Tag: Music
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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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Create Basslines Episode 4 – Part 2: Tapping
In the previous techniques lesson, I talked about incorporating slap/pop technique into your basslines. In this episode, we are going to be discussing how you can use tapping in your basslines.
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Create Basslines Episode 4 – Part 1: Slap/Pop Technique
In the last episode of this series, we are going to talk about using different techniques to create basslines. I was going to make one big article and video with a bunch of techniques but realized that dedicating multiple articles with one or two types of techniques made more sense. In the first part of…
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Creating Basslines Episode 3: Chords!
In Episode 3 of this series, I wanted to take a quick look at chords. They are really important to learn so that you can add them to any song, know the structure of how some chords are laid out and have fun playing chords as a bassist! Here are my top chords that you…
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Black Dog – Led Zeppelin (Bass Cover)
Hey hey mama said the way you moveGonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove Ah, ah, child, way you shake that thingGonna make you burn, gonna make you sting. Hey hey baby when you walk that wayWatch your honey drip, can’t keep away Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, ah, ahOh yeah, oh yeah, oh,…
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Hand of Doom – Black Sabbath (Bass Cover)
Whatcha gonna do?Time’s caught up with youNow you wait your turnYou know there’s no return Take your written rulesYou join the other foolsTurn to something newNow it’s killing you First it was the bombVietnam napalmDisillusioningYou push the needle in From life you escapeReality’s that wayColours in your mindSatisfy your time Oh you, you know you…
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Staind – Outside (Bass Cover)
What’s going on basschicks and bassdudes! Today’s cover is a bit different because I don’t have a backing track. This is a bass only cover of Staind’s Outside. I heard this song when it first came out but years later (after starting to play bass) I heard it again and thought it sounded like a…