Jan 21, 2023 | Bass Guitar, Music Theory
Flowers Bass Guitar The Song I hadn’t heard of the song “Flowers” before checking out the bass guitar part for it. It’s quite new, so that is no surprise. But, yeah, I liked it. Starting with it by playing the bass line no doubt helps my...
Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
How to Practice Where to Start? I was thinking recently about the ways in which I learned how to practice. In so doing, I came across an old memory of a time before I knew how to do that. Though it had been sitting on a shelf in my mind for a good while and was...
Jan 13, 2023 | Desconstructions
Let’s grab a couple Piña Coladas and look at Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Bass Breakdown…The bass guitar part for “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes is relatively simple and consists of a repeating pattern of root notes...
Jan 6, 2023 | Music Theory
Intervals and Steps Intervals What makes intervals and steps so important in music? Well, basically, they are the fundamental building blocks. I like to think of them as letters. When you put them together in the right order they spell out a scale, much like a word....
Dec 26, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) I Don’t Want to Be – Gavin DeGraw Melody This song is basically in Cm, though the verse chords are primarily C major. The melody hits an Eb a lot, giving it a Bluesy feel. Then things turn to Cm...