Category: Music Theory
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How to Play Two-Octave Scales on Bass!
Learning your bass guitar fretboard is extremely important to be a great musician. Learning your scales and notes in two octaves will help with that. BUT FIRST, WHAT ARE OCTAVES? Octaves refer to two notes that are eight steps or intervals apart. These steps apart do not include any sharps or flats. In the example…
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Power Chords: The Easiest Chord to Learn
Power chords are quite possibly the easiest chord to learn and play. They are also used throughout so many popular songs in rock music. They are a three note chord composed of the root, fifth and octave. That’s it! You can incorporate these easily as arpeggios throughout a lot of songs. The power chords above…
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Best Finger Stretching Exercises for Bass Guitar
Having issues stretching your fingers across frets? You’re not alone! This is difficult to master without proper practice and to be honest when you are moving quick it is hard to not get some fret buzz sometimes. I am going to show you a series of exercises below that will not only help with stretching…
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How To Play The Red by Chevelle on Bass
What’s going on basschicks and bassdudes! I am coming at you today with a new type of lesson. I recently did a cover of The Red by Chevelle, which you can check out here. I absolutely love this song and the emotion that is gives off and conveys. But another reason I love this song…
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Bored With Your Bass Playing? Try These 5 Techniques!
Bored With Your Bass Playing? Try These 5 Techniques! As bass players we tend to stay in a bubble of just playing the notes that correspond with a song without adding some flair and grooviness to it. Getting outside of the box can be uncomfortable but by adding technique, you can comfortably play how you…
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Man In The Box – Alice In Chains (Bass Cover)
I absolutely love this song by Alice In Chains! Heck I just love Alice In Chains that’s why I wrote a whole blog post about them! It is a great bass song to make your own by adding slap/pop elements throughout the opening and verses and adding your own groovy, walking bassline to the chorus…
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Bored with Your Bass Playing? 5 Tips To Have Fun Playing Bass!
What’s going on Basschicks and Bassdudes! I hope everyone is out there staying safe during this time. With everything going on the world it can be scary and crazy to think about the sudden changes that have come into our lives. This is a time now more than ever, to learn and improve upon our…
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Playing with Octaves! (Examples Included)
What’s going on Basschicks and Bassdudes! I wanted to come on and do a lesson about octaves! Octaves are two of same notes one played higher and one played lower. If you are including sharps and flats, they are 12 notes apart. If you are excluding sharps and flats, they are 8 notes apart. Octaves…
