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Just as the bass walk is a “classic” for rock and roll, the lower 5th is very common for folk songs (and polkas!). The normal method is to play the root of the chord on the first beat of the measure and the lower 5th on the 3rd beat. As it turns out, the lower 5th is on the same fret as the root, one string lower (so you have to play the root on the A or D string. Here are some examples showing a couple of ways to play it.  So now you have even more tools to work with. As a beginning bassist, the trick is to apply these tools to the different songs you learn. The more you play, the more you will see that most of these tools will work on many songs, and you will be able to sound very good on a song you’ve never played. Good Luck!

Most songs have a recognizable riff somewhere. Feelin’ Alright may not have a “signature” riff, but the Joe Cocker version has the brass parts which certainly suggest a good line. This is pretty fast, but it’s entirely based on the Box, so you can handle it.

On the bass, the E and the A are always in the same relationship to each other: same fret, one string over. This pair appears in several places on the fretboard. The ‘E’ can be found as the open E-string and the A-7, D-2, G-9, and E-12, plus a few more above the octave (12th fret). As described in Tone Loco , the notes will have a different tone depending on where you play them. So when should you play where? When in doubt, start in the middle. So the basic verse riff might be played on the 7th fret of the A and D strings. The rhythm pattern is solid and a bit funky, with a lot of quiet space during the 3rd and 4th beats.   OK, so you have to pay attention to the beat, and the ‘B’ in the transition is good, but this can get old quick. Note: there are many songs where the bassline is BORING! However, if you start to get “creative” when the listeners expect “simple” it can backfire. One of our bands played a few Fleetwood Mac ballads, which would sometimes make me v...

Music is an art form whose medium is sound . Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony ), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture . The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), (art) of the Muses . The creation, performance , significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres , although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within " the arts ," music may be classified as a performing art , a fine art , and auditory art. There is also a strong connection between music and mathematics . To many people in many cult...

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra , with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2 (see standard tuning ). The double bass is a standard member of the string section of the symphony orchestra [1] and smaller string ensembles [2] in Western classical music . In addition, it is used in other genres such as jazz , 1950s-style blues and rock and roll , rockabilly / psychobilly , traditional country music , bluegrass , tango and many types of folk music . A person who plays the double bass is usually referred to as a bassist. The double bass stands around 180 cm (six feet) from scroll to endpin, [3] and is typically constructed from several types of wood, including maple for the back, spruce for the top, and ebony for the fingerboard. It is uncertain whether the instrument is a descendant of the viola da gamba or of the violin, bu...

Unlike the electric bass guitar, which is generally a solid body instrument, the acoustic bass guitar usually has a hollow wooden body similar to (though usually somewhat larger than) that of the steel-string acoustic guitar. The majority of acoustic basses are fretted , but a significant number are fret less instead. Semi-fretted versions also exist, although they are quite rare. Like the traditional electric bass and the double bass, the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar . Like the electric bass guitar, models with five or more strings have been produced, although these are less common. In part, this is because the body of an acoustic bass guitar is too small to produce a resonance of acceptable volume at lower pitches on the low "B" string. One solution uses the five string acoustic bass to add an additional high string ("E-A-D-G-C") instead of addin...

Acoustic Bass  Jazz, Pop, Rock, and Metal The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar . Like the traditional electric bass guitar and the double bass , the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar , which is the same tuning pitch as an electric bass guitar. Because it can be difficult to hear an acoustic bass guitar without an amplifier , even in settings with other acoustic instruments, most acoustic basses have pickups , either magnetic or piezoelectric or both, so that they can be amplified with a bass amp . Traditional music of Mexico features several varieties of acoustic bass guitars, such as the bajo sexto , with six pairs of strings, and the guitarrón , a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass guitar played in ...