One Easy Bass Line That Works In Any Style of Music

Having trouble with bass lines? In this lesson, James will share with you one easy bass line that will work across any genre of music. He'll also show this bass line within the context of blues, rock and funk!
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[@TheMightyKingzuru]

This w-h-h-h approach to basslines together with its variants is a true lifesaver. Whether you are a composer, producer, or a jam session bassist.

[@ebassguitar]

Absolutely!

[@TheMightyKingzuru]

@@ebassguitar thanks for the lesson.

[@wmkennard]

I love his way teaching Bass. Learning is essential for Bass n he does great helping. Thank you

[@luigi.zanini]

amazing lesson! and in my opinion it shows you that the prince of the styles for a bassist is the FUNK style because the 16th notes and syncopated rhythm make the bass give its best! blues 4:58 rock 7:12 funk 10:16

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you liked it luigi, and thanks for the timestamps!

[@markseckel5076]

its amazing how one riff can be used for 3 different beats. Thanks James!!!

[@ebassguitar]

Welcome Mark! I'm certain you can pull this off in other beats as well.

[@anbyeastbank319]

Another awesome lesson James! Breaking down sounds we can already visualize (hear) and giving them a name is a great way to teach! Really like the w-h-h-h as another way to think about it too. Cheers!

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Anby! Thanks for sharing that! Cheers!

[@georgeharvey6826]

Great stuff!! The Bass Lab + has helped me so much! Even the free videos like this! Thank you!

[@ebassguitar]

Fantastic! So pleased to hear that George

[@travisreed5965]

Excellent Tutorial - Just Clicked For The PDF - Excited About The Upcoming 222 Episode Cheers

[@ebassguitar]

Hope the PDF helps you out Travis. 222 is coming real soon :)

[@kenmathews4522]

Just found this and have to say that you made sense! I play well but don't understand theory or even read music. But you seem to reach my brain. I know that dosen't make sense to you, but it does to me.Thanks!

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Ken! Happy to know you get on with this lesson ( and the teaching style ) well. Do browse through the channel, you might find more videos you like. Stay tuned for more future content as well! :)

[@p7dickens23]

I truly appreciate the simplicity of your lessons. Good Job!!

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks Preston! Hope you got something useful out of this one :)

[@ebassguitar]

Hi Preston! How's your bass playing by the way? I hope that you have kept your pace. I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@francocasentieri932]

i really learned something today- as im watching your lesson. ty., i normally dont comment bc im not special in english. big ty

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Franco. You're very welcome! Very happy to know that you were able to get something out of the lesson!

[@johncandido2241]

Beautiful Sadowsky Bass my friend.

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks jonhn!

[@johnsaliba7191]

its working for me JBS

[@ebassguitar]

Great!

[@seang8700]

Nice lesson! Am I right thinking that in the first example, you're playing the notes 'swung' rather than straight 8ths? That delayed second and 4th note in each bar really gives it the style needed?

[@markbass354]

THIS IS COOL

[@ebassguitar]

..and versatile too ;)

[@scottpolston6137]

Hey James what about that Aguilar head match with that mark bass cab makes you gravitate to that setup it’s very similar to mine in it’s entirety I got a cmd121p plus 121cab and a American elite jazz bass that crazy as it sounds is worth roughly double what I paid for it now so crazy I hope you see this I’ve never got to try Aguilar anything I’ve had pjb amps 2 of them they got stolen some acoustic stuff and ampeg I’ve tried just about everything but Aguilar literally everything but there stuff I wanna know what I’m missing

[@ebassguitar]

It’s just a good mix that’s works nicely for me - try it out, see if it speaks to you Scott :-)

[@brunocyclist]

Very interesting lesson again! I hope you release number 222 on 2. February 2022.

[@ebassguitar]

That would be amazing! Wonder if I could do it?!!?

[@ebassguitar]

Even better at 2.22 pm!

[@brunocyclist]

@@ebassguitar Aw damn, rhat would be sweet! OCD satisfaction level 11! 😎👍

[@jeffjones1359]

Your Sadowsky sounds nice! Is it an ash body? It sounds like it 🤔 Isn’t it amazing how much the wood makes a difference in tone? It’s very apparent with a bass. Not so much at all with guitars.

[@ebassguitar]

I’m going to be straight…. I don’t know! I’ll try and find out what it would be from roger sadowsky :-)

[@martinheath5947]

The biggest difference between PJ basses is where the J pickup is located. This one as you can see has the J pickup located nearer to the P than most. Having owned a PJ with a J pickup exactly halfway between scratchplate and bridge it may seem like an irrelevant (or subtle) distinction but it really isn't and I would say here is the ideal position, giving more "body" to the J when soloed

[@patrickhorner8270]

Hi James. I followed you for a while and also took one of your interactive on-line (Blues) course but have had some health difficulties and have been out of the loop. When I played this video and heard you talking it was like being in touch with an old friend again. I'm 67 and sentimental, what can I say. Anyway I was wondering if the decision to not play the 3rd but to play the -2nd on the way back down to the root a technical choice or just going by what your ear told you. I noticed on the way up to the 4th you played the whole step followed by half steps. I know that one of the minor scales (melodic minor?) descends different than it ascends. Is that the reason? . Am I splitting hairs or what? Thanks for the tip. Patrick,

[@ebassguitar]

It’s just one of those things that works… the chromatic lead the ear to target note

[@ebassguitar]

Super happy you like what I do Patrick - thanks for returning!

[@ebassguitar]

Hi Patrick! How's your bass playing by the way? I hope that you have kept your pace. I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@whamni]

what model number is that Sadowsky, I can't find it anywhere ?

[@ebassguitar]

It’s a Japanese PJ… I did a video called meet my sadowsky on this channel which gives the exact model number!

[@Torbajon61]

You need to turn the volume up on your bass amp when your playing a backing track

[@ebassguitar]

Can you try it on another device? Computer speakers or headphone will help pull the bass frequencies?

[@ertanres6293]

🥰

[@yeoldefoxeh254]

I love you man but there is no such thing as EXETRA. It's ET CETERA, T-S, not X.

[@ebassguitar]

I’m not sure what you are referring to?

[@camperstar6stringer]

sadly you volume is too low

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Camper. Try using headphones / earbuds? Phone/tablet speakers usually don't go low enough for bass