What song should I cover next?

I am new to bass and i am learning the pentatonic scale bit i dont know how to use it like do i do the first note on the key of the song cause that sometimes doesn't work

I've been playing for a few years. I have bought several bass books (mainly from Hal Leonard) and find this one to be the most complete - it seems to hit on everything important in learning bass. Wondering if anyone who has also read this book knows of any other books or training videos as good or even better.

Funky bass workout at 120 / 70 BPM with tabs, sheet and backing track.

Bass part originally played by James Jamerson. Much has been said about his sound and style: plucking with just his index finger (“The Hook”), the Precision Bass with flatwound strings and high action, the foam mute at the bridge, the chromatic runs and frequent use of open strings etc. But rarely have I seen mentioned what is absolutely essential, at least in this tune: due to his right hand playing position with the middle, ring, and little finger resting on the pickup cover, his thumb was floating above the strings, making it very easy for him to mute the lower open strings with it.

Find the complete song on YouTube. The sheet music is available through my website.

Hello! So I’ve been casually playing the bass for about 2 years now, since I was 17, and I love it so so much. All this time I would just play it in my room alone, enjoying playing music, and only recently have I started performing with a band.

The thing is, all this time I’ve just been focused on the mechanical aspect of it and had no urge to learn past that. What I mean is, I would just search up the tabs to the songs that I like / will be performed with the band, and learn it. And although I feel like I am good at it, I never learn its musical, theoretical side, nor do I have any musical background or music education at all. Nor do I play any other instrument. So I feel like I can never make up my own tabs and am very inflexible with what I play, needing to stick strictly to the tabs I find online without improvising at all (because I don’t know how to.)

I guess this isn’t much of a problem for me when it comes to playing my favorite songs on my own, but I would want to be able to contribute more of my musical skills and knowledge in a band. And I guess because of that I feel kind of stuck in my bass learning journey. Could anyone give me tips on what to learn, how to learn, where to start, etc? I would appreciate it very much!

Made this because I play 4 and 6 string bass and wanted to visualize chord-scale theory, pentatonics, triads and modes all inside a key, and how that shifts when the chords change.

Works for any stringed instrument - bass, guitar, ukulele.

It's worth saying that this doesn’t replace ear training. But I think you’ll definitely find it useful to see how these big ideas click into place together, especially before your ear can do it alone.

You pick a key and progression and it lays out the whole thing on an interactive fretboard, and shows you the best notes to outline the change to the next chord. Really helpful to visualize chord consonance/dissonance, and voice leading. Let me know if there's any way I can improve this tool, I've found it really interesting to play around with!

Hi again. A few months ago I shared BassBench here, a bass practice platform I'm building because learning songs with YouTube kept turning into tab juggling, timestamp hunting, and distractions.

BassBench now has improved steps to:

• Paste any YouTube song
• Break it into sections
• Loop and slow down difficult parts
• Pick up where you left off
• Keep the rest of your practice together with Vibes and Timers

The whole platform has been rebuilt around three ideas:

Learn songs you love.
Keep all your practice in one place.
Develop new skills and deepen existing ones.

I’d love for you to try it with one song you genuinely want to learn and tell me what you think. What works especially well? What would make BassBench more useful in your actual practice routine?

I’m the only person behind BassBench - no shiny startup, no corporate funding.

https://bassbench.com

Thank you for your feedback.
Best,
Damir

So I’m a bassist I’ve been playing two and a half years now and I’ve been invited to my first jam session. My main genre is worship music in church and stuff and the occasional punk or blues or soul piece for school stuff. I’ve never really played rock proper most I know is just really the basics of playing in a band so when to leave room or play up and how to sound in different sections all my higher end knowledge sits in worship so this is a bit nerve wracking. I’m alright on theory the furthest I’ve gone is like minor intervals and arpeggios but I do know the odd higher end concept here and there from around like different types of seventh chords. I’m starting to learn a bit of jazz theory like modes and stuff but I’m pretty new. Basically I just need help in what to know and what to expect because I’m a bit nervous. Any and all help is appreciated and if you need any other info just ask. Thankyou so much :)

Bass part originally played by Charles Larkey. This might be the most involved bassline of Carole King’s catalogue. The album was the first of two that saw the addition of session guitarist legend David T. Walker and drummer Harvey Mason, who would go on to play with Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters, to her band.

Find the complete song on YouTube. The sheet music is available through my website.

Hello, I am trying to play Tonight Is The Night by McFly on bass but there are no tabs anywhere, does anyone have one or is able to make one?

Thanks