Category: Music
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The Ultimate Bassist Gift Guide for the Holidays
The holiday season brings the joy of gifting, especially for the musicians in your life. Whether they pluck the bass guitar or indulge in other musical endeavors, finding the perfect gift can light up their musical journey. Here’s a curated collection of gifts catering to the diverse needs and preferences of bass guitarists and musicians…
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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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Settle for Nothing – Rage Against the Machine (Bass Cover)
A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my homeHatred passed on, passed on and passed onA world of violent rage but it’s one that I can recognizeHaving never seen the color of my father’s eyesYes, I dwell in hell but it’s a hell that I can gripI tried to grip my family but…
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18 And Life – Skid Row (Bass Cover)
Songwriters: Rachel Bolan Southworth / David Michael Sabo / Sebastian Phillip Bierk / Scott L Mulvehill / Robert J Affuso 18 and Life lyrics © Wordiks Music, New Jersey Underground Ricky was a young boyHe had a heart of stoneLived 9 to 5 and he workedHis fingers to the bone Just barely out of schoolHe…
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7 Tips to Learning Your Bass Fretboard
A part of becoming a fantastic bass player is knowing the frets and strings on your instrument. Music theory and the electronics that make up your bass are other parts that are great to learn but knowing your fretboard is crucial. I love learning new ways to play my bass and utilizing these ways that…
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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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Dawn Patrol – Megadeth (Bass Cover)
If you want to hear and learn a cool bass riff try out Dawn Patrol by Megadeth. Played by the always amazing Dave Ellefson off the Rust In Peace album. Enjoy! [Verse 1]Thermal count is risingIn perpetual writhingThe primordial oozeAnd the sanity they loseAwakened in the morningTo more air pollution warningsStill we sleepwalk off to…
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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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The Red – Chevelle (Bass Cover)
They say freak, When you’re singled out, The red, well it filters through. So lay down, the threat is real, When his sight goes red again. Seeing red again, Seeing red again. This change, he won’t contain, Slip away, to clear your mind. When asked, who made it show, The truth, he gives in to…