Techniques Bass Guitar

Hi,

The key to slapping the bass and allowing people to enjoy and tap along with you, is by adding ghost notes to your playing.

The above is a cool slap groove which is not too complicated but yet a good practice.

Make sure that the ghost notes (X) can be heard.

Have fun

Hi,

This exercise is simple but yet fun when play fast.

Try it slow first and slowly build up the speed.

If you do not have a band or drum machine to practice with, can use an online metronome.

The basic chords are G C D C G.

Have you have queries, please feel free to email me.

Enjoy and have fun.

Hi,

The blues scale is a pretty common scale and sometimes we use it without even realizing it.

Remember the pentatonic scale? Say G minor pentatonic, its G Bb C D F right?

You need to add a flat 5th into the minor pentatonic to form the blues scale.

So the G blues scale will be G Bb C C# D F.

Hope this information helps.

Cheers

Hi,

Often you will see chords like Cmaj7 or Cm7 and etc.

Basically they are just chords with a 7th note.

As we already know, chords are formed by 1+3+5.

A Major 7th chord will be 1+3+5+7.
E.g Cmaj7 - C + E + G + B

For Minor 7th chord, it will be 1+b3+5+b7
E.g Cm7 - C + Eb + G+ Bb

For Dominant 7th chord, it will be 1+3+5+b7
E.g C7 - C E G Bb

How about Sus 7th chord? It will be 1 +4+5+b7
E.g C7sus - C F G Bb

Trying adding the 7th to your chord now. :)

Hi,

Chords are 2 or more notes pressed together simultaneously.

From the major scales, we can form 7 basic chords.

Let's take a look at the notes in the C major scale: C D E F G A B C

To form a basic chord, we can press the 1 and the 3 together.

If 1 = C ,E will be 3, we get a C chord.

Now we move to D. If D= 1 , F = 3, that is a Dm chord.

Next, E=1 than 3 must be G, that is a Em chord.

F=1, A=3, we get a F chord.

G=1, B=3, we get a G chord.

A=1, C= 3, that is a Am chord.

B=1, D=3, a Bm chord is formed.

The basic chords in a C major scales are: C Dm Em F G Am Bm C.

Some people play it this way: Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bm7(b5) Cmaj7.

Have fun.

Hi,

We have covered the major pentatonic scale in the previous post, let's take a look at the minor pentatonic scale.

Minor pentatonic scale consist of 5 notes from the minor scale.

The notes in a G minor pentatonic scale are: G Bb C D F (a common fingering pattern).

So when an instrument play the Gm or Gm7 chord, you can play the notes in the G minor pentatonic scale.

Have Fun.

Hi,

One of the most useful scales that help guitarists and bass players is the pentatonic scale.

We will look into the major pentatonic scale for now.

Major pentatonic scale consist of 5 notes from the major scale.

The notes in G major pentatonic scale are : G A B D E (a common fingering pattern).

You can play the melody of the song, Amazing Grace by using the G major pentatonic scale.

If you would like to play using harmonics, find out the melody first,follow by the harmonics on the bass frets and pluck near the bridge pick up(turn up the treble).

Have Fun.