There’s nothing more fun than going to town on some shredding bass lines. Most of the time, us bass players leave the shredding and faster playing to the guitars or keyboards, but it doesn’t have to be this way all the time. There are a ton of cool, fast bass lines that sound really cool, […]
4 Pentatonic Bass Lines
Do you ever find it boring just trying to learn scales by themselves? Some people actually enjoy the process of scale learning – I’m one of them. However, a lot of other people can’t think of anything worse than having to learn scales. So what’s the solution? It’s to play songs that use whatever scale […]
Blues Bass Lines: 6 Authentic Formulas
Let’s talk about blues bass lines. If you’re playing any kind of 12 bar blues, you’ll need to know how to get through the form in a way that is functional (aka. playing the ‘right’ notes) but also sound authentic. The last thing you want is to sound like you don’t know what you’re doing […]
Should You Learn Scales Or Learn Bass Lines Instead?
There are hundreds – maybe even thousands of things you can work on to improve your bass playing. It can be a real jungle! How are you supposed to know what’s going to actually help you improve? A lot of people boil it down to focusing on two things: Learning bass lines/songs Learning scales Now […]
Walking Bass Lines – 5 ‘Plug-And-Play’ Formulas
Walking bass lines can be an absolute mystery. Someone shoves a chord chart in your face and expects you to know exactly how to get through it. In theory, it’s easy. You just have to play 4 notes per bar, right? In reality, it can be a lot trickier than it sounds. The conventional wisdom […]
Inject Melody Into Your Playing With This Interval
Have you ever noticed that when you try to make up a bass line or take a bass solo, it just sounds like you’re just going up and down a bunch of scales? If so, you’re not alone! This is something that a ton of bass players struggle with. I definitely went through this myself. […]
