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Playing Dead Notes
Dead notes add a percussive and dynamic quality to grooves and therefore play an integral part in the bass. Dead notes are played by muting the strings with your left hand; this can be achieved ...
Three Finger Technique
The three finger technique consists in playing the strings with the index, middle and ring fingers of the right hand. This technique guarantees not only rapid execution and increased endurance, ...
Hard Rock Basslines
This assortment of hard rock basslines is performed in the style of the legendary AC/DC, Guns ’n’ Roses, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Scorpions and many more. To achieve these simple but highly ...
Playing with Off-Beat Rhythms
In off-beat rhythms notes are attacked on weak beats, so-called off-beats, (the second and fourth beats in 4/4 meter) or on the weak subdivisions of the beats (second eighth note or second and ...
Accentuation
An accented note is a note which is played more loudly than the others, bringing out the bassline, giving it dynamic, colorful and expressive qualities. Accentuation is indicated by the symbol ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "16th-16th-8th"
The rhythmic figure called “2 sixteenth notes/1 eighth note” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 2 and 3. As a ...