Songs to learn on bass

[Mellow Out]

I'm learning how to play bass kinda and I'm trying to find some simple but fun songs to play. I can play some suicide machines and stuff...kinda...and I'm looking for some other cool stuff.

Thanks.

[Mr. Zogs]

well smoke on the water is pretty darn simple! lol, and its a decent song...

[george]

i play some bass, but mostly guitar. try some chili pepper stuff, pretty good funk bass.

[daniel]

i play some bass, but mostly guitar. try some chili pepper stuff, pretty good funk bass.

rhcp rock!

[enjoisoad]

7 nation army god that song is annoying

[Mellow Out]

ummm....I'm looking for some stuff a little harder...

[george]

ummm....I'm looking for some stuff a little harder...

rhcp's some pretty chalenging bass. listen to around he world and silkamikanico, and pretty much ever flea solo.

[enjoisoad]

you said simple it dont get much more simple than that

[gnardawgnyc]

ummm....I'm looking for some stuff a little harder...

bass is hard. try to work on your technique and the speed will come naturally. trying picking quarters, eigths, then sixteenth notes alternating between your pointer and middle. earlier in the post i think someone recommended the chili peppers. you can apply the lesson in this post to the intro to "Around the World". still too easy? find some Jaco Pastorius or Billy Sheehan tunes and try to keep up with them.

[george]

pickings alright, but it seems like the strings don't resonate as well with a pick.

[enjoisoad]

pick makes for easir bass. much more speed and control imho or maybe that's just cuz i learnd guitar first :-/ to each his own i guess

[george]

pick makes for easir bass. much more speed and control imho or maybe that's just cuz i learnd guitar first :-/ to each his own i guess

yeah, thats true. i play alot of funk stuff, and you cant really get the desired sound with a pick, but they are good for other types of playing.

[raven6241]

Hysteria by Muse.




Have fun tiger.

[Mellow Out]

I cannot play with a pick. It is so hard for me because its like manipulating the string using something not connected to my body so it feels like I have less control of it.

I think I'll look into some chili peppers though.

[gnardawgnyc]

I cannot play with a pick. It is so hard for me because its like manipulating the string using something not connected to my body so it feels like I have less control of it.

I think I'll look into some chili peppers though.

learn to be comfortable with a pick. eventually it should become an extension of yourself, not a hinderance. in fact, a pick can perform some tasks with more speed than a single finger. in all my years playing guitar, i've become more comfortable playing with jazz picks (think of an average pick, but a lot smaller) when i pick out solos, i seem to pick in a circular direction. for me, it seems to be the most efficient. at the risk of tooting my own horn, i can shred using this technique. try it out, it's a great technique to learn.

[Momona Boe]

I just started on bass too. Here's some easy stuff that sounds cool:

Any Ramones
Old country stuff - mostly I-IV-V stuff
Rockabilly stuff is fun, don't worry about the slappin' yet
Green Day stuff is easy
actually most punk stuff is cool and not too complicated
old Jam songs have great bass lines that aren't impossible to play

[nelson]

Some of Rush's easier songs, like limelight or freewill. If you want a song for a long-term goal: YYZ.

[Slim]

I always liked that bass "solo" thing in Please Do Not Go by the Violent Femmes.

[RustyBurrito55]

Longview by Green Day
Lounge Act by Nirvana
Bombtrack by Rage Against The Machine
Killing in the Name by Rage Against The Machine

Those are some pretty easy cool songs.

[enjoisoad]

OMG i am so sick of longview. just seeing the title is making the bassline run around and around and around AHHHHHHH and it won't leave....till i blow it out...... with a bullet!