This week I’m going to breakdown a classic bass riff from a legendary band with a legendary bass player. It’s the chorus riff from the song Ramble On by Led Zeppelin played by the amazing John Paul Jones!
Today, in this video we’ll be looking at the fingerstyle funk of Rocco Prestia and Tower Of Power with probably the most famous of his lines by way of the song What Is Hip? This is a great test of your stamina and technique and I’d recommend using this song as a study piece for…
Here are 5 slap riffs by Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in no particular order or ranking! Flea is one of the bassists I get asked about most often – and with a stack of stone cold classic slap riffs in his back catalogue it’s little wonder. These five just happen to be…
This week we’re going to look at some bass lines from the master of 80s choo choo train Slap Bass, Mark King. It’s the song Hot Water by Level 42 and I’ll be breaking down four of the main lines from the tune. So get ready for a bass workout in both your thumb and…
Last week we looked at one of the most popular bass lines or styles in rock music, the 8th note pedal. So this week I’ve got an incredibly popular example of that same kind of pedalling bass line but this time making use of 16th notes. It’s a great song to practice for beginner bass…
This week I’m giving a breakdown of the intro bass riff from the song Schism by Tool, played by the amazing Justin Chancellor! ‘Schism’ – Tool Practice Track: This bass riff can be counted in one of two ways. You can count it as a bar of 6/4 or a recurring sequence of 5/4 +…
Today we’re looking at a song requested many times on this channel. Lacquer Head by Primus played by the incredible Les Claypool! This song contains a bunch of bass techniques from muted slaps and left hand slaps to strummed chords, popped chords and everything in between. Lacquer Head Riff #1 Practice Track: Riff #2 Practice…
Thanks Mark. Led Zeps greatest song? Maybe. Great stuff. Fun to play.
Hi Mark. Filipe here, from Nazaré, Portugal. Thanks for the lesson.
Wow!! That was so fun to learn, I ant stop playing that riff now! Thank you so much for the good time!
Really good, Mark. I could not quite get that fast part right in my transposing. Thanks for this! Cheers
Hi mark. Awesome tutorial, I learned a lot from your videos and I was wondering if the full tutorial of this song is available at Talking Bass please. Greetings from Argentina!