Bass Lessons - Begging Tap For Bass Vol.11 bass tab
Back in lesson 1 I suguested that your fingers should be parallel to
the strings, so that each finger relates to one string. This
idea works well
for chordal work where notes are spread evenly between the strings,
but
breaks down when we need to play scaler ideas.
To play melodies, you need to rotate your right hand from the
"fourth"
position, through the "fifth" position so that your fingers
are pointing
almost straight down. This should allow you to play with one
finger per
fret, much as you would with your left hand. Your thumb should
be resting
gettly behind the neck.
There's not really much to say about this technique, so lets
try playing a
major scale:
|------------------11-13-14-13-11----------------------------------|
|---------11-12-14----------------14-12-11-------------------------|
|---12-14----------------------------------14-12-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 1
Once you've got that, we can attempt a few simple tunes:
Merrily We Roll Along
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---11----------|-11-11-11----|-------------|-11-14-14----|
|------14-12-14-|-------------|-14-14-14----|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---11----------|-11-11-11----|-------11----|-------------|
|------14-12-14-|-------------|-14-14----14-|-12----------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Largo
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---13-16-16----|-13----------|----13-16-13-|-------------|
|---------------|----16-14----|-16----------|-16----------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---13-16-16----|-13----------|----13-------|-------------|
|---------------|----16-14----|-16----16-14-|-14----------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
On Top of old Smokey
|---------|----------|-16--------|-13-------|-(13)-----13-|-------13-|
|---------|----13-16-|-----------|----------|-------------|-14-16----|
|------14-|-14-------|-----------|----------|-------------|----------|
|---------|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|----------|
|---------|----------|-----------|----------|------|------|----------|
|-16------|-(16)-----|-(16)------|----13-16-|-16---|------|-------13-|
|---------|----------|--------14-|-14-------|------|-16---|-(16)-----|
|---------|----------|-----------|----------|------|------|----------|
|----------|---------|-----------|----------|| Watch out for where you
|-14-13----|---------|-----------|----------|| play the same fret on
|-------16-|-14------|-(14)------|-(14)-----|| different strings
|----------|---------|-----------|----------|| consequutivly
These should all be played entirly with the right hand.
We can now go back, and add a bass line:
Merrily We Roll Along
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---11----------|-11-11-11----|-------------|-11-14-14----|
|------14-12-14-|-------------|-14-14-14----|-------------|
|---5-----------|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5-----------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---11----------|-11-11-11----|-------11----|-------------|
|------14-12-14-|-------------|-14-14----14-|-12----------|
|---5-----------|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5-----------|
I'll leave the other two as an exercise. Hint: they're both in
the key of B,
and only require I (B), IV (E) and V(F#) chords.
To finish the lesson here's two tunes to tackle - "Always with
me, Always
with you", by Joe Satriani, and the Stu Hamm version of "Linus
and Lucy",
both of which depend on this technique. Get the two halves working
on their
own before trying to play the left ands right hand together.
"Linus & Lucy"
is particularly hard in this respect, as the left hand part is
a bit of a
stretch (refer to the lesson on right hand ninths for some exercises
to make
this easier), and the rhythms of the two parts are awkward to
fit together.
Always with me, always with You
|-----------|----------|-13-------|--------------|
|-----13-14-|-16-------|----16-14-|-13-14--------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------16-----|
|-7---------|-7--------|-0--------|-2------------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|-------13-|-14-13----|--------------|
|-----------|-14-16----|-------16-|-9------------|
|-7---------|-7--------|-0--------|-2------------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|-9--------|-11-/-13-\|-11-----------|
|------9-9--|------9-9-|----------|--------------|
|-7---------|-7--------|-0--------|-2------------|
|-----------|-13-------|----------|-------------||
|-13-14-16--|----16-14-|-13-------|-16----------||
|-----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|-4---------|-0--------|-2--------|-2-----------||
This should be pretty easy if you've managed the previous examples.
The fingers
point to the floor, except on the third line, where you move bac
to standard
position.
Linus & Lucy
+------------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------+
|-----5-----5------|----------------|-----5-----5-------|---------------|
|---5-----5--------|---5-7---5-7----|---5-----5---------|---5-7---5-7---|
+-3-----3--------3-|-3-----3------3-|-3-----3---------3-|-3-----3-----3-+
--' `---' `---' `---' `---
+-121416--161412-14|14-----12-----12|-121416--16--------|---------------+
|-----5-----5------|----------------|-----5-----5-------|---------------|
|---5-----5--------|---5-7---5-7----|---5-----5---------|---5-7---5-7---|
+-3-----3--------3-|-3-----3------3-|-3-----3---------3-|-3-----3-----3-+
--' `---' `---' `---' `---
+-121416--161412-14|14-----12-----12|-12----1414--------|---------------+
|-----5-----5------|----------------|-----8-----8-------|---------------|
|---5-----5--------|---5-7---5-7----|---8-----8---------|---8-10--8-10--|
+-3-----3--------3-|-3-----3------6-|-6-----6---------6-|-6-----6-----3-+
--' `---' `---' `---' `---
+-12----1414-------|----------------|
|-----5-----5------|----------------|
|---5-----5--------|---5-7---5-7----|
+-3-----3--------3-|-3-----3------3-|
[This transcription based on one by Webb]
Have fun...
