Creating Your Own Bass Line
In the previous lessons you have learned the techniques, notes and timing necessary to play bass. As a bass player, you will also be required to create your own bass lines to match a given chord progression or song.
There are several methods which can be used to create a bass line. These are:
- Playing the root note.
- Riff playing (based on scales).
- Arpeggio playing (using notes of the chord).
- Walking bass (based on arpeggios and passing notes or scale tones).
- All of the above.
These methods are illustrated throughout this book.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- The Eighth Note
3- The Dotted Quarter Note
4- Notes on the 3rd String (A String)
5- Sharp Signs
6- The C Major Scale
7- Notes on the 1st String (G String)
8- The Sixteenth Note
9- The Tie
10- Eighth Note Triplets
11- Creating Your Own Bass Line
12- Tuning Your Bass
13- Rests
14- The Hammer-On (H)
15- The Octave
16- Shuffle Rhythm
17- Arpeggio Playing
18- Turnaround Progressions
19- Tuning the Bass to Itself
20- Approach to Practice
21- Alternate Picking
22- Notes on the 4th String (E String)
23- Understanding the Score Symbols
24- 12 Bar Blues
25- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
26- Bass Guitars
27- Syncopation
28- The Chromatic Scale
29- Notes on the 2nd String (D String)
30- Notes on the Bass Fretboard
31- Amplifiers
32- The G Major Scale
33- Strings
34- Tuning Your Instrument
35- Playing Position
36- The Right Hand
37- The Left Hand
38- How to Read Music
39- Music Notation
40- Fretboard Diagram
41- Using a Metronome