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Bass Lesson 11
Root 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th 3rd

Note - the bass lines in lessons 1-11 can all be played with E Blues Backing Track No Bass which you can download from the Bass Guitar Lessons home page or here: mp3 wma

Bass Line 11 - Root 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th 3rd

11 Bass Line Root 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th 3rd mp3 wma
Drums and bass only. Approx 1 minute, 1.4mb.

Now we are really moving along. This bass line is a bit of a combination of a few of the other lessons. We are using more notes and a bit less repetition to give it a more mature sound. As with the other bass lines we've been talking about, when you can play this easily, start making up your own using variations of these notes.

The tab for bass line root 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th 3rd for each chord played on Bass Line 10 is played as follows;

Bass line over the E chord:
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------4--4--5--5--4--4--------------
E|--0--0--4--4--7--7--------------------7--7--4--4--
Chords
|---E-----------------------------------------------

Bass line over the A chord:
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------4--4--5--5--4--4--------------
A|--------4--4--7--7--------------------7--7--4--4--
E|--5--5--------------------------------------------
Chords
|---A-----------------------------------------------

Bass line over the B chord:
G|--------------------------
D|--------------------------
A|--------6--6--9--9--6--6--
E|--7--7--------------------
Chords
|---B-----------------------

The turnaround is over bars 11 and 12 and is played is as follows:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------[(7--7--7) = tied; let previous 7 play]---
E|--0--0--4--4--5--5--6--6--7--5--6--7-(7--7--7)---------------------------
Chords
|---E--------------------------B------------------------------------------------

If you aren't sure which chord is being played when, the progression is the standard blues progression that we used in Bass Lesson 01 - Blues Bass in E which is: