Riffs
Bass guitarists often use a technique of playing riffs against a chord progression. A riff is a pattern of notes that is repeated throughout a progression (or song).
The one bar riff in example 42 is in the key of A and uses the arpeggio playing style. Memorize the finger pattern so that you can transfer it onto the 12 bar progression below.
You have probably heard this riff style of playing before. Play some recordings (fifties rock and roll or blues songs would be best) and listen to the bass.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Notes on Bass Fretboard
3- Glossary of Musical Terms
4- Play Position
5- The Basic of Music
6- Tuning
7- The 12 Bar Blues Progression
8- The Metronome
9- Interval Chart
10- Music Staff
11- Tuning The Bass to Itself
12- Riffs
13- The Right Hand
14- Notation
15- Notes
16- The Left Hand
17- Electronic Tuners
18- Eighth Note Feel(<span class="symbolA">5</span>)
19- Walking Bass
20- Fretboard Diagram
21- Note Values
22- Basic Quarter Note Feel(<span class="symbolA">3</span>)
23- Tuning with Harmonics
24- The Tie
25- Dotted Quarter Note
26- Combinations of Open Strings and Fretted Notes
27- Open Strings Note
28- Quarter Note Rests(<span class="symbolA">h</span>)
29- The Tie
30- Time Signatures
31- Three Four Time
32- Half Time Feel
33- Half Notes(<span class="symbolA">1</span>) and Half Rests(<span class="symbolA">g</span>)
34- Six Eight Time
35- Eighth Note Triplets
36- The Major Scale
37- Shuffle Rhythm
38- The Octave
39- Whole Note(<span class="symbolA">`</span>)
40- Chords and Arpeggios
41- Lead-in