This week we’re looking at my bass duet arrangement of Blackbird you may have seen on the Talkingbass Instagram channel. We’re going to look at the chordal arrangement and I’ll take you through all the hurdles you’re likely to encounter playing a song like this. Blackbird: Chordal Arrangement We can split this chord progression up…
Today I’m going to show you a simple exercise that will help you improve your understanding of functional harmony and music theory, your overall technique, your knowledge of the bass guitar fretboard and your ability to play bass chords. Chord Voicings OK, so the basic opening exercise we’re going to learn is very simple. We…
Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at the Jazz Standard Billie’s Bounce. We’ve worked on the melody and we’ve analysed the harmony and chord tones by way of learning the arpeggios of each chord. This week we’re going to delve a little deeper into the chords by learning them on the bass. We’ll be…
This week to celebrate the holiday season we’re looking at a simple chordal bass solo I’ve arranged for the Christmas song “Silent Night” This is a traditional song written by Franz Gruber in 1818 and nearly everyone will have heard one of the thousands of different renditions of the tune at some point in time….
This week we’re looking at two simple chord bass riffs for bass guitar. Chords can seem quite challenging to bass players when starting out because we’re so accustomed to playing single note lines. Riff #1 Practice Track: Riff #2 Practice Track:
So to celebrate Christmas 2019, I’ve created a simple chordal arrangement of the song Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas for you to learn. Download The Sheet Music & Tab Here!
This week we’re looking at some cool little bass chords you can use to juice up your bass lines, riffs and fills. Double Stops Double Stops are just two notes played together. This could be an interval like a 5th, 3rd or 10th. But we can also add ornaments and embellishments like hammer on’s into…
Today, I’ve got something a little different for you. It’s the holiday season and Christmas is round the corner for many of us out there so here we have a re-release of a solo bass rendition I arranged of the song The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot. I released this arrangement a few years…