3 Beginner Bass Riffs (You Can’t F*** Up)
I’m gonna show you some fun beginner bass riffs that you don’t stand a CHANCE of f***ing up. I dare you.
The first tune from the Talking Heads will get you started with a recognizable riff you can play even if you just started. (thanks Tina Weymouth)
And I’ll show how to get your notes short and tight like Tina’s with some left hand muting, which is an important skill for bass playing in any style.
Next up is a classic single from Green Day, with beginner-friendly riffage supplied by Mike Dirnt.
If you don’t already know about how important “chugging” is for bass players, this is a good beginner bass riff for you. Once you start chugging, you’ll be doing it happily for years.
Then it’s time for some freaking epic bass slides on an old Lou Reed song (which you might know best as a Tribe Called Quest sample).
I’ll show you the secret to being able to do massive slides without getting lost. Because slides only sound good when you end up in the right place at the end. 😛
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Originally posted by UCeD9_tDVA1wvqv1IF9QyP-A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTaEJ6anqtg
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I think Tina is a waaay under rated bass player. She really was in the pocket hammering out some nice grooves.
10:49
Nice lessons, thanks. Nice velvet banana tattoo
Oh ill fuck it up trust me
Some timestamps 🙂
00:28– psycho killer
05:14– 21 Guns
11:33 – walk on the wild side
With that awesome velvet underground tattoo iwas wandering when I was gonna find a Lou Reed tutorial. If you would co7ld you you do a tutorial on waiting for my man? I'm an ex junkie I sung that song every time I went to go cop I dig your lessons and you're a funny dude
Having never played, but always loved the 70’s style electric bass playing, my husband gifted me with a beautiful black and white Fender Precision Bass and Fender amp for my 61st birthday last month. I’m so happy to have found this video and your channel! Thank you for providing quality beginner bass lessons. Your teaching style and pleasant demeanor is paramount to someone like me. Thank you ???? ❤
Excelente teacher
Hello whenever I try to lift my finger slightly while still staying on the string it's keeps making a buzz and I'm not sure what to do
I just don’t know what to do anymore, I’m playing bass for 6 months already and apparently I CAN fuck this up. Everytime I rest the finger it buzzes and when I press the string it clinks among the metal frets, it sounds just awful. I seriously don’t know what to do, I’m totally hopeless
Thanks a million
This guy is annoying voice too loud
dude i fucking love you i think ur my new fav person now
DUDE YOUR FINGERS ARE SO LONG
THANK YOU BassBuzz
Tina Weymouth is amazing to learn from like Sting. She actually played the A strings open with her index or something before going down to 3rd fret G with her thumb (on Psychokiller). She had her own way of doing things. But I really adore her as a bassist.
But yes doing the 5th fret works. But if you wanna try her awkward way… Watch her live.
Also Josh if you don't have an entire episode dedicated to Tina, I'd suggest it. 4:47
So dude, I'm not sure if people actually follow their videos after being uploaded and then 3 years after there is this guy to comment, but regardless I have to say it and yeah I know how I sound 😀 😀
You mentioned in one of your videos that you don't do "fake stuff" as other "youtubers" and I'm going to continue that thread. Not just that, but your explanation how to play and how to approach to what person is doing/playing is brilliant, than you are explaining physical movements, and what happens in that instant second, which for some of beginners is crucial!!!!! Know this coming from an 30 and more years old man, there is a big difference in people teaching and in people who are thinking that they teach yet they are just showing what they know!!! You are not that second one 🙂 Thanks for that!!! Cheerio!!!
Am I strange for liking the first riff more as a play-along for "psycho chicken" bij 'The fools"? i guess so…
Second one is so much harder lol
But gotta start somewhere
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The national anthem by Radiohead is a good one
You sound like Mr beast
The last rift and 21 guns is my favorite ones fs
either turn up the bass or lower your voice
4:19
As soon as he said, let’s go full speed, I started to mess up
i've never gotten clear instructions from any youtube channel that teaches instruments like yours thank you so much
I f up all of them, I'm worthless..
I fucked every single one up
help am the only one whose pinkie bends back a bit when I pressed it down on the fret?
I really had to pause that at about 11:00 to just practice a few times!????
It worked first song I learned on my new bass????????
Thanks Josh I’m finally not fucking these up anymore
breeders, "cannon ball" how has everybody missed that great bass riff???
i'm tuned a half step down tryin to keep up with johnette nepolitano, i think her bass neck is 6 frets longer so she doesn't have to tune down to get that low. i have to do it different, but i'm gettin the same sound as you. i need another bass so i don't have to retune. i've taken youtube experts word for adjusting action and pickups, WRONG. i've had to adjust in the craziest way to get both uniformity and nastiness out of my bass. it's right now, but you could look at it and think, what the f. until you play it. i'm not that great on a guitar but damned if i can't adjust one for somebody that is. great tutorial, you take the time us dumb asses need.