How To Play Bass Guitar To Wonderwall by Oasis

[soloco2]

Nice job, but u talk to much...

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@soloco2 Well, that's the way I roll. I can't change who I am, so your options are to find a channel teaching where the teacher doesn't talk so much, or you just have to put up with my bass centred soliloquays!

[joseegonnawin]

thanx !!!

[wilderjhayzee]

nice! this one really help me

[sgtryan17]

has enybody this version in tabbs

[MendozaMichelle100]

how can i get my fingers to stretch as wide as urs?

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@MendozaMichelle100 Um...I don't think I have a particularly big hand span...I'm medium height with fairly small hands! All I did was work on a series of fretting hand patterns that emphasised digital independence and dexterity and worked on them over time. (Over 19 months I think).  I started at the 12th fret, and gradually moved the patterns down one fret at a time.

[GreenCheeseOnToast]

This has helped alot, thanks!

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@GreenCheeseOnToast Yr welcome....keep learning songs that you find slightly difficult and you'll get a lot better over time.

[GingerSnapTheQueen]

I would like the tabs to this song, all the ones that I have found don't seem to sound right, do you know where I can find them specifically? I would appreciate that, I already have an idea from listening by ear and I've played this song before, I just want to be sure I'm playing the right thing, thanks

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@GingerSnapTheQueen Everything you need is in the video....take some notes and you'll be fine!

[izaHoser43]

u talk way to much in all your vids

[misguidedFerFAKE]

Thank you!

[fragatahugo]

Ricky gervais, is that you?

[breakkfastman1573]

Can you do a lesson on Jeremy by pearl jam

[TheAcidbliss]

is there a tab of this??

[chilly975]

Great lesson thanks alot! Nd dude where are your pickups?

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@chilly975 No pick ups - the bass is a 'digital modelling bass' - so it's got some fancy electronics which processes the sound.

[MrNorbi14]

what kind of bass is that?sounds nice

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@MrNorbi14 It's a lIne 6 Variax 702. No longer made I believe.

[Beatles199501]

thank you soooo much, i learnt how to play the first part that you taught just today, and i started playing today!!!!

[TeenGreenQueen1]

You do sound like Ricky Gervais(:

[claudio999999999]

Please please please can you put these into tabs? Or give me a website with these tabs on?

[TJB12345678910]

You sound like ricky gervais! Good video though

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@TJB12345678910 LOL - that's a change - normally the comedian I get told I sound like is Jack Dee!

[PureZOOKS]

@howtoplaybassdotcom They might be saying "look like"

Anyway, that was a great lesson thank you, very helpful.

[Jcahalane]

@howtoplaybassdotcom Yeah you do sound a bit like Jack Dee, I couldn't put my finger on it until now.

[superabsorbentTP]

Great lesson!



[ja22ba22]

what kind of bass tone you're using on this lesson?

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@ja22ba22 If I remember correctly, I was using the 'Precision Roundwound' sound with a bit of treble dialed on. HTH.

[moorejr1400]

@howtoplaybassdotcom these song instruction videos are really helpful especially for those beginning to pick up the bass, however, i have been playing for some time, and i learned scales major, minor, chord forms, etc. but how do incorporate what i learned from these videos into playing the bass? in other words, what do i look for in playing other bassists' bass lines. maybe that is a very technical question, requiring lots of explaining. :(

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@moorejr1400 It is a very technical topic - what you're looking for is Chord Tones on the 'strong beats' of the bar - and then look for how bass players connect those chord tones.

[moorejr1400]

@howtoplaybassdotcom your explaination seems helpful. lets say i play a simple progression, common time, but only two chord changes A CHORD 4 beats and D CHORD 4 beats, and the progression continues with these two chords(basically same rhythym and beats). how would i connect these to chords using the 1, 3, 5 chord tones without it sounding like i am taking big jumps between these chords? :(

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@moorejr1400 Again this is a massive topic - but look for chord tones of one chord that are adjacent to the next root note. For example when going from A to D (assuming major of some sort?) you have C Sharp which is hte major 3rd of A and works as a chromatic approach note to D.

Or you have E which is the 5th of A, and is a tone above D - so that connects nicely.

Going from D to A - you could use the F sharp (maj 3rd of D) and then make a run to A by using either G or G Sharp.....

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@howtoplaybassdotcom ...or you could use A itself (which is the 5th of D) and either use an anticipation or use the octave of A before dropping to the root.

That's a very shallow scratch on the surface of a massive topic.

[moorejr1400]

@howtoplaybassdotcom thank you for your comments. i dont wish to overburden you with my questions :( is it possible that you do song request? if so, there is this simple bass line in the song "How Long" by ACE, i notice in the song, the bass line seem very simple throughout , but just before the lyrics come in ( How long has this been going on...) i noticed the bass line made a subtle change in some notes and i can't seem to hear them correctly. i believe you have BETTER EARS than mine.

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@moorejr1400 I don't know that song I'm afraid....

[ja22ba22]

tank´s for the lesson!!

It was very useful !

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@ja22ba22 Cool - you're welcome!

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@BFDKILLCAM Who does Dirtly Little Secret?

[YelenaRoX]

@howtoplaybassdotcom all american rejects

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@BFDKILLCAM - you're having a laugh right? There's no bass part to We Will Rock You! You just clap!

[Jcahalane]

@howtoplaybassdotcom An A* for clapping sounds alright to me.

[howtoplaybassdotcom]

@Jcahalane LMFAO

[Jcahalane]

Cast No Shadow has their best bassline I reckon, there's a YouTube video of just the bass track from it.