If you are just starting out on the electric bass and want to play a fun bass riff or just want to know the best easy and fun songs on bass, this is your post! In this post we are not going to enter into that debate. But to show you what, in our opinion, are the easiest bass songs, and the ones you should start with if you want to be a good bass player. It’s true, the cliché that playing bass is easy does exist. And, in part, it is a reality that cannot be denied (another thing is that, as in all instruments, there are songs and “songs”). But, although there are very famous songs that are easy ..read more

Sheet music, the way musical notes are written, can seem very complex to the untrained eye. While reading notes for music is like learning a whole new language, it’s actually a lot less complicated than you might think. In this lesson we will teach you how to read music notes. We invite you to review other related articles such as chord inversions. Next we are going to explain a series of musical concepts that you should learn before you start reading musical scores. Musical staff The foundation of the written musical language is the staff. It consists of five lines and four spaces, as shown b ..read more

One of the biggest dilemmas when choosing a Fender bass (or many other brands) is deciding between one of the two most common types: Jazz and Precision bass. Especially if you have few resources and you want to choose very well which bass to buy. Well, if you are at that point where, no matter how hard you look, you don’t see too many differences between Fender Jazz and Precision bass basses, this is the article for you. So, in the style of the “find the differences” game, we analyze in detail all the features that distinguish these electric basses, and compare the pros and cons of each one to ..read more

In this music lesson you will learn what chord inversions are and why you should use them. Ready to take your chords to the next level? Go for it! What are Chord Inversions Chords are the harmonious components of all songs. They evoke emotion and provide the basis for creating melodies. To know how to build chords and it is essential to understand how they interact with each other as they learn basic theory of music. Chord inversions they are changes of the same chord. The more notes a chord has, the more inversions possible. Create an inversion by transposing notes into chords into different ..read more

Pain, Injuries, blister and Sore hand while learning guitar. Do these sound familiar to you? Sore fingers and wrists tendonitis I can still recall that when I first started learning and practicing my guitar lessons, my hands were so painful and exhausting. The pain suffered not only on my finger tips of my fretting hand, but also on my wrist and arm. For me learning guitar isn’t that hard, the only biggest challenge is the sore fingers, muscle tightness and pain resulting from continuous and excessive fretting and depressing the strings over long period of time. I think this is the main reaso ..read more

The electric bass is often considered as a marginal instrument and without too much prominence, but: do you know what is the function of the bass exactly? Once you know the functions of this instrument, it is inevitable to look for it and listen to it in every song. That’s why it is gaining ground to the guitar, and more and more people want to get started on this “guitar with only 4 strings”). For this reason and, as we will see in this entry, the importance of the electric bass in music is so high, that rare is the group that does without this instrument. What is the function of the electric ..read more

The pentatonic scale is one of the most used scales in modern music today. The pentatonic scale as its name indicates has only 5 notes of the seven notes of a major scale. Of course I am talking about the major pentatonic, although we also have the minor pentatonic scale. Today we are going to focus on the major pentatonic scale. Here are some tips on how to use this scale on the electric bass. If you can master the use of the pentatonic it will be a great help when creating bass lines. The notes of the C major pentatonic scale for bass are: C D E G A Ways of using the pentatonic scale Chord b ..read more

Many curious bass players, beginners, friends, family members, always ask us the same question when we tell them we are bass players: “but, how many strings does a bass have? ¿4, 5, 6…? Don’t worry if you are also here to solve this doubt. In this post we are going to reveal the usual number of strings of a bass guitar (electric and acoustic), and how many it can have. Or did you think that all bass guitars always have the same number? Come on, let’s go to the Groove! How many strings does a standard bass have Well, let us start by justifying the title of this section: The electric bass, and o ..read more

Many people who want to learn to play a stringed instrument are torn between the guitar and the bass. And that question of “What are the differences between a guitar and an electric bass” is very common. Future Bassist, the answer is not “the Bass is a 4 string guitar”. Bass guitar and electric guitar are stringed instruments that are very similar. After all one is designed with reference to the other. But no, they are definitely not the same. Although many people often confuse them when they see them on stage, the only similarity between them is the visual appearance . Yes, they also seem to ..read more