Tag: musician
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18 And Life – Skid Row (Bass Cover)
Advertisements 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…
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Come As You Are – Nirvana (Bass Cover)
Advertisements [Verse 1]Come as you are, as you wereAs I want you to beAs a friend, as a friendAs an old enemyTake your time, hurry upChoice is yours, don’t be lateTake a rest as a friendAs an old memoria [Refrain]MemoriaMemoriaMemoria [Verse 2]Come doused in mud, soaked in bleachAs I want you to beAs a trend,…
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7 Tips to Learning Your Bass Fretboard
Advertisements 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…
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Basic Finger Plucking Technique – Bass Guitar
Advertisements About two years after I first picked up the bass, I started taking lessons to get better at it. My bass teacher noticed that I was playing with one finger and worked with me to try to play with two. It wasn’t until years later that I made the conscious effort to focus on…
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Bored with Your Bass Playing? 5 Tips To Have Fun Playing Bass!
Advertisements 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…
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Enharmonic Equivalents Lesson 3: Minor Scale
Advertisements In the final enharmonic equivalents lesson, we are going to look at the minor scale. If you haven’t checked out the previous two lessons, you can check out lesson one here and lesson two here. Believe it or not there are different notes in the minor scale that are enharmonic equivalents than the major…
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Enharmonic Equivalents Lesson 2: Major Scale
Advertisements Enharmonic equivalents are a relatively easy thing to comprehend but I wanted to dig a bit deeper because there is more to it than just the same tones but different note names. Enharmonic equivalents affect the way that you write and read music. We are going to be taking a look at the major…
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Guide for Giving Gifts to a Bass Player
Advertisements Hello! First off happy holidays! What a wonderful time of year to be thankful for the many blessings in our lives. And of course it’s the time of year where we get the most presents besides our birthdays. Sometimes finding the right presents for the musician in your life can be difficult. I know…
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Triplets
Advertisements Hello Basschicks and bassdudes! I wanted to go over a triplets lesson with you all because they are a part of music that is simple yet effective. Basically they are a set of three notes that equal one beat. The most common way that you will see them written and played is as quarter…
