Songwriting Habits - Learning the Bass (part 2) Beginners

Playing the Bass guitar has an important function in a band. Its sole purpose is to provide rhythm along with the drummer. Often you see the bass guitarist and the drummer communicating together as their goal is to sync the rhythmic patterns of the song with each other.

In this post I will go through basic rhythms and show you how they are played on the bass guitar. Your aim is to develop an even and consistent sound and when you are playing your bass guitar.

To get started you need some understanding of note values. Outlined below are the basic note values - Semibreves, Minims, Crotchets and Quavers.

Tracey SingletonOctober 18, 2021Bass Guitar, Songwriting Habits, Beginner bass lessons, Bass Guitar Exercises, Music Education

Songwriting Habits - Bass Lesson Number 3 - Exercises using the notes from the chord C

n this post we will look at the types of notes bass players play.

Every song that we listen to are built on chords. Chords are made up of three notes from their scale.

For example in the scale of C - CDEFGABC - The C chord uses the 1st note (root), 3rd note and the 5th note. That means chord C= CEG.

When you start off learning bass you usually play the root (1st) note of the chord. Once you start building your skills you can start adding variations. The following exercises will show you how.

Tracey SingletonOctober 17, 2021Bass Guitar, Beginner bass lessons, Bass Guitar Exercises, Music Education, Songwriting Habits