Power Chords
This week we’re looking at one of the most useful chords for bass. The Power Chord!
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This week we’re looking at one of the most useful chords for bass. The Power Chord!









Today we’re going to look at a great way of incorporating chords into your bass lines in a really simple way that also helps develop your overall knowledge of harmony and the fretboard. To do this we’re going to look at the famous intro from the song My Friend Of Misery by Metallica. The bass…

This week I’m going to show you a great Add9 chord that works both as just a great sounding chord and also as a finger stretch and workout. Enjoy! Lesson Material
Challenge yourself to master “White Christmas” on solo bass in just 24 hours! Watch as we break down this classic holiday tune into a simple arrangement for you to learn quickly to show your friends and family… and maybe have a singalong by the fire!! White Christmas – Solo Bass I’ve created this arrangement using…

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:

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…

This lesson deals with the topic of strumming chords on bass guitar. Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool and Victor Wooten are all masters of this technique so be sure to listen to them if you want some examples of its application. Lesson Material
Excellent explanation of usage. Great job as always
Mark has a great way of making it simple Thanks Mark
Mark a good teacher
Thank you Mark
Thank you Mark for great lesson again…….
Great lesson … once again. ‘Thank you!
Very helpful. Thanks man.
I welcome this website, thanks much for yur willing and thoughtfullness for self taught people like me.
This was great Mark ,
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That was a great lesson! I’ve been curious about playing chords on a bass and had not idea.
Thanks.