How To Create Bass Lines

This week I’m going to expand on the Approach Note lesson by covering Double Approach Notes.  To create these we simply approach a chord using two notes instead of one. Recap Last week we looked at the notes you can use to approach a chord in a sequence – this time, we are going to…

This week I’m going to show you a really popular melodic bass lick used in loads of different songs. This line can be played over a major or minor chord so is a very useful run to know. The Must-Know Melodic Bass Lick Today we are going to be learning a popular melodic fill used…

This week I’m going to show you how to contend with the dreaded key of Eb. The Dreaded Key Of Eb The key of Eb is a common problem area for guitarists and bass players as our instruments start on an E and often leave us craving one extra fret to let us get that…

In this lesson I show how you can limit yourself to practising with only the root and 5th of each chord while still coming up with an interesting bass line. Roots and Fifths The last few lessons on this subject have explored ways you can spice up your playing by adding ghost notes, approach notes…

In this weeks lesson I’ll be looking at the common double note octave lines you might hear in loads of different disco songs. Double Notes A common technique in disco bass is to double the second note in an octave pattern. This gives us an eighth note followed by a sixteenth. The fingers you use…