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Parts of a Bass
Getting Started with Bass Guitar
Stringing a Bass
Stretching Bass Strings Before Tuning
Tuning a Bass (By Ear)
Tuning a Bass (Electronic)
Fretboard Markers
Bass Scale : C Major
Bass Scale : C Minor
Bass Chord : C Major
Bass Chord : C Minor
Picking Hand Technique
Bass Technique : Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
Bass Technique : Popping and Slapping
Writing a Bassline
Summary: Learn how to write a bassline to fit a set chord progression.
Dalton Chamblee has been playing the bass guitar for over 10 years. He is a member of the band Fatback Circus. More information about him and his band can be found at
"Hi, my name is Dalton, and we’re gonna be writing a bassline using the chords E major and F# minor. First off we need to figure out our notes and our chords and our scales. The first one is going to be E, and we want to find the notes in the E major scale. The next one is F#, and an F# minor scale consists of...those are our notes in F# minor. Say we have a chord progression that consists of this (E, F#,) all we’d have to do is take note of the rhythm and which note is being played and we can play any note within the scale when that chord is being played. So if we had that progression, we could write the bassline as this. Just like so."
eHow Article: Writing a Bassline
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Comments
pretinha said
on 8/2/2008 very good the lessons ok
keibafan said
on 8/2/2008 Thanks for your help, Dalton, and good success with your band!