Pino Palladino is one of the greatest bass players of all time and today we’re looking at one of his greatest bass lines. His bass playing on Every Time You Go Away is melodic, memorable and technically brilliant while keeping that groove at its core. We’ll breakdown the bass line, look at how Pino approached…
Cliff Burton is a legend of metal bass playing. He had great tone, chops and inspired a generation of bass players. But one thing that is often overlooked is his awesome approach to bass groove under the frenetic guitar riffs of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. While many bass players would choose to double the…
This week we’re going to take another look at Geddy Lee’s fantastic bass chops with a pretty surprising riff. The bass riff from Force 10 by Rush sounds pretty simple. But it’s waaay tougher to play than it should be! We’re going to look at Geddy Lee’s one finger approach to playing the riff and…
Today we’re going to look at some walking bass, specifically a bass line over the popular jazz chord progression Sweet Georgia Brown. Walking bass instruction usually focuses on the improvisation side of playing. But it’s also important to learn pre-written lines. Sweet Georgia Walking Bass
This week we’re looking at a tune you’ll all be familiar with: YYZ, by Rush played by the legend that is Geddy Lee. YYZ – Rush This is a great riff for working on your technique fundamentals and your method of practice. This is not a ‘cover’ video. We’ll be putting some essentials of technique…
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 share with you 7 things you need to work on if you want to learn walking bass. These things will help you build the foundation needed to learn walking bass successfully. Sweet Georgia Brown During This lesson we’ll refer to the Jazz standard Sweet Georgia Brown. Below we have the chord…
This week we’re going to look at the picking hand and 10 aspects of fingerpicking that might be causing you problems or that just generally suck. I’ll break down the common hurdles and give you some technical tips for fixing any bad habits you might have acquired. 10 Reasons Your Fingerpicking Sucks… And How To…