[imonnfire]

Hey! I am a newbie at bass, who learnt the bass through one of the lessons just 10 mins ago. I really need HELP!

1)Will i improve if I just keep practicing the same song? What if I am using an invisible bass?
2)I can’t find the bass chords for the song “Lord Reign in Me” so can someone help me convert the guitar chords to bass chords please? (please include the lyrics cause I get lost easily. Thanks)
Here:
G D C D G
Over all the earth You reign on high
D C D Em
Every mountain stream, every sunset sky
D C D Am
But my one request, Lord my only aim
C D G
Is that You reign in me again

Chorus:
G D C D G
Lord reign in me, reign in Your power
D C D Em
Over all my dreams, in my darkest hour
D C D Am
You are the Lord of all I am
C D G (Am)
So won't You reign in me again

3)How do you convert “CDEFGABC” to bass chords?

4)How do you strum? Do you just use your fingertips or a pick?

5)How do you change frets as quickly as possible? For e.g., 9 to 7 to 3.

6)How do you position your left hand? If it is a fast song can I just position it as a chord?

7)Do bass chords have keys? if they do, how do i change keys to match the rest of the band?

8)I am looking for bass chords for this band, Christian City Church Youth, for the album “No Longer I”. Looking for the songs “change”, “yesterday is gone”

Thanks! and God bless!
-kai

[imonnfire]

anyway, i am looking for bass chords for another song, Blessed be Your Name.
i checked the resources already and it says play "Eb Bb C G#" how do i play that?

[rentasquid]

Hey Kai, I'll try to tackle a few of your questions...

1. Everone one learns different, but I think if you practice one song over and over, you'll get better at that one song, but not necessarily better as a musician. Go get a beginning bass book, learn your scales and continue to practice.

2. Unless the guitar tabs you listed have been capo'ed, you can play the same notes, to start with. Then when you've learned then, fill in with runs and riffs to make it your own.

3. The chords will be the same. You are typically just an octave lower than the guitar. Sometimes you will play a slightly different note, but it will still be in the same key as the guitar root note.

4. I pluck with my finger. A lot of people like to use a pick, but I think that what ever floats your boat works best. You can change your sound for different songs by plucking, slapping or picking.

5. Find a different chord shape to play the same note on a different fret. That will allow you to get around the frets faster in many instances. To differentiate between chord shapes, get a bass book. Its based on the guitars chord shapes of E A C G and D.

6. Again, here is where a lesson or a book comes in handy(no pun intended).

7. Yes, the bass has a key, which is the same as the rest of the band(except for the drummer...he is in his own key)

8. Cant help you with this one.

[Funky 1]

Go Here

http://www.vt2000.com/basswork/chords/

[onebrickshy]

Originally Posted by imonnfire

anyway, i am looking for bass chords for another song, Blessed be Your Name.

Blessed Be Your Name

Thats a link to the lead sheet for the Matt Redman version of the song which is probably the one your doin.

Originally Posted by imonnfire

i checked the resources already and it says play "Eb Bb C G#" how do i play that?

Basically you just play that single note on the fret board.
When it says Eb you can play(1D 6A 11E)<==All the same note. IF the song is capoed then you still play Eb relative to the capo position [Ex) Eb capo 1 = E]

[Decency]

Don't learn chords. I've been playing for four years and don't use chords. Just hit the single base note of the chord. If it says G, play 4th string (the lowest one) 3rd fret. That's all yout have to do.

[rentasquid]

Originally Posted by Decency

Don't learn chords. I've been playing for four years and don't use chords. Just hit the single base note of the chord. If it says G, play 4th string (the lowest one) 3rd fret. That's all yout have to do.

If you dont learn the chords, you are limiting yourself. Playing D F A and C of a Dm7 sounds better than just hanging on D for a measure. That is, unless the song calls for simplicity. IMHO

J.

[onebrickshy]

Originally Posted by rentasquid

If you dont learn the chords, you are limiting yourself. Playing D F A and C of a Dm7 sounds better than just hanging on D for a measure. That is, unless the song calls for simplicity. IMHO

J.

Yeah arpeggios do spice things up but for a new player the root of the chord is often enough.

[imonnfire]

hey thanks for the replies but i still don't get it
according to one of the bass tutorials,

The G string from the 0 fret to the 24th fret is as follows.
G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#
Here's the D string from the 0 fret to the 24th fret.
D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#
This is the A string from the 0 fret to the 24th fret.
A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#
Last is the E string from the 0 fret to the 24th fret.
E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-

so does that mean that for the song "Reign in Me", i play
G-000----666------------|
D-----000----------------|
A------------------------|
E------------------------|

thanks

[onebrickshy]

or


---------------
------000------
-----------333-
-333-----------

just play the root notes on the page. Another tip, play along with the recording

[Micahb]

or
----------
----------
----55--33
-33-------


For the most part I say don't play chords on your bass. Especially if you are new to it, which you said you are.

[Decency]

Micah's way is the best because you can control the note instead of playing it on an open string. You might get the hang of this yet.

[imonnfire]

hey thanks! i still don't know how it sounds like but i am practising on a few rubber bands and a rod

Now I need help with the timing. Do I follow the drummer's beat, like 1+2+3+4+?

I am lost for the song Majesty(Delirious), cause the tabs don't have lyrics in them. Can someone please help me to sub the lyrics in and the drummers beat?

Anyway what does the o in the chord mean?(bolded)

From song search:
Intro 2x
|--rest---|------4-2-----||------------4-2-----|-----------4-2------||
|---3-----|----------4-0-||o-0-------------4-0-|-0-------------4-0-o||
|--bars---|--------------||o---4-2-------------|---4-2-------------o||
|---------|--------------||--------------------|--------------------||


Verse 1
|---------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|-------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|
|-0-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|
|---4-2-----------|---4-2-----------|---------------|---4-2-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------------|-----------------|


|-------4-2-----|-----------|---------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|
|-----------4-0-|-----------|-0-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|
|---------------|-4----1----|---4-2-----------|---4-2-----------|
|-2-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|


|-------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|-------4-2-----|-------------||
|-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|-----------4-0-|-------------||
|---------------|---4-2-----------|---------------|-4----1------||
|-2-------------|-----------------|-2-------------|---------2---||


Pre-Chorus
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
|-2----4----|-5----5-5--/5-|-2----4----|-5----5-5----|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|


|-------------|-----------|------------||
|-------------|-----------|------------||
|-------------|-----------|------------||
|-4----4-4-4--|-3----3----|-3----3-3---||


Chorus 1 1st ending 2x 2nd ending
||--------------|-------------|-----------|------------||-------4-2-----||
||o-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------o||-----------4-0-||
||o-5---5/7--5--|-----7/9--7--|-2---4--5--|-----------o||---------------||
||--------------|-5-----------|-----------|-3---3--2---||-3-------------||


Verse 2
|---------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|-------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|
|-0-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|
|---4-2-----------|---4-2-----------|---------------|---4-2-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------------|-----------------|


|-------4-2-----|-------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|
|-----------4-0-|-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|
|---------------|-4---1---------|---4-2-----------|---4-2-----------|
|-2-------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|


|-------4-2-----|---------4-2-----|-------4-2-----|-------------||
|-----------4-0-|-0-----------4-0-|-----------4-0-|-------------||
|---------------|---4-2-----------|---------------|-4----1------||
|-2-------------|-----------------|-2-------------|---------2---||


Pre-Chorus 2
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
|-2----4----|-5----5-5--/5-|-2----4----|-5----5-5----|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|


|------------|------------|------------||
|------------|------------|------------||
|------------|------------|------------||
|-4----4-4---|-3----3-3---|-3----3-3---||


Chorus 2 1st-3rd end. 4x
||--------------|-------------|------------|-------------||
||o-------------|-------------|------------|------------o||
||o-5---5/7--5--|-----7/9--7--|-2----4--5--|------------o||
||--------------|-5-----------|------------|-3----3--5---||


Bridge
4th ending 4x
|-------4-2-----||------------4-2-----|-----------4-2------||
|-----------4-0-||o-0-------------4-0-|-0-------------4-0-o||
|---------------||o---4-2-------------|---4-2-------------o||
|-3-------------||--------------------|--------------------||


Out-Chorus 3x
||---------------|--------------|------------|-------------||
||o--------------|--------------|------------|------------o||
||o-5----5/7--5--|------7/9--7--|-2----4--5--|------------o||
||---------------|-5------------|------------|-3----3--2---||


|--------------|--------------|------------|----------*|
|--------------|--------------|------------|----------*|
|-5----5/7--5--|------7/9--7--|-2----4--5--|----------*|
|--------------|-5------------|------------|-3--------*|


Thanks!
Oh yeah. so how do i control an open note? cause i think that it will keep vibrating

EDIT BY MICAH: You aren't allowed to post full lyrics to songs on this website for legal reasons.

[Micahb]

Without hearing or seeing you play I don't know what to tell you about the rubber bandish sound...it would be in the way you are playing it but I can't describe in words what you should do. Sorry.
Also, I don't know this song so I can't tell you about how to play it, but just do what sounds good to you.

When you are want to stop the open note press your left hand down on it (not to the fretboard tho) and it will stop vibrating.

[imonnfire]

hey. just returned from jamming. playing the bass was HARD cause i couldn't change frets fast enough and my middle finger hurts!!! but the guitar and drums sort of made up so i was just crapping along... and the bass couldn't really be heard. oh well. don't know if i should return to playing the drums

-kai