This week we’re looking at a great slap bass riff, the main slap line from the song Blackeyed Blonde by the Red Hot Chili Peppers played by the awesome Flea.
Blackeyed Blonde is a great slap bass riff for working on a clean fretting hand technique and slap-pop action in the right hand. Here we have the main riff in standard notation and tab:
Today I’m going to give you a quick tip on something that I hear bass players complaining about time and time again. The stretch or hand size required for playing a regular long scale bass. In this lesson I’m going to show you that not only do you not require large hands, for 99% of…
This week I’ve got a seemingly easy bass line for you. A basic comp pattern with a few ghost notes. BUT… breaking it down a little we can see some hidden technical hurdles. First of all there are those pesky ghost notes to contend with and secondly, the feel of the line is a result…
This week we’re looking at a technique I refer to as Flutter Picking but you’ll also see described as Flamenco Picking. I first saw this technique used by the great Chuck Rainey but have since seen it’s application by guys like Geddy Lee of Rush and Bryan Beller. Animate Practice Track:
This week we’re going to look at one of the most innovative bass players of the last 10 years: Mike Kerr from the band Royal Blood. Figure It Out – Royal Blood Verse Riff Drum Track Pre Chorus Riff Chorus Riff Drum Track Instrumental Section Drum Track Final Riff Drum Track
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…
You might have heard the terms Tonic or Dominant used in describing certain scale degrees but did you know there are more of them? This lesson discusses the names of scales degree and why they are useful to know in a practical sense. Recap In previous lessons, we looked at the difference between intervals and…