Bass is fun and fairly easy to play. It’s important in rock and pop and indispensable in dance music. No matter what the style, a good bass line gives a song strength and direction. Although similar to guitar, bass works more like a drummer with tones. As well as a flexible command of rhythm, a good bass player is sensitive to the activities of singers and other instruments.

Partial List of Bass Skills

• Riffs
• Playing with the fingers or pick
• Patterns and Scales
• Setting up grooves/ bringing phrases to life
• Reading tablature and bass clef
• Underpinning the melody
• Creating a bass line that has variety, direction and attraction
• What to play to correctly accompany chords
• Blues bass lines
• Jazz and walking bass lines
• Secrets of Rhythm Soloing on bass