If you had to inspire a beginner.....

[Bass-ic]

I was just reading the 'what was the last bassline you taught your self'
It is a really good thread. However, it did make me think. So far I have only been learning songs that I like and that I know well. Because of this I am sort of stagnating a bit, so here is the question, If you had to reccomend one song for a begnner to learn, what would it be?

I am very curious to hear what you all think.

Cheers

Matt

Edited November 3, 2008 by Absolute-beginner

[WarPig]

Sabbath - Paranoid. It uses basic 8th note rhythm, a few simple fills and is fun to play.

[Gwilym]

Peaches (by the Stranglers). loved playing that one.

[OutToPlayJazz]

After some basic technique stuff and some double bass music, I tend to give people "Crazy little thing called love" by Queen. It's a fun line & really straightforward in the position changes.

[bassbloke]

I want you back by the Jackson 5. Great fun.

[kevbass]

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, easy peasy and you can rock hard to it \m/

[mewsie]

groove is in the heart!

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[markytbass]

What about some blues? I found it good for learning scales, especially 12 bar. Something like the Woo Hoo song, Hoochie Coochie Man etc.

[Buzz]

For a complete beginner, I'd say some Greenday (Warning as it's got nice semi walking bassline, or Minority as it's easy peasy) or Blink 182 (Anthem Part II, Dammit, All The Small Things. perhaps What's My Age Again, or Rock Show).


For people who can play a bit and want a bit more of a challenge, I'd go with Rage Against The Machine: Killing In The Name, timing is easy, but hammer on's and it's over all the strings strings makes it a challenge initally, just gotta watch out for the flourish on the 2nd verse. It's also a nice introduction to drop D tuning.



Or on a more classical sland, the melody from Greensleeves, fairly simple once you work it out, and it's quite a good transcribing exercise if you can partly read treble clef but not bass clef.

Edited November 3, 2008 by Buzz

[The Funk]

[quote name='mewsie' post='321425' date='Nov 3 2008, 11:07 PM']groove is in the heart![/quote]

A great line from Bootsy Collins!

I think the answer is to get a beginner to learn one of their favourite riff-based songs, be it Cream, Hendrix, RATM, Muse, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Metallica, Funkadelic, Stevie etc.

[Rayman]

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm.

Fairly simple bassline, but keep it up all the way through without loosing the time. Good practise.

[WarPig]

Teen Town :ph34r:

[josh3184]

classical thump by victor wooten

[Thunderthumbs]

[quote name='bassbloke' post='321417' date='Nov 3 2008, 10:59 PM']I want you back by the Jackson 5. Great fun.[/quote]
For a beginner?????

McEnroe....."you cannot be serious"!

[josh3184]

but you ignore wooten

[Delberthot]

i was Listening to Queen when I started. Another one bites the dust etc

The next stage was Eric Clapton - '24 Nights' - I learned everything Nathan East played and then speeded it up from 33 1/3 rmp to 45 rpm and learned it again

Next stage was Cream stuff and then status quo and finally Pink Floyd before rounding out everything with the chilis.

Edited November 5, 2008 by Delberthot

[skankdelvar]

Substitute by Entwistle. Lots going on, but none of it too difficult for a beginner.

[bassbloke]

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='321486' date='Nov 4 2008, 12:51 AM']For a beginner?????

McEnroe....."you cannot be serious"![/quote]

In all seriousness, sitting at home learning songs only goes so far. Your best bet would be signing up with one of the Weekend Warrior schemes or similar. Two dads I know have signed up with a place called the realistic rock academy in Epsom and are realising a lifelong desire to learn drums and guitar respectively.

They get a few months to work on a set's wroth of material before playing a gig at the pub next door. It's a great idea.

[thepurpleblob]

Oliver's Army, Elvis Costello...... or.... almost anything Beatles.

[Bilbo]

'Ladies Night in Buffalo' - Dave Lee Roth - the best thing Billy Sheehan ever did.

[Bass-ic]

.......am writing all this down. I know its very lazy, but learninfg all this via the tab method, which I have been doing up to now. Good or bad.

Ta very much for all your input tho, keep 'em coming. i have loads of space on the Tascam!
Matt

[ARGH]

Stax...Any Duck Dunn.on an Otis Redding track...total pocket perfection.

[josh3184]

On a more serious note than my last post, a lot of muse stuff is fun to play and not overly tough. Citizen erased is good for timing at the start and also stamina (7mins, phew!). New born is great fun once you practise the verse riff for a while. When i started, I learnt that pretty quickly, but that was about it! Quite amusing being a total beginner then whipping it out.






The riff too.

[The Funk]

Another thing I'd suggest is going to blues jams from as early a time in your development as possible. It's very good for getting over nerves and developing your ear in a live environment. And if you're good, job offers can come out of it.

[planethead]

In the current financial climate I suggest 'Money' by Pink Floyd: good finger exercise; exotic time signature and everybody knows *that* tune!

ttfn