Which pieces does anyone recommend for me to play on bass guitar? I have mastered most of the notes and can play some fairly straightforward pieces. But I really want to play pop tunes or rock pieces.
I'll give anything a try! Websites and specific books would be a help as well.
2007-01-10 10:12:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
That's got a lot of bass in it, right from the beginning.
2007-01-18 01:31:17 · answer #1 · answered by pampurredpuss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether or not you like the following, these are a few examples where the bass is pretty audible and important, yet also not too complicated. You'll find them a hoot to play as the bass is not just buried under the instruments or carbon copying a guitar or keys.
Joy Division - She's Lost Control (Peter 'Hooky' loves playing the high notes a lot, and the simple but cool bass dominates here). *A lot of other Joy Division/New Order is good too.
PiL - Death Disco (Jah Wobble is a very creative bass player, really milking a minimal use of notes to create great rhythms - he loves playing the low notes)* I also think dub/reggae is brilliant to play on bass! It's easy to train the ears with these first, I found.
Nine Inch Nails - Piggy (an electronic band maybe, but there's some nice laid back bass here - dominates the track)
U2 - Zoo Station (just a good example of blues bass)
A few other easy ones are Radiohead's 'The National Anthem' and Green Day's 'Brain Stew'.
Some great technical (and not too technical ones) include Muse's 'Time Is Running Out' and 'Hysteria' and listen to the mid section of Metallica's 'Orion' and the bass solo 'Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)'
Importantly have fun!
2007-01-10 10:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by mo79uk 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Pop/Rock Bass Bible
Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.00690747)
Songs Include:
• All I Wanna Do
• Bad Love
• Bennie And The Jets
• Brown Eyed Girl
• Can't Stand Losing You
• Cheap Sunglasses
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Don't Stop Believin'
• Dream Police
• Fascination Street
• Fly Away
• Good Times
• Heart And Soul
• I Did It
• It Can Happen
• Lady In Red
• Maneater
• No Reply At All
• One Thing Leads To Another
• R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
• Rikki Don't Lose That Number
• Smooth Operator
• Stuck In The Middle With You
• Suffragette City
• The Joker
• Thriller
• Turn The Page
• Veronica
• Werewolves Of London
• When The Heart Rules The Mind
• You Oughta Know
2007-01-10 10:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by ThinkaboutThis 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ytse Jam Bass Tab
2016-12-13 04:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest that if you've become comfortable with regular rock music, you might try exploring progressive rock. Progressive rock usually changes time signatures within the music and is usually very technical to play. They can sometimes be difficult to learn, but if you are willing to take the time to figure it out (sheet music or tabs) then you'll certainly have some high end skills that will "wow" your musician friends.
Rush is one of the better known progressive rock bands. Although they have a number of songs where the bass line is fairly easy to learn, they have some where it is very challenging.
Dream Theater is another band that really keeps an insanely busy bass line most of the time.
The most important aspect is doing music that you love. It makes the work all the more enjoyable.
If you "really" want to learn details, join a Jazz band at a university or a community college. You'll catapult your skills forward and pretty much be able to play any music you'd like to seek out.
Feel free to write me (via my profile) if you'd like more tips.
2007-01-11 03:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by Doob_age 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best pieces to play are songs you like. Go online and get the tab for the songs you like and take it from there.
Good, easy rock songs could include:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Sing - Travis
etc.
Just google 'bass tab' and look through the sites for songs you know. Play along to them to gain confidance.
You can never beat a good bass teacher, it could be well worth paying out for a few weeks of lessons.
2007-01-10 10:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anything where the bass is quite prominent in the song, so it will be easy to hear and copy. I agree on joy division, also black sabbath have very distinctive basslines, there's a band called the makeup who have great bass parts, and I just learnt to play dr who on mine which is fun and easy!!
2007-01-11 09:42:17 · answer #7 · answered by empanda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an easy bass song to play would probably be green day 'brain stew' or sum muse songs as ma m8s hav learnt bass nd sed tht muse songs are pretty easy to play on a bass guitar
good luck!
2007-01-15 08:09:01 · answer #8 · answered by dedstar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well blink - 182 & (+44) is normaly a good place to start, i learnt alot from there, and only had my bass since Christmas =D
Just look on the right hand side for the bass tabs, dammit is wikid to play!
2007-01-10 10:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by Hadouken! [Ryu] 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peaches by The stanglers or money by Pink Floyd.
Or if your up to it a Chili Pepers number.
Black Sabbath bass lines are tastey too mind
2007-01-17 08:01:30 · answer #10 · answered by iusedtolooklikemyavatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋