But there are many different ways to play chords on the bass guitar – and they’re not just power chords. First, let’s recap how we construct chords in a given key.

While the chords to While My Guitar Gently Weeps evoke European classical music, Clapton’s lead guitar comes out of a very different musical tradition: the blues. He uses string bends to play pitches ...

BASS GUITAR TUNING. ... We could even switch to playing the bass part on the keys, for the bridge. Marcelo: ... Following the chords. The notes in a bass line usually match the chords of the song, ...

An instantly recognisable slice of early 80s funk, thanks in no small part to its fat slap of a bassline. Sliding up and down the bottom end of the frequency spectrum, the plucked bass notes should ...