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(94 votes) Published: Dec 02, 2006 8:49 p.m. In 3 Favorites Lists Viewed 606 times
Ok, I’m not going to cover how to hold the bass or how to pluck or to finger. If you have a bass hopefully you know how to do all that. I’m just going to cover arpegio’s and throwing in more notes in your basslines whilst playing with Guitar/Drums aka jammin.
First off reading tabs
The first line in the 4 lines is the G-string like so
G:----------------------------------------
Ok simple Enough.
Second line is the D string like so
D:----------------------------------------
then A
A:----------------------------------------
and finally E
E:----------------------------------------
When all together should look something like this
G:-----------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------
A:-----------------------------------
E:-----------------------------------
(That is for standerd tuning of course. Any other tuning will otherwise be noted in the tab. Also the reason the G is on top, but on the bass is the bottom string is because it has the highest pitch therefore it is the highest note. Notes are always refered to by pitch and not location.)
For the sake of simplicity for begginers I’ll use tabs and not the note names, although learn your notes and learn sheet music. Don’t come to rely on tabs. Most tabs on the net are incorrect.
Ok to start with lets talk about playing with a guitarist. Let’s say the guitarists is playing a G power chord. A power chord is simply a root, a fifth and an octave, but we wount get into all that here.
G Power Chord
E:----------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------
G:-----------------------------------
D:---5------------------------------
A:---5-------------------------------
E:---3-------------------------------
(power chords are always made
in this formation)
Ok so your guitarist busts this out, well simply place finger on the third fret of the E-string and pluck.
Ok so lets say he throughs in this
E:----------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------
G:-----------------------------------
D:---5----7--------------------------
A:---5----7---------------------------
E:---3----5---------------------------
G Power Chord too an A power
Chord
Well you simply pluck the 5th fret an A.
Startin to see the pattern. The bass is to simply play the Root note. Well at least in simpler bass lines.
Now where going to talk about arpegio’s.
Let me explain to you what an arpegio is first off. An arpegio is all the notes of a Chord (guitar not bass) played one at a time. As where in a chord they are played all at the same time. Get it?
First off let’s talk about major arpegio’s. A major arpegio is the Root the third and the fifth, of a major scale.
Ok so first i need to explain what that all meant.
This is your C major scale
C D E F G A B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
starting and ending with C
Ok what the numbers mean is the C is the root note, indicated by the 1. And each note after that is labeled by succesion. C then D then E and so on and so forth. Ok so if the C is the root, then that would mean that the E is the third right. And the G is the fifth. So there you go, you start at C then go to an E and end up on G. Which would look like this.
G:-----------------------------------
D:-------2---5-------------------------
A:---3--------------------------------
E:-----------------------------------
(hint: Use your midle finger for the C/3 and index for the E/2 and pinky for G/5)
Okay now that I’ve explained what that all meant play around and find different major arpegios on your bass. (hint: all in the same pattern just start it any where it it works. Also learn your scales, you really need them.) Well there you have it with major arpegio’s try switching up the arpegio’s like so
G:-------------------2--5--2------4--7--4--------------
D:-----2--5--2--3-------------5-----------------2--5--2-
A:--3----------------------------------------3---------
E:--------------------------------------------------- (keep the rythem, count to four in rythem and pluck on each number)
Okay so now onto minor arpegio’s.
Minor arpegio’s are different than Major’s because in a Major they use a natural third. Which is just the note, not the note’s "sharp"(slightly higher pitched) or the flat(slightly lower pitched). As where in Minor arpegio or chord would use the thirds flat which I will mark so "b" so an E flat will be typed Eb. So a minor C arpegio would be C Eb G. Which is-
G:-----------------------------------
D:-----------5-----------------------
A:---3----6--------------------------
E:-----------------------------------
So there you have it. There’s your arpegio’s. Learn chords for a guitar, not saying go learn to play guitar just know the chords know what notes to through in and where and learn to identify with your guitarist. The Guitarist and Bassist should work together tightly. Maybe some time, if this egg does good I’ll make one about jamming with a drummer.
Dec 02, 2006 9:59 pm - Good job, you explained it well enough. I myself am not a bassist but it looked like you did you job.
4*’s for egg.
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1* for that wicked picture of that bass
Feb 07, 2007 9:44 pm - Wicked Bass! I don’t play bass, or any other kind of guitar, but I might just because of that crazy looking guitar picture. oh yeah 5*
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