Beginner - Bass Riffs, Exercise Scales, Tips
Misc
Tabbed by: JMay
Mxtabs [http://www.mxtabs.net] A few riffs I made up and an exercie (Bb scale,Am Scale) and a few tips.. Kinda Funken bass riff..Play It kinda with the rythem of the Green Day Song Longview.. G:----3-2-------5-3-2-----7-5-3-----3-2h3p2---| D:--------3---------------------------------3-| A:2h3-------2h3-------3h5-------2h3-----------| E:--------------------------------------------| Just somethin stupid... (its a 10 not a 1-0) G:-------9------5h7p5-------9------7h9p7--| D:---10-7--5-5-5-----5--10-7--7-7-7-----7-| A:-08--0--0-0-0-------08--0--0-0-0--------| E:----------------------------------------| _______________________________________________________________________ Good exercise..(Bb Scale) just do it over and over and faster and faster... G:----------0-2-3-2-0-----------|Sometimes at the end I like to do D:----0-1-3-----------3-1-0-----|a Octave Jump so after you hit the A:1-3-----------------------3-1-|last 1(Bb) jump to [G:-3-:] and back E:------------------------------|down to the 1(Bb) Am Scale.. G:-------------0-2-2-0-------------| D:-------0-2-3---------3-2-0-------| A:-0-2-3---------------------3-2-0-| E:---------------------------------| _______________________________________________________________________ The one thing you hear at baseball games and stuff called Go team go G:------------------------|333----| D:--0-1-23--0-1-23--0-1-23|-------| A:-1-------1------ 1------|---111-| E:------------------------|-------| You can end many differnt ways there are 3 that I like and they are just Octave jumps like the one I showed on there G:333----| D:-------| A:---111-| E:-------| Other G:333-3--| D:-------| A:---1-1-| E:-------| Last one G:333-3-3-| D:--------| A:-----1--| E:--------| _______________________________________________________________________ Tips Now Ive been playing for a while Played all Kinds of differnt music. The best I can find to have good bass riffs give you a good challange and have made me better are songs by these artist... Thrice-Almost any song of there\'s will give you a good workout..examples Stare at the sun (as of now still the hardest song I know) ,Blood Clots and Black Holes,To what end etc. AFI-Many of their songs are good.. RHCP(Red Hot Chili Peppers)-Almost any song is good.. Avenged Sevenfold-Most songs the bass plays same as guitar but it creates a challange... Thats just a few that I think you should listen to and you will get better as you learn some of their songs..