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Bass Guitar Lessons

OK, it's time to give the bass player some!

The bass lessons have and are being written for beginner to intermediate bass players in mind.

Each lesson carries on from the previous one and will step you through playing from the ground up.

The bass backing tracks that come with the lessons are stripped back so you can focus on playing through the material shown in the lessons. As you learn new concepts and notes to add to your playing, it's a good idea to try out some bass lines with jam tracks.

When learning to play bass; learn to play in time, find the groove and most importantly, have fun!

Downloads to Get You Started

Use the below two bass backing tracks to play all of the bass lines from lessons 01 to 11.

E Blues Bass Backing Track
mp3: E Blues Bass Backing Track
wma: E Blues Bass Backing Track
Time/size: 6 mins 24 secs/8.79mb
Time signature: 4/4 time blues shuffle played at 108 beats per minute.
Blues backing track: 12 bar blues progression in the key of E.
Backing track instruments: electric rhythm guitar and drums.
Suggestions: Start with playing the root note of each chord; E, A and B.

Here's the same track above but with the drums only:

Shuffle Backing Track 108 BPM
mp3: Shuffle Backing Track 108 BPM
wma: Shuffle Backing Track 108 BPM
Time/size: 5 mins 26 secs/7.48mb
Time signature: 4/4 time blues shuffle played at 108 beats per minute.
Blues backing track: shuffle beat.
Backing track instruments: drums only.
Suggestions: I've put this track up so you can play in time in any key you want. When you are playing with this track pay close attention to the drums and make sure that you lock in with the rhythm. After you have that down you should focus on playing with feel and finding a groove. Use this for simple bass lines, start by just playing one note.

Bass Lessons for Beginners

Jam on!