Songs for Beginners

[waynepunkdude]

I did a search but nothing came up.

Anyway can someone give me some easy songs for DB?

[stevie]

Three Blind Mice is good.

[TheRev]

Anything by Johnny Cash, root-fifth all the way.

Love cats by the cure is a good one as it's a strong melody which, is probably already in your head and will help with your intonation.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='TheRev' post='980922' date='Oct 7 2010, 08:29 PM']Anything by Johnny Cash, root-fifth all the way.

Love cats by the cure is a good one as it's a strong melody which, is probably already in your head and will help with your intonation.[/quote]


Nice one I play it a lot on my acoustic.

[Doddy]

Try a blues in F and B flat

[thisnameistaken]

A lot of the old '60s soul, rocksteady and ska songs have prominent but easy bass lines that sound good on DB (since they were all using mutes and flatwounds anyway). There's a big Trojan Records double album on Spotify if you've got it, or look up bands like The Pioneers, Maytals, Paragons, Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, Alton Ellis, The Gaylads, Hopeton Lewis, Ken Boothe, Stranger Cole, etc.

[Cat Burrito]

Avoid a lot of rockabilly! Wow, those guys can play! I'm at the Johnny Cash level.

I find just playing the simple lines from your bass guitar starts you off on working on your intonation

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='981114' date='Oct 8 2010, 12:26 AM']Avoid a lot of rockabilly! Wow, those guys can play! I'm at the Johnny Cash level.

I find just playing the simple lines from your bass guitar starts you off on working on your intonation[/quote]

Not all of it...





"Fever" is pretty straight too.

[bassace]

[quote name='Doddy' post='981083' date='Oct 7 2010, 11:35 PM']Try a blues in F and B flat[/quote]

That'll be a great start for you. It'll get you into shape for playing jazz along with the horns - which is what the double bass is meant to do. IMHO of course!

[Duarte]

[slobluesine]

Ben E King.... 'Stand By Me' real simple and great for pitch and tone

great song and like all great songs..... the Bass line makes it happen

[Bilbo]

'A Quick Sketch' from Herbie Hancock's 'Quartet' recording.

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quartet-Wynton-Marsalis-Herbie-Hancock/dp/B00004SFRH/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1286795570&sr=1-4"]Herbie Hancock Quartet[/url]

Also, try some jazz ballads. Basic root movement but it will start to give you a sense of what is going on with the harmonies.