This style of playing sounds like two guitars playing in the same time, because thumb is playing alternating bass patterns, while other fingers play a melody, mostly syncopated, which gives a nice 'swing' feeling.

Learn the notes of the musical alphabet and how to play them on bass and apply the knowledge while learning your first song on bass - Oh! Susanna traditional song.

Triads are basic tools for harmonization and building strong sounding bass lines.

Beginner bass lesson that will teach you what the root notes are and how to use them when playing bass.

Intervals knowledge is a basic theory subject on which all further study relates to. Let's learn how to define them and play on bass.

We are going to walk a "2 feel" bass line to a simple jazzy backing using roots, thirds, and 5ths - in other words triads! You will learn how to combine the knowledge gained so far to improvise an interesting walking bass line.

Dead notes are produced by string muting technique. String muting is one of the most useful techniques which you can use to develop a good groove. Bass guitar can be a very percussive instrument and string muting creates a percussive sound that can add a new dimension to your playing and bass lines.

You are going to learn a Major Scale. This is definitely a first stop for every beginning bass player.

Rock in style of the band Muse and their bassist - Christopher Tony Wolstenholme.