bass lesson I’m going to show you how to play Every Breath You Take by Sting & The Police. This song is the perfect vehicle to start learning pick bass guitar. I recommend using simple alternate picking just using root notes to develop consistent timing and stamina. To learn this song I recommend breaking it down into 4 core sections:Intro ...
In this bass lesson we’re going to talk about how to switch from Bass Guitar to Double Bass or Upright Bass. It’s very common for musicians to ‘double’ or play both basses. What you’ll discover is that there are many similarities between the bass guitar and the double bass… and there are also many differences. This blog will give you my 5 top ...
In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to learn the Modes on the bass guitar using an idea which will make these scales much easier to understand. Time and time again I’ve seen students find the 7 Modal Scales confusing and challenging. More often than not once they have learned them they struggle to apply the knowledge ...
One of the things I encourage all of my brand new beginner to intermediate students to do is learn blues bass guitar, when they join my Bass Lab PLUS training program. Blues is hugely powerful because the 12 bar blues sequence is found in virtually every style of popular music—Rock ‘n’ Roll to 70s Classic Rock, Walking Bass / Jazz to ...
In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to learn rock bass guitar in less than 10 minutes and share two fundamental approaches to creating rock bass lines. Click Here To Get The FREE Learn Rock Bass Guitar In Less Than 10 Minutes PDF Get The Backing Track I highly recommend also grabbing the backing track used in ...
In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to learn Walking Bass in less than 10 minutes using a jazz standard all bass players should know. Click Here To Get The FREE Learn Walking Bass In Less Than 10 Minutes! PDF! This lesson is inspired by one of my Bass Lab PLUS Students called Dave who is ...
In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to take the humble arpeggio and use it as a device to create useful and above all cool sounding bass lines. We’re going to cover a simple yet extremely powerful device called ‘The Bass Guitar Arpeggio Slide Hack. Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Guitar Arpeggio Slide Hack ...
In this bass guitar lesson ‘Blue Bossa For Beginners’ we’re going to discuss how to play the legendary Latin Jazz or Bossa Nova Tune “Blue Bossa” which was originally made famous by sax player Joe Henderson. Click Here To Get The FREE The Blue Bossa For Beginners PDF! If you’re in the early stages of learning how to play jazz ...
In today’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to play killer bass fills using the legendary Jaco Pastorius groove from the Pee Wee Ellis Tune ‘The Chicken’. Click Here To Get The FREE The Chicken For Beginners Part 2 Bass Lesson PDF! Every so often I release a bass guitar lesson which has that ‘little bit of ...
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 ...