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Learning Bass Guitar Notes

Dec 23, 2011 Learn Guitar
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Help with some bass guitar tips?

i’m teaching myself how to play bass guitar but not interested in learning notes. i wanna just learn by learning chords.
what are some good tips for me to learn well and fast?

I have been playing bass seriously for about 6 years now (hence my name). when you play bass especially in a band it’s better not to play chords. leave the chords to the guitarist as bass players our job isn’t to be the lead but instead make the listeners feel the music. So the best way to play bass is create riffs using key notes from the chords and emphasize them. So it sounds like playing guitar might fit you better because all bass players do is learn notes. if my friends have a cool riff I take that riff see what note it uses as a base lets say E and then i make a simaler riff using E notes a lot. The last thing I have to say is never give up, being good at music takes years and it is well worth the wait.

B Emmel Learning Notes on the Bass Guitar

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