Bass Lessons - Mixing It Up #2 bass tab
Alright, it seems my other tab did pretty
well so I'm going to do more of them. If
you've seen my other tab you'll know all
I'm doing is playing simple patterns and
then expanding on them.
Okay, here's the pattern we're going to
work on in this tab.
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|-9-11-|
Now play each note twice. Remember, that is
an eleven (11) and not a one (1).
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|-9-9-11-11--|
E|------------|
This is the basic formula we're going to
use throughout. Play it then move up to
the A string and repeat the pattern.
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-----------9-9-11-11-|
E|-9-9-11-11-----------|
Add a 12 on the end.
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-----------9-9-11-11-12-|
E|-9-9-11-11--------------|
Now play the pattern backwards but play the
9 (A string) and 11 (E string) only once. Be
sure to stop on the 11th fret of the E string,
too.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
E|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
Now play this exact pattern on the A and D
strings.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
A|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
D|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Now we create a small fill so you can play
this pattern over again. Since we started
with "9-11", we'll use the same basic pattern.
G|------9-11--------------------------|
D|-9-11-----------9-11----------------|
A|-----------9-11-----------9-11-12~--|
E|---------------------9-11-----------|
Simple. Remember to bend that 12. For the
very last part, you're going to slide to the
7 and play some "9"s slowly. You can hold the
last note and then play the same pattern over
again.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-(12)/7---9------|
E|--------------9--|
Now the whole thing will be this:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
E|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
A|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------9-9-11-11-12-12-11-11-9----|
D|-9-9-11-11-------------------------11-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|------9-11--------------------------|
D|-9-11-----------9-11----------------|
A|-----------9-11-----------9-11-12~--|
E|---------------------9-11-----------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-(12)/7---9------|
E|--------------9--|
I used this pattern on my "50s Rock" tab
so check it out if you're interested.
