To help you follow the strategies I’ve covered in this lesson, I’ve created a handy free package that includes PDF that summarizes everything in this lesson PLUS you get practice backing tracks so that you can play them on your computer or living room audio system and improvise over. There’s is nothing more satisfying than being able to freely improvise a blues bass groove, chugging along with a band or fav tunes on Spotify. Spend more time playing, less time watching videos or “reading lessons”.Īfter all – we are all here for the wonderful music we can make with our beloved bass. That’s the only and sure way to make progress on bass.Įnjoy the ride, music and joy it brings. Fire up the backing track and improvise your own lines over the track. Action Stepsĭon’t just check out this lesson, understand the concept and move on. That is how you become a better bass player. To be honest, I think a lot of bass students need to spend way more time practicing this kind of stuff. Simple is the way to go.īass player needs to lay down a strong foundation and groove for the whole band. Too many bassists think they need to play some crazy stuff… but when you analyze the music you like, you’ll realize the true nature of bass. I know what you’re thinking, this can’t be right? Is it that simple? Will other musicians think I’m slacking? Concentrate on the chords changes and try to follow them smoothly by moving the pattern to start on root notes of each chord when chord change happens. Practice task: learn two included major triad patterns on bass and then improvise your own bass line over the backing track. The backing track for practice is included in the free lesson resources package. To re-use this pattern and jam over blues tracks, you just need to move the whole thing to start on the different root note, depending on the chord being played by the band. You can also play this triad in open strings position like this: A Major Triad on Bass in Open Strings Position Here’s a pattern that you need to learn: A Major Triad on Bass As this is a blues riff lesson, I won’t be going too much in theory from this point. Major triad is made up of root, 3rd, and 5th of a chord. No tension or anything, they fit just perfectly! How to Play a Major Triad on Bass Those 3 notes from which chords a built are the strongest notes you can choose to play on bass in order to outline the sound of a chord.Īny of those notes will perfectly blend with the sound of the chord played on another instrument. There are different types of triads just like there are different types of chords (major, minor, etc). Triads are 3 note chords and they are created by stacking thirds (look up ‘intervals in music’). Some of these riffs are easy enough for absolute beginners to play, while other riffs may take a bit longer to master. The easy guitar riffs in this lesson will give any beginner a good starting point to rocking out to some popular songs. But, as a bass player, the best notes you can choose that surely work 100% over those chords is to simply play chord tones yourself (just don’t strum them all at the same time). 14 Must-Know Easy Guitar Riffs For Beginners (with TAB) Januby Aaron Matthies. A guitarist or keyboard player would play these notes simultaneously to form a chord. These are the actual notes that the chords are built with, but are broken down, so that you can play them as individual notes on the bass. For today, though, we'll focus on how you'd create your chords (and blues progression) in the key of C Major.You’ll be playing chord tones. There are numerous permutations of the seventh chord you can apply to your blues playing. You can create such chords by adding the lowered seventh scale tone to the chord you're playing (hence the name), and the result is a unique sound that your standard chords alone can't quite achieve. You can play the blues with major and minor chords, but one thing that helps add the distinctive sound associated with the genre is making liberal use of seventh chords in your playing. The above isn't the only way the 12-bar blues can work, but it is fairly representative of what you can expect from a blues progression and a good way to get started. At this point the 12-bar pattern would repeat, continuing the song.
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