The fact the bass guitar looks so much like a regular, six-string electric guitar can lead some to assume it’s an inferior or secondary instrument. However, anyone who's ever played one knows this is ...

One of the things I’m most often asked is how to play walking basslines on guitar. Between my private students and the guitar retreats I teach, inevitably someone will ask me how to combine chords ...

The rhythm section’s bass guitar, kick drum and toms occupy a lot of low end, so it makes sense for you not to be injecting yourself into those frequencies all the time when you can complement ...

Be it the deft melodic runs Paul McCartney played in The Beatles, the showboating funk grooves of Bootsy Collins or the liquid virtuosity of Jaco Pastorius, a good bassline is the heartbeat of a song, ...

Explore different types of bass lines including walking bass and riffs. Listen to examples of bass lines from The 1975, Little Simz and Paolo Nutini. Start making your own bass lines. Marcelo: Shall ...

Early funk is often associated with the Godfather Of Soul James Brown, who helped pioneer this style of dance music in the late '60s and early '70s. The ubiquitous use of syncopation (playing on the ...

In June of 2001 musician Peter Gabriel flew to Atlanta to make music with two apes. The jam went surprisingly well. At each session Gabriel, a known dabbler in experimental music and a founding member ...

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