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Bass chords: shapes that work on bass guitar – and go beyond the power chord
As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions in general, ...
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Bootsy Collins is one of the all-time bass greats, but he started out on guitar. Here’s the sole reason why he switched
Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's ...
“If Leo Fender could come back today I think he would approve”: 10 6-string bassists you need to know
From John Myung to Felix Pastorius to Thundercat, we follow their historic quest for the ultimate extended-range axe ...
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Bass lines
I could play a simple bass line for the first verse ... It is usually played on a bass instrument, like the double bass or bass guitar. chord A group of notes that sound together.