Power Chords

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 I’m going to show you how to put some cool little chords in your funky bass lines Lesson Material

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…

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 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…

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