Postes on: 2006-08-07
So maybe you've always been impressed by the way guys like Billy Sheehan play, or maybe you just saw this article and were like "Hey, I'd look really cool if I could tap on bass." Well, ...
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This is a guide on how to tune your bass guitar with harmonics. Tuning with harmonics is a great way to tune your bass because you can hear both notes ringing as you tune the pegs. In reality, yo ...
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In this lesson I will show you the techniques I use for playing bass solo’s to hopefully help you write your own. So here goes.Starting from the start you need some knowledge of scales. Th ...
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1. Ways To Tune the bass guitar.4 String bass: all High to Low or Thin to ThickStandard: GDAE
Drop D: GDAD
Drop C#: GDAC#
Half Step Down: GbDbAbEb
Full Step Down: FCGD
Drop D/G: GDGD
R ...
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Hi Folks! I'll make a short introduction to my lesson. It will deal with the chord progression in C major.*) Chords in C major The notes in the () are (root-third-fifth).1-Chord: C //(c- ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #3 ================================ In the previous lessons we've used double stopping to form chords. We have also considered moving the left and righ ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #2 ================================At the end of the last lesson you should have played the following riff from "All Along the WatchTower":
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #1 ================================ This is the first in a series of lessons on tapping and related techniques for bass guitar. I hope to explain both the physica ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #6 ================================ LESSON POINTS: Right Hand FifthsHaving covered the third pretty thoroughly last time, we& ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #5 ================================ Last time we just touched upon the all important technique of tapping major thirds. Phys ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #4 ================================Virtually all the notes that we've been playing so far have been related harmonically as either fifths or octaves. T ...
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Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #3 ================================OK, you guys should be real good with the octave slap and pop, the pop and mute, and the slap, hammer, slap mute, ...
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #7 ================================ LESSON POINTS: Ninth Right Hand PositionThe interval of a fifth, which we considered last ...
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Lesson 4 - Major Scales, Keys, Chord Changes, and the Circle of FifthsIn the last lesson, we talked about creating bass lines based on the chords of the song being played. In this lesson, we' ...
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Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #1 ================================This is the first in a series of lessons on slapping and popping on the bass guitar. It was inspired by discussion on the Usenet ...
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Slapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #2 =================================Today's topic: Popping and mutingLast time I left you all with this slap, hammer on, slap and mute pattern: ...
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Lesson 1 - The Role of the Bass LineThis is the first in a series of lessons whose focus is on constructing bass lines. The goal is to introduce players to the basic elements of music; to explain ...
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Lesson 2 - Beyond the Root Note In the previous lesson we discussed the two main functions of the bass in music: defining the chords and providing rhythm. In this lesson, we're going to tal ...
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Lesson 3 - Chords and Bass LinesIn Lesson 1, we talked about using the root note of a chord to define the chord, and in Lesson 2 we talked about using leading tones to move from one chord root to ...
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This is the first in a series of lessons whose focus is on constructing bass lines. The main series of lessons presumes a small but nonzero amount of musical knowledge on the part of the listener ...