Beginner songs

[blackmars0]

The Rage - Judas Priest
Breakin' the Law - judas priest

[sixxbassist90]

megadeth-peace sells easy song to learn and sounds cool.
rancid-fall back down
ataries-teenage riot
tool-schism
blink182-carousel
peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song

[Jake_badass_bassist]

peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song Yeah, its pritty fast

[Cockey Funker]

For those of a simillar vintage to myself, who may hanker back to the early 80's Brit Funk sound of Mark King and Level 42 - "DUNE TUNE" was the very first piece I learned to play. I love it.
It's not that hard for a beginer but it gives you the chance to play bass as it's meant to be played, as lead. ;)

[noteveryone]

The Cure - Close to me
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
have fun!

[yourethecarrot]

The Cure-Love Song

[Dixie Devotchka]

any CRASS song = easy easy easy

[shortyBASSplayer17]

hi
this is my 1st reply to this thread
so dont be mad on me

nmy favorite beginning songs were:

3doors down- krytonite

linkinpark- its goi9ng down

greenday- boulevard of broken dreams :thumb:

[flaggy]

Dream Theater-Beyond This Life- Hard requires 6-string
Dream Theater-As I Am-easy requires 5-string and uses harmonics
Flogging Molly-Laura- easy and addictive
Primus-Tommy the cat-hard

[Rikkus_the_rookie]

Hi guys
I'm looking for a fun song to play, something like little sister (qotsa) and i was hoping maybe you know some songs. I would like a song that goes rather fast, and is melodic. I would also like a song in the same genre as Qotsa.
Thx
Rikkus

[Aquinnah]

I've been playing for barely three weeks and so far I've learned:

Toadies: Possum Kingdom
Creedence: Down On the Corner
Creedence: Who'll Stop the Rain
Creedence: Bad Moon Rising
White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
The Transplants: Diamonds and Guns
Folk Implosion: Natural One *I do still have trouble with this one at times, but I can play it really, really slow. :p

[Aneirin]

Anyone know any good Metal songs for beginners? With the exception of Metallica (I've learnt loads of songs by them, still good though!).

[Buzzbomb]

Journey To The End of East Bay - Rancid
Time Bomb - Rancid
Maxwell Murder - Rancid (This one isn't exactly a song for beginners, its also a good song to work on right hand speed)

[drowning pool fan]

seven nation army- easy
iron man- easy
slipknots/duality- medium
lynyrd skynyrds/simple man- easy

[saintjoe]

System of a down-Spiders
System of a down-ATWA
System of a down-Aerials
Marilyn Manson songs are easy and 4 string
Take choruses from any song and put them together for sometinh easy
and don't steal it and make a song.(for people like me)

hi if your mentioning these by soad i have to add one more :)
suga. its a bit fast at times but you get used to it, plus you practice :D

[saintjoe]

sry for double posting, but just as i submitted the prior post one more really easy song came to my mind
With or Without You - U2
so long and have fun playing

[SlavicBass]

rancid-ruby soho - easy
metallica - seek and destroy - easy
led zeppelin - black dog - easy
led zeppelin - heartbreaker -easy
led zeppelin - dazed and confused - easy
jaco pastorius - the chicken - easy if u can remember it all

[afireinside336]

Afi-days of the pheonix-easy
Green day-american idiot-too easy
Green day-holiday-very easy
incubus-wish you were here-easy

and for anyone whos just started playing and is looking for something a little more challenging
The cure-lovecats-easy/medium
Afi-the great disappointment-easy/medium
At the drive-in-one armed scissor-easy/medium
incubus-battlestar scratchlactica-medium
muse-hysteria-medium(it requires pretty good speed for both the left and right hands so may need a lot of practice)

[skingle]

Rage against the machine - Know your enemy - easy but really good fun

[willobassmansgirl]

ive just started bass like three days ago
is there any really (and i mean really) easy songs i could start with?
my first song was i was made for loving you by kiss

[Notus]

Here are some REALLY easy songs to play, and I should know, because I just started playing a few days ago.

Easy:
Hole - Violet
Hole - Awful (fun to play)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (great, keeps you moving around)
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

Auf der Maur - Followed the Waves - Moderatly Easy... it's in drop D, still in the process of learning it myself, but an AWESOME song

[muse_05]

Well if your looking for an easy song to begin with its always good to start with sum punk like greenday or good charlotte

[iAmCam]

I have never tryed this (since i'm not really a beginner) but I just thought of this if you want to build up speed in slap/pop with you right hand.

Take any simple root noting songs(most punk) and then just slap the root and pop the octave. Try to keep up with the song. Good songs for this is probally ones where the bass is just doing straight eighth notes.

[macabre]

Float On by Modest Mouse
Come As You Are by Nirvana (a must)
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (a must)
Stand by Me by Ben. E King
The Thrill is Gone by B.B King
Caruosel (Chesire Cat Version) by Blink 182 (a must)
Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
Day Tripper by The Beatles
Come Together by The Beatles
Blitzcreig Bop by The Ramones
This is the Place by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Wanna Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
Eight Days a Week by The Beatles
My Girl by The Temptations
The Zephyr Song by RHCP
Road Trippin by RHCP
The Antipop by Primus (slap/pop)
Higher Ground by RHCP (good beginner slap/pop song)
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen (good beginner slap song)

Most Punk Rock is good for beginners.
Blink 182, Sum 41, Pink Flyod, Weezer, Green Day have easy beginner songs.
A Very Good Song for improving is Anesthesia by Metallica

I've been playing for a over two months now and I found most of these songs to be helpful and some are great just to play and have fun.

-macabre

[kissmaniac3]

Weezer-The Good Life-easy
Kiss-Heaven's on fire-easy
Green Day-Brainstew-easy
Green Day-Minority-pretty easy
Green Day-Hitchin' A Ride-easy

[iAmCam]

peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song
Yeah it is, maybe at first if youve been playing for less than maybe a month it is, but it's fairly simple and impresses people who know the song and don't play an instrument(maybe).

[Abrams]

im a beginner and i was able to teach myself to play Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
it's too simple

[macabre]

im a beginner and i was able to teach myself to play Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
it's too simple

G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
A----------3-2---0--0--3-2-----------------
E-0--0--2-3----------------3-0-------------

thats just one part, but yeah its **** easy

[macabre]

I know Anesthesia by Metallica is a great song for improvement. What are some other songs that will improve bass playing skills as a whole? Not just songs that are easy.

[nyditch]

The Beatles - A Day In The Life - not too difficult

I just started about a month ago and found this song to be fairly easy once you're used to it, especially once you memorize it.

[skingle]

Woo Hoo by the 5,6,7,8's

It helps build up pinky strenght and swapping between strings very well

[DesolationRow]

Incubus- Are You In, Battlestar Scralatchtica: Relatively easy, and Battlestar will prove to be a great project for you to learn. Both sound very funky too.

[linkinpark_14]

a really good song to play for practice that's i guess moderate if you're a beginner is jesus of suburbia - green day. i'm a beginner and i learned it fairly fast. a lot of repeats. it's just really long to memorize.

[mikethecoug]

it's definitely not moderate, really its very beginner song, like on a scale of beginner its like this:

BEGINNER
easy moderate hard
||
^its like there

i mean i can play it off the tab straight away looking at it now, i can just play it off and ive not tried learning it before, not bashin you are anything.

[killradio]

just about any my chemical romance song ever made

[mikethecoug]

yeah thats true mcr is so easy

[ChAoSbAsSiSt]

Pearl Jam-Elderly woman behind the counter.........

[beavis_butthead]

any moderate Afi or rancid

[unicornfetus]

Money, Time, Set the controls, pink floyd
southbound pachyderm, primus
brain stew...almost any old greenday
one of my fav. little riffs to play is in the hall of the mt. king, just the main part
blitzkrig bop, ramones ..i prolly killed the spelling
april 26th 1992, sublime
black magic woman

[weR138]

I've only been playing bass about a month or so, and just had my first lesson...here's what I've learned so far and they are easy for me...

Weezer - Undone (the sweater song)
White Zombie - more human than human
Frank Sinatra - Fly me too the moon, a cool song and fairly easy to play, will work your pinky, at least it does for me.


Those are the only songs I know from start to finish, but they are easy.

[mtttsnb]

a real good beginner song is
mama didn't raise no fool-primus

[macabre]

Let's Get Retarted by The Black Eyed Peas
Time is Running Out by Muse
Hysteria by Muse
Rock Lobster by ??
Blister In The Sun by The Violent Femmes
Longview by Greenday (obvious one)
I Never Told You What I do For a Living by My Chemical Romance

all of these songs have nice basslines

[One Groovin Clown]

Rock Lobster was done by the B-52's

[ninjasmurf]

heres a few

propellerheads-take california- easy boring as hell
metallica- enter sandman- easy -easyish (depends how new you are)
pink floyd-money- easy
led zepplin-black dog- moderate (just don't rush it)

thats all for now

[HitTheLights-]

some easy songs are
just like heaven-the cure-really really easy
money-pinkfloyd-easy and has some good runs, really helps timeing
reptilia-the strokes
paranoid-black sabbath
death of seasons-afi
feel good inc-gorillaz
fire,heyjoe,purple haze,-jimmi hendrix

[macabre]

some easy songs are
just like heaven-the cure-really really easy
money-pinkfloyd-easy and has some good runs, really helps timeing
reptilia-the strokes
paranoid-black sabbath
death of seasons-afi
feel good inc-gorillaz
fire,heyjoe,purple haze,-jimmi hendrix

jimi hendrix*

[macabre]

Queen has lots of good basslines. and jungle man by RHCP is a good slap song as well

[blonde_division]

I've just started playing the bass and found the following songs stupidly easy to learn [I also had NO musical background before bass, apart from attempting guitar but I was poo at it]

Greenday - Wake me up when september ends
Oasis - Champagne supernova
Oasis - She's electric [little bit more fiddely but really fun to play]
Oasis - Don't look back in anger [love playing this one <3]

[dannyt1251]

Ramones- I wanna be your boyfriend
Maroon 5- This Love

[dannyt1251]

reptilia-the strokes? You must be a good bassist if you find that easy

[bk wild]

i AM AN OLD BASS PLAYER WHO IS USED TO PLAYING WITH CHORD CHARTS.(THE LETTERS OVER THE WORDS). I DONT UNDERSTAND THE TAB CHARTS VERY WELL. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A SITE THAT I CAN FIND THESE IN.CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME? THANKS. ROCK ON

[mikethecoug]

reptilia-the strokes? You must be a good bassist if you find that easy

Reptilia isn't really that hard.


Hysteria - Muse
Sweet Child O Mine - G n R

[helloohello]

Blink 182-Carousel
Guns n Roses-Sweet Child of Mine
Velvet Revolver-Slither

[Edge87]

I know this one is suggested before: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army... This song is really good practice when it comes to hiting the right frets! Not for the average bassit though, cause you should be able to do this song! But good good practice for the beginners!!

[Edge87]

correction: bassit = bassist :P

[macabre]

I Feel Good by James Brown
Nice Beginner Funk Bassline

[woundedmonkey]

happy birthday-little children-unnecessarily easy

haha

[Edge87]

ahm... many of metallicas songs are quite easy.... especially Until it Sleeps... that's a must for beginners, i promise u that!

now don't be a fool, stay cool!

[bassist105]

How is bombtrack easy man? I can play "Pet" - Aperfectcircle, but I can't play bombtrack, how does that work?

[mikethecoug]

How is bombtrack easy man? I can play "Pet" - Aperfectcircle, but I can't play bombtrack, how does that work?
bombtrack is easy, just keep trying, what dont you understand?

[bassist105]

I understand it, I just can't be assed to do the fingering...

[Fabbe1337]

Man, thanks for this thread and everyone that has listed easy tabs here.
I have only read 7 pages and I got like 10 new bass tabs to practise.
I came to these forums asking for tabs fitting a bassist who yet has to practise his
bass playing on a electric guitar O_o
Well, I found this thread and the rest is known...

[Bass_swede]

Flashlight is a groovy little song.. P-funk

[equinox]

Here are some real easy ones.

Blink 182 = all the small things
Nickleback = how you remind me
Nirvana = territorial pissings

Not much to any of these, keep it simple and groove. :wave:

[Losthate]

Could someone post some songs that have really cool riffs,I don't care if there easy or anytihng,Its just i've learnt all the songs I can thin of that I like,And I wanna know if people know any other that I don't know,And I listen to almost any kind of music,Thnx

[Wintermute]

I understand it, I just can't be assed to do the fingering...

Might come as a bit of a shocker, but believe it or not, you have to do the fingering to play the song.

:rolleyes:

[Edge87]

Losthate: The bassline on Metallicas' My Friend Of Misery (or something, not a Metallica-pro ;P) is quite simple, but catchy! I enjoy playing it alot! You find tabs on mx-tabs.net!

[fizz450_03]

Metallica - Enter The Sandman
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

[mikethecoug]

Could someone post some songs that have really cool riffs,I don't care if there easy or anytihng,Its just i've learnt all the songs I can thin of that I like,And I wanna know if people know any other that I don't know,And I listen to almost any kind of music,Thnx

Muse - Time Is Running Out
Muse - Hysteria
Green Day - When I Come Around, Welcome To Paradise

[surf33131]

yo does any one kno any good beginner songs...blink-182 gets kinds boring afta a whille (wow i actually sadi boring and blink-182 in the same sentence)...kinda obsessed...
thnx........

[tomtom]

these are the songs i started with, and this thread has helped me find some new ones, lol

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple easy, nice and steady, wll known
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes easy, good for pinky strength
Feel Good Inc - The Gorillaz easy (if you get the right TAB)
Enter Sandman - Metallica easy, bit confusing at first
Cocaine - J J Kale easy, also good for pinky strength
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes easy, good for fretting hand speed
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd easy, goos for picking hand and string skipping
Mission Impossible - Theme Song well known, sounds cool, good for fretting hand co-ordination
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake easy, good for speed and fretting hand flexibility

[16 Nipples]

Sorry dude, but you'll find a lot of people who play bass dont like blink, myself included. It's just that hoppus is so poor. I mean as a fundemental bassist he serves his function perfectly, but he has no creative talent and no personal flair. Sorry, it's just the way it is bud....

....as for something easy to play - have a shot at "The O'Jays - For the Love Of Money"

it goes like this:

G ---------------------------------------------------------
D -------x11-11--x9--x9--x9x--x9--x9x--x9x--x9x--9x--8-9-11
A ---------------------------------------------------------
E --9--9---------------------------------------------------

thats it, just make up your own variations as you see fit. It's great fun to play and it gives you a use for your phaser (if you have one), although it still sounds good without.

I know Hoppus aint excatly a bass genious, but he isnt tht bad. If u listen 2 sum of Blink's early stuff he plays sum realli cool bass lines, not so much in the more recent stuff, since Blink became famous. You cant really be tht creative as a bass player if u r only a 3 piece band cos the bassist kind of has 2 act like a rhythm guitarist.

Try Mutt, Carousel, Marlboro Man and basically all the songs in Cheshire Cat.

[Oz Rembrandt]

You cant really be tht creative as a bass player if u r only a 3 piece band cos the bassist kind of has 2 act like a rhythm guitarist.


If your in a 3 piece, you need to be MORE creative, to fill the gaps where a rythm guitar plays.

Mark Hoppus isnt any good. Wasn't in early Blink, wasn't at the end of the bands carreer. Accept it.

[fathergoat]

Agreed. You need to be more creative in a 3 piece band, and hell wouldn't you want to be more creative if you are a musician.
Hoppus was an average punk player on Cheshire, but slacked right after dude ranch. He was never good, just average.

If you want to start playing on a good foot play Primus, or any other band that does not stay in one place with technique.

[tank_89]

What songs have great basslines?

[Oz Rembrandt]

What songs have great basslines?

Care to be a little more specific? What genre's do you play most?

[tank_89]

rock

[Oz Rembrandt]

Then, Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker, The Immigrant Song
Black Sabbath - NIB, Evil Woman
Iron Maiden - Run to The Hills, The Trooper
The Who - My Generation

Those songs arn't hard In my opinion, but those are at least good bands to start with.

[Zomba]

Couple of Easyuns for you chaps seeing as no one else posts for the novices no more I'll start with these two for you:
Incubus - Battlestar Scralatchtica
Primus - American Life

Have Fun. :thumb:

[mikethecoug]

Then, Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker, The Immigrant Song
Black Sabbath - NIB, Evil Woman
Iron Maiden - Run to The Hills, The Trooper
The Who - My Generation

Those songs arn't hard In my opinion, but those are at least good bands to start with.
How you go on with the solo inthat?

[Zomba]

Bit off topic but.......the guys Devvo avatar above is the hot shiznit!

[Oz Rembrandt]

How you go on with the solo inthat?

Took me a while, but I nailed it. By far not the hardest Who song out there.

[wicked_child]

some basslines i learned when i was a beginner:
Metallica - my friend of misery - easy
Metallica - king nothing - easy
GNR - sweet child of mine - easy
Nirvanna - come as your are - easy

[hiimjohn12345654321]

Green Day-Holiday-easy
Green Day-American Idiot-easy

[Heavens_Shadow]

any real metal? I dont count metallica..?



Metallica owns and u no it man they r the metal band of the world lol. :evil:

[Oz Rembrandt]

Green Day-Holiday-easy
Green Day-American Idiot-easy

Anything off the Album American Idiot = Crap and boring. Don't learn it.

Heavans Shadow - Learn to spell...

[mikethecoug]

Took me a while, but I nailed it. By far not the hardest Who song out there.
You got a link to the tab you used?

[punkrockkid101]

Okay.
Weezer: Beverly Hills: Easiest song ever (and boring)
Green Day: American Idiot- Easy
Green Day: Longview- Easy
Green Day: When I come around- Easy
(pretty much all green day is easy)

Muse: Hysteria- Easy- Moderate
Antiflag: Die For the Government Easy- Moderate
Rancid: Stickin in my eye: Easy- Moderate

Less Than Jake: Johnny Quest Thinks were sell outs- Moderate- Hard
Rancid: Maxwell Murder w/ solo: Hard

[d-1]

Bomtrack-race against the machine
brain stew- green day
iron man- black sabbath

[Oz Rembrandt]

Okay.
Weezer: Beverly Hills: Easiest song ever (and boring)
Green Day: American Idiot- Easy
Green Day: Longview- Easy
Green Day: When I come around- Easy
(pretty much all green day is easy)

Muse: Hysteria- Easy- Moderate
Antiflag: Die For the Government Easy- Moderate
Rancid: Stickin in my eye: Easy- Moderate

Less Than Jake: Johnny Quest Thinks were sell outs- Moderate- Hard
Rancid: Maxwell Murder w/ solo: Hard

Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends are Metal Heads - HARD
Rancid - Axiom w/ solo - HARD

[LawnJockeyJose]

uhhhh.... anybody got any of the songs on sheet music? because I don't want to rely on tabs, wanna try and play bass in jazz and I need to learn the notes and what string they are, I have a basic concept of it but I need practice -.-

[Oz Rembrandt]

I dunno about sheet music, but to learn the notes on my fret board, I printed THIS (http://www.guitarnoise.com/images/fretboardmap_bass.gif) and learnt it.

[afireinside336]

RHCP- Otherside- easy Parallel universe-easy
At the drive-in 198d-easy initiation- easy
Incubus talkshows on mute easy
Bon Jovi- living on a prayer -easy/ moderate
AFI narrative of soul against soul- easy The great disappointment- easy
Duran duran- Rio-easy

[afireinside336]

I dunno about sheet music, but to learn the notes on my fret board, I printed THIS and learnt it.

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291097&highlight=Cheat+sheet

This should help a lot

[Oz Rembrandt]

The links from that arn't working.

[Zomba]

another easyun RHCP - Fortune Faded (thats if you like pick playing.......I personally do not).

[1-D]

green day- brain stew
led zepplin-moby dick
rhcp-cant stop

[SynthesizedRudeboy]

well if you're lookin for a challenge 90% of streetlight manifesto's basslines I'd put in the moderate-hard-very hard range

here's to life-very hard
that'll be the day-very hard
point counter point-hard
if and when we rise- moderate-hard

good luck

[Oz Rembrandt]

Lovecats - The Cure (Moderate)

[IPlayDuh5String]

korn - here to stay - not hard, if you can play it you can play any korn song.
gorillaz - feel good inc, very easy

[HitTheLights-]

anti-flag:bring out your dead

[2muchket!]

any1 give me some more suggestions for more advanced bass lines i.e. that are fast or move up and down or other techniques like slap/pop

[darkshines]

Time Is Running Out - Muse
Feeling Good - Muse
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes


I know these have been done to death, but I don't even own a bass - I can play the bass lines on my guitar. The last two I made up the basslines myself and I think they sound good :) I'm hoping to get some effects pedals to cover up some of my dodgy bits on TIRO :lol: I hope to get good enough to play Hysteria and New Born


Guess who is my favourite band :naughty:

[Oz Rembrandt]

The White Stripes Don't have a bass player.

[symphony21]

korn- ya'll wanna single (pretty simple)
iron maiden- hallowed be thy name (easy, but atleast a month of prac)
maiden bass isn't too hard anyway..

[Grondahl]

The White Stripes Don't have a bass player.

But the song has a bassline, therefore it's valid song suggestion for a beginner to learn.

[Liebensaft]

Happy Birthday is easy.

[pyotr]

easy stuff:
Weezer: Beverly Hills
Green Day: Brain Stew, American Idiot, Holiday, Hitchin' a Ride, pretty much anything they play
White Stripes: Play the GUITAR line on 7 nation Army on bass
Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the brat
Intermediate: Muse-Hysteria
Horace Silver: Song for my Father
Miles Davis: So What
Steely Dan: Bodhisattva (easier if you just make up your own walking line)
This song my school's jazz band does called Red Clay

[pyotr]

The Offspring's stuff is really easy, and Nirvana bass parts are also simple.
By the way, what do you guys use to tab stuff out, I have bass parts for all kinds of stuff (need the head for So What anyone???), i just need to know how to tab it and post it

[Raz-The-Bass]

sabath warning
nib
ratm bombtrack
pink floyd money
lzep dazed and confused

[Oz Rembrandt]

But the song has a bassline, therefore it's valid song suggestion for a beginner to learn.

Touché, I didn't know that.

Green Day: Brain Stew, American Idiot, Holiday, Hitchin' a Ride, pretty much anything they play


Mike Dirnt has been known to play some hard bass lines every now and then.

[djw815]

Deep Purple-Smoke on the Water-very very very very very very very easy

oh and leigion88, u need 2 listen to good music cause Metallica's music is friggin amazing. so the only way u can get outta this one is 1) u only listen to the lyrics and by doing so, u classify ur self as a girl or 2) u have no taste in good music whatsoever

[djw815]

o ya and check
Strong Bad-Trogdor-easy
posted by skaisthelimit

[clue22_musak]

I know someone that's looking for a bass player...

Can anyone travel?

P.S. Check out this ad on ebay about a Celebrity looking to assist someone's career...
Go To:
http://www.ebay.com
type in "Record Deal" or "California Record Deal" then, click on the microphone.

[Hawaiian Bassist]

dunno if anyone said these yet:

led zeppelin- black dog- easy
pantera- cowboys from hell- easy
black sabbath- crazy train- easy
metallica- seek and destroy- easy
velvet revolver- slither- easy
velvet revolver- dirty little thing- easy
velvet revolver- set me free- easy
guns n' roses- ain't it fun- easy
guns n' roses- hair of the dog- easy
guns n' roses- paradise city- easy/intermediate
guns n' roses- sweet child o' mine- easy/intermediate
megadeth- holy wars- easy/intermediate
black sabbath- war pigs- easy/intermediate
black sabbath- sabbath bloody sabbath- easy/intermediate
black sabbath- nib- easy/intermediate
black sabbath- black sabbath- easy/intermediate

[Zomba]

heres another easyish one Primus - Is It Luck good to slap and pop along to.

[Zomba]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the god of bass! So heres one of his songs Jaco Pastorius - Blackbird nice to chill out and play to. Light a spliff to, you catch my drift?

[DJ Redworm]

Metallica is the best metal, one of the few bands who can actually play their instruments and can sing good...not much of a fan of bands that just scream and hit their instruments...


"Sell outs?, The only thing we sell out is the stadium everytime we play!"


Much as i like Metallica i still think Lars is a little b¡tch boy and tru metal...Pantera Owns All!!!!!

[dressedinBLACK]

http://mxtabs.net/tabs.php?path=Bass,l,2248,Lit,Looks+Like+They+Were +Right,158989

[cornflake]

Originally Posted by bassplayer23
oh and avenged182 your tab for brain stew is wrong this is the real tab

G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0-|

repeat a lot of times

nooooo my life is over lol it was close and i made it up off the top of my head

still wrong!!!!!!!!!!!

its in drop D tuning!!

G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|
D--66---44----33----22-11--|

it makes a lot of difference! try and play with the track!

[Oz Rembrandt]

Green Day down tune half a step... not drop D...

[mikethecoug]

Rofl its certainly not drop d.

[Zomba]

eres one The Streets - Who Got The Funk ... took me a few hours but i got the hang of it in the end!

[darkshines]

The White Stripes Don't have a bass player.
Yes, but if for example you're in a band doing a cover songs gig, and you do Seven Nation Army, it would be good to have a bassline, even if it's just so your bassist doesn't stand there looking like a prat ;)

[Oz Rembrandt]

Yeah, I just despise the White Stripes...

Lovesong - The Cure

[Zomba]

Yes, but if for example you're in a band doing a cover songs gig, and you do Seven Nation Army, it would be good to have a bassline, even if it's just so your bassist doesn't stand there looking like a prat ;)

Yeah exactly dick heads anyone seen Dream Theater cover that song? Well i have and John Myung plays the bass part so waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Darkshines is right to say that! :thumb:

[The Forgotten Bassist]

Yeah exactly dick heads anyone seen Dream Theater cover that song? Well i have and John Myung plays the bass part so waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Darkshines is right to say that! :thumb:

Searching for it now.

[Zomba]

God sorry about my last post I was listening to Dream Theater at the time and got abit confuzzled (now whos the dick head? lol) it was Audioslave and Tim Commerford playing it. Sorry for wasting peoples time searching for it.

[mikethecoug]

God sorry about my last post I was listening to Dream Theater at the time and got abit confuzzled (now whos the dick head? lol) it was Audioslave and Tim Commerford playing it. Sorry for wasting peoples time searching for it.

;) I've got that song, they beat the *** off the white stripes :P :thumb:

[Metallica_1]

lol i dont play bass but i already can play teenage riot and anti-flag stuff. maybe it's cause i'm a guitar player or maybe i have a nack for bass guitar. which is it?

It depends what Anti-Flag stuff you're talking about, a lot of people have stereotypes of Anti-Flag that all their stuff is easy or all of it is hard, just depends on the person. But really it's a huge mix. They have a lot of easy songs and a lot of moderate-advanced songs.

This list will be only Anti-Flag songs.
Easy:
Drink, Drank, Punk
Davey Destroyed The Punk Scene
That's Youth
Turncoat
The Panama Deception
911 For Peace

Moderate-Advanced:
Spaz's House Destruction Party
You've Got To Die For Your Government
Bring Out Your Dead
Angry, Young, And Poor
She's My Little Go-Go Dancer (pretty easy but the intro is pretty damn fast and the bridge may give the beginners trouble, so I put it here.)

[Incubusiac]

I've been playing for 5 months and heres what i can play, all these are beginner songs i guess:

Greenday - Warning
Greenday - When I Come Around
Greenday - Brainstew
Greenday - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Greenday - American Idiot
Greenday - Holiday
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Blink 182 - First Date
Blink 182 - Adams Song
Antiflag - 911 For Peace
Underoath - Reinventing Your Exit
System Of A Down - Sugar
System Of A Down - Aerials
Red Hot Chilies - Can't Stop
Lostprophets - Shinobi VS Dragon Ninja
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

And then all the really easy ones like:

Seven Nation Army and
Feel Good Inc

[JMDavis07]

lol easyest song ever played on bass
green day- brain stew lol infact here is the tabs
------------------------------- x100000
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
--5-5--4-4--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0
a whole lot of times

you actually had to look up the tabs for that song??

lol

[darkshines]

I've been practising Citizen Erased by Muse and Holiday by Green Day which are good for beginners. I find it a little bit tricky trying to get the timing right when I first start practising a song, especially with these, but they're nice and easy after a little while. I don't find Hysteria easy at all - it's VERY fast and the bassline is continous through the whole song so I reckon your hand must die doing that all the way through :S

[mikethecoug]

I've been practising Citizen Erased by Muse and Holiday by Green Day which are good for beginners. I find it a little bit tricky trying to get the timing right when I first start practising a song, especially with these, but they're nice and easy after a little while. I don't find Hysteria easy at all - it's VERY fast and the bassline is continous through the whole song so I reckon your hand must die doing that all the way through :S

Keep working at hysteria, and the chorus is different to the main riff:


G---5-3h5 (x2)--------------------7 5h7 (x2)
D------------------5-3h5 (x2) ------------------7 5h7(x2)
A-3---------------------------5----------------------------
E----------------3--------------------------5

[tank_89]

Stand By Me by Ben E. King

Has anyone ever found any good tabs for velvet revolver cuz i cant

[mikethecoug]

The ones on mx are fine for me :)

http://www.mxtabs.net :thumb:

[marilynmansonisourgod3]

coma white by marilyn manson.

[muthafunkabass]

coma white by marilyn manson.
you got banned again?:confused:

[CrazyBass08]

What is some of the hardest songs/ solos to play

[darkshines]

Keep working at hysteria, and the chorus is different to the main riff:


G---5-3h5 (x2)--------------------7 5h7 (x2)
D------------------5-3h5 (x2) ------------------7 5h7(x2)
A-3---------------------------5----------------------------
E----------------3--------------------------5
Cheers! I love the bass line :naughty: :lol: anywho, I'll give it another go.

[dressedinBLACK]

What is some of the hardest songs/ solos to play


rancid's maxwell murder?

[dressedinBLACK]

what effects are used for Hysteria [muse]?

[mikethecoug]

what effects are used for Hysteria [muse]?
I'm thinking its a big muff but several different effects pedals can be use to replicate it :thumb:

[darkshines]

what effects are used for Hysteria [muse]?
That's pretty much the first question n00bs ask on the Kit & Tab forum on the Muse board :lol: and yet there still doesn't actually seem to be a definitive answer... There's been synths and Big Muffs mentioned, but I get the Hysteria and Time Is Running out effects mixed up. :upset: :amaze:

:edit: Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like a twat, I just meant a lot of people ask that question. If you do a search in this forum, you'll find several threads about it. (http://board.muse.mu/forumdisplay.php?f=5)

[crazycool]

gnr- coma- easy
led zeppelin -stairway to heaven - easy
deep purple- smoke on the water- to easy
pink floyd -money - easy
pink floyd- hey you- easy
pink floyd- wish u were here- easy

all these songs are easy for me u will prolly find them easy too

[dressedinBLACK]

That's pretty much the first question n00bs ask on the Kit & Tab forum on the Muse board :lol: and yet there still doesn't actually seem to be a definitive answer... There's been synths and Big Muffs mentioned, but I get the Hysteria and Time Is Running out effects mixed up. :upset: :amaze:

:edit: Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like a twat, I just meant a lot of people ask that question. If you do a search in this forum, you'll find several threads about it. (http://board.muse.mu/forumdisplay.php?f=5)


yah, i must've seen like 20 of them. But what's another one gonna do?:thumb:

[Oz Rembrandt]

rancid's maxwell murder?

Rancid - Axiom>Maxell Murders

[darkshines]

I had a crack at Hysteria but it sounds VERY rough haha! Last night on MSN I had a Muse fan teaching me the bassline to the jam at Glastonbury 04, and it's so cool! Pretty easy too :D

[Silent_loudspeaker]

hey! who ever said that a 3 piece band has easy basslines has obviously never heard of rush.

That being said, a couple of good songs are:

*Easy*
-Learn your scales. Even though they are not a song, they will definately help you in becoming a better player.
-Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
-Gorillaz - Feel good inc.
-Most stuff by Blink-182, Greenday, and Sum 41

*And some others I suggest for fun. These may not be easy but I play them all the time and they are fun as hell to play.
-Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy, Donna Lee, Come on Come over, Barbary coast, Continuum. Also I am currently playing an awesome song for Jazz Band by Kris Berg known as "Fowl Play". listen to it and try to find yourself some charts. http://downloads.c-2.com/rams/D2809.mp3?sku=&cart=11355765771810049
Best of luck in all of your playing endevors.

[darkshines]

hey! who ever said that a 3 piece band has easy basslines has obviously never heard of rush.
*cough*Muse*cough*

:rolleyes: *obsessed*

[punk_rocker_taz]

Hmm the first songs i learnt on bass a few years ago were
-Are you gonna be my girl by Jet
-7 nation army by The White Stripes (im well awake thats actually meant for guitar)
-Wild Thing by The Troggs - piss easy had to learn it for school
-Longview (intro) by Green Day - not that hard and sounds awesome

[darkshines]

I've pretty much mastered Citizen Erased now! Woo! The first riff is quite quick so it sounds a bit rough around the edges but the mellow bits sound good :D

[Specialsauce]

for beginer songs, i would reccomend stir it up by bob marley, money by pink floyd, and seven nation army by the white stripes. All aaare easy, but help you learn, and give you the feeling that your really good at the instrument :P

[Hester]

white stripes - seven nation army - very very very easy

[Specialsauce]

so is stir it up. and its fun to play. I could play that almost immediateley after starting to play bass

[Silent_loudspeaker]

No darkshines, i couldnt tell that you were into muse. your avatar doesnt give anything away.*sarcasm*

[ToxicDrummer]

i suppose they are hard if you are really really beginner, but to me, and i stil class myself as a beginner, are all terribly easy.

feel good inc by gorillaz is fun to play and is so easy too.

g
d
a
d-0--0-2-3-0-8-7---5--5-8-7-5-3-0
Dude, that's not even close to Feel Good Inc. My cousin taught me it(my first bass song:) ) and it's nothing like that. I just played it, and I just don't get how that's Feel Good Inc.

[Ting]

Dude, that's not even close to Feel Good Inc. My cousin taught me it(my first bass song:) ) and it's nothing like that. I just played it, and I just don't get how that's Feel Good Inc.
actually that is rite, it was in Guitar Worlds Bass Guitar, but its half step down

[CaesarSalad]

I just started bass and I found Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day to be very easy.

[Liebensaft]

I just started bass and I found Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day to be very easy.
That's because any Green Day bass line is easy. It's mostly root notes.

[Oz Rembrandt]

That's because any Green Day bass line is easy. It's mostly root notes.

Longview, Stuart and the Ave., Green Day, Stuck With Me, Warning, 2000 Light Years Away.

Just naming a few that prove you completley wrong.

[selks]

I've just started learning the bass guitar and I absolutely love it. Got "Enter Sandman" down pact and now on "Bombtrack" by RATM!

Ultimate goal = "Higher Ground" by RHCP/Stevie Wonder.

[Oz Rembrandt]

I've just started learning the bass guitar and I absolutely love it. Got "Enter Sandman" down pact and now on "Bombtrack" by RATM!

Ultimate goal = "Higher Ground" by RHCP/Stevie Wonder.

Haha, if your a fan of Slap Tracks, Rage, RHCP are the way to go. I also advise Primus, but its seriously hard stuff.

[w.lancer]

Ytse Jam-Dream Theater.
haha ok that was a joke.

almost any song on the top40 is easy onbass.

[steve2112]

Iam very very new to the tab thing,can someone help me understand where to download tab for some music I would like to play for my drumkit, I would really appreciate it, Thanks, steve

[andy-o24]

white stripes - seven nation army - very very very easy
that's actually played on the electric guitar but it should be on bass but The White Stripes only have 2 people in the band so drums and an electric but yes the bass part is probably the easiest thing on Earth.:thumb:

[king of suede]

coq roq - bob your head - easy - easy to play, plus, how can you notlike a song about chicken fries?

??? - super mario bros. underground theme - moderate(for beginner) - its hard to find a good tab for this song, but once you find the one with the octive jumps, then you've found the right one, this is also pretty fast for a beginner so, it'll work on string speed

??? - "worms" world party theme song - moderate - this is played pretty much all on one string, also it's a very spaced out, fast song, so it'll teach you to use your pinky which you should get used to using

metallica - moterbreath - adavanced (advanced beginner, i sightread it) - this is a very fast song,but pretty much most of the song uses only two strings, easy fretting, but will improve you're picking speed

can't find these tabs? i m me anytime and i'll get tab em out

[Elemetal]

[QUOTE=republican_bass]White Stripes- Seven Nation Army- Easy
seven nation army is played palm muted on an electric guitar.they dont have a bass player.

As Jaco Pastorius said as a bass player to get better is to also learn the melody or guitar part. So it really doesnt matter what instrument it is on the cd. If you hear it play it. play the guitar to it play the bass to it make your own bass to it. Thats the way to get better. Create your own listen use your ear and dont limit yourself to just bass stuff on the bass guitar.

[king of suede]

[QUOTE=skatrpunk]

As Jaco Pastorius said as a bass player to get better is to also learn the melody or guitar part. So it really doesnt matter what instrument it is on the cd. If you hear it play it. play the guitar to it play the bass to it make your own bass to it. Thats the way to get better. Create your own listen use your ear and dont limit yourself to just bass stuff on the bass guitar.

ditto man, i never thought of that, but that is an awsome idea

[Frantic_Master]

If metal is your style, and you really suck like me try Iced Earth. I got their whole Dark Saga album in tabs, and it's fairly easy. Down tuned a half step, but easy I think. Schaffer isn't known for his bass lines, but they work.

I can't do much Maiden, Harris is a beast.

[Yield]

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

this has a couple of slides and thats the hardest part. its a really easy song

[Trevo]

Ballad of JOhn and YOko-Beatles
has a good annd easy riff

[darkshines]

No darkshines, i couldnt tell that you were into muse. your avatar doesnt give anything away.*sarcasm*
:rolleyes: Yaaaaar.

I be a my00ze n00b yaaar.

[4-strings]

white stripes-seven nation army
nirvana-come as you are

i just started so thats the only **** i can play...well yeah...just pne question...does anyone know where the best place is to get system of a down bass tabs?

[Oz Rembrandt]

www.bassmasta.net

[Yo.]

All Nirvana songs.

[bass_apprentice]

Hey . Sorry to change the topic in the thread but the thing is im new so i cant make a new thread. Well im getting a bass for my birthday (comin up) and my limit is about 200 bucks. So im thinking this one, tell me if its a good beginner one if you can. Thanks!:


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bass/Electric?sku=515227

[bass_apprentice]

Hey . Sorry to change the topic in the thread but the thing is im new so i cant make a new thread. Well im getting a bass for my birthday (comin up) and my limit is about 200 bucks. So im thinking this one, tell me if its a good beginner one if you can. Thanks!:


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bass/Electric?sku=515227

Anyone? please!?:(

[Oz Rembrandt]

Anyone? please!?:(

Asthetically, yeah, I guess it looks cool. A bit too "Grr, I'm uber goth" for my tastes.

Playing style? Its a Squire, so its like playing an mdf table. Hate Squires.

[MrJack]

For $200, you should get the GSR200.

[SuM MeXiCaN]

E|0---023----87~~--5---587--30--

yaeh i know its crappy lol.

Gorillaz - feel good inc. is prety fun to play. at a few slap (make it custom or sumthin) and it gets pretty fun to play :)

[Jesterlord]

can anyone give me some good bach cello songs to play? and maybe some tabs. atm im having trouble tabbing cello suite 1.

mayb my bass is out of tune >.<

[fingerstyle]

If you have Guitar Pro, mysongbook.com and other places such as one of stu hamms sites, have a few of the more popular bach movemnts.

also check these out... some are guitar but they're easily usable on bass.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/johann_sebastian_bach_bass_tabs.htm

here is the bass ones if u dont want the guitar ones.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/johann_sebastian_bach_bass_tabs.htm

free-scores.com has a few bach pieces in standard notation if u can read that.

[karmapavementplan]

there's a fire - OK GO
- both basically have same recurring riff through song.
Get over it - OK GO

[Specialsauce]

RATM - Maria

the rif is really fun, and pretty easy. same with RATM - Revolver, and RATM - Bullet in the Head

[Liebensaft]

E|0---023----87~~--5---587--30--

yaeh i know its crappy lol.

Gorillaz - feel good inc. is prety fun to play. at a few slap (make it custom or sumthin) and it gets pretty fun to play :)
You know, you could avoid having to shift your hand by simply moving a few notes to the A string.

This isn't directed at you, but I can't stand when people do a whole tab like that. You'd have to travel up and down the neck every other note to play it like they tab it, when if you just shifted a couple notes up a string, you wouldn't have to move your fretting hand anywhere down the neck.

[tmart937]

Any song is a beginner song, when you are new to bass!:p
to paraphrase the late great Mitch Hedberg.
NIB Black Sabbath= Power chords
Badge Cream= you look like you know bass
Black Pearl Jam =Octaves

[Oz Rembrandt]

For Beggining Punk/Pop-Punk Bassists:

The Misfits - She, Hybrid Moments, Return of Fly.
NOFX - Eat the Meek, Bob, All Out of Angst
Rancid - Bloodclot, Journey to the End of the East Bay, Time Bomb
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away, 86, JAR


These are all pretty easy, but also fun to play.

[wicked_child]

try the intro of for whom the bell tolls. my fave when i was a beginner

[kingurth]

I don't know if anyone said this already but...

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly): A really easy and fun song to play. It's got one riff that's repeated for pretty much the entire song. The first song I learned how to play on the bass.

Iron Man (Black Sabbath): Easy enough to learn, an a pretty awesome song in general. Great to bust out if you just want to entertain somebody.

Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple): The main riff is incredibly easy to learn. Personally I don't like this song, but a lot of people do and it's easy, so good for beginners.

[Chubalubicus]

Pardon Me - Incubus
is very simple and sounds cool

[Roket]

The Ballad of Chasey Lain - by BloodHound Gang = very easy
4ever - by The Veronicas = very easy
Whiskey in the Jar - by Thin Lizzy = easy

[Sound Boy]

i dont know if its been said or not. but if your just starting out and your trying to get a solid rhythem down off of a song. listen to The Police...when i was learning i always listened to "walking on the moon" and "de do do do, De da da da" etc. and it helped me becomed more strict in my playing instead of going all over the place. not that thats a bad thing in some cases but if you wanna be a good pocket player its something to learn...

also "how many more times" and "rock and roll" by Led Zeppelin..

[hobo with bass]

nirvana are easy songs and misfits

[hobo with bass]

nirvana-in bloom
aiden- last sun rice
:0 :) :)

[Malevolent_aspect]

any real metal? I dont count metallica..?

yea your a real metal fan, ' any real metal' metallica were basicly the founders of metal any real metal fan would know that

[Akira]

yea your a real metal fan, ' any real metal' metallica were basicly the founders of metal any real metal fan would know that
It depends on your idea of metal. Legion probably wants Zeppelin type stuff.

[I heart Ska]

Are you gonna be my Girl?- By jet was one of the first riffs I learned.

The main riff to Summer lovin' was the first (also really easy).

Anything by greenday.

Anything by system of a down.

RHCP for slap.

Time is running out- Muse (I just love the fuzz)

Bodies by drowning pool as well.


Probably all said before...but there are 23 pages!

[HeadbangnPyro]

The first song I ever learned was Knocking on Heavens door by Bob Dylan, not the most challanging to play, but it's a good start for someone whos never picked up a bass before.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Pennywise - Bro Hymn - Extremely Easy - The first song I ever played on a bass guitar.

Rancid - Journey To The End Of The East Bay - Easy/A bit harder than 'Easy - excellent intro riff to get down when you're a few months in.

NOFX - The Decline - Hard - Great Bass lines, Great Song, And try memorising 18 minutes of a song that has no chorus!

[paranoidCHEESE]

he means good metal not crap

[PUNKROCK4EVA]

some idiot said maxwell murder by rancid was a good beginner song:confused: , i'd probably put it in fast and hard but if you want to try, good luck:thumb:

Good beginner songs are anything by Blink 182, theres about 70 songs and their all really easy, you might need a bit of practice on carousel though.

[Yield]

Lots of the songs of of RATM's Rage against the Machine album are easy and fun to play. Bombtrack's intro is fast but it's not hard at all. Some of the songs get repetitve though.

[Rogue Six]

Alice in chains - Rooster is a good song to start out on, The version of it I have is really easy to play.. sounds good too.

[Dab the man]

the mars volta - televators
pink floyd - money (slightly harder song, but a good one)

[kingurth]

Lady Madonna - The Beatles - Easy/Moderate - A fairly easy song, but it involves changing strings a lot. Good practice for fast movement.

[Tmonkey18]

DAZED AND CONFUSED ISNT THE EASIEST SONG AFTER THE INTRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
which is.........(and i dont care what u say this is how its played on the song remains the same because i watched my god JPJ play it)

G|-------------------------------
D|-------------------------------
A|---10--9--8--7---5--4--3--2-
E|-0---------------0------------

ya and 2 good songs for new bass players are:
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll

and ya like everyone else said if you wanna be a b i t c h try and be like Blink182


some people like blink. bitch.

[PietroCrespi]

I can't stand Blink 182, but I gotta admit, they're good for a beginner to learn. It works up confidence???

[republik]

i have been playing for like 2 months and found that these were pretty easy to play.

System of a Down - ATWA
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill

[Oz Rembrandt]

I can't stand Blink 182, but I gotta admit, they're good for a beginner to learn. It works up confidence???

Playing Blink stuff, for a pick player, helps picking technique and rythm. Marks not an amazing bass player, but he can pick pretty fast and keep time too.

[Kamel Teau]

How about easy songs for an acoustic bass, a buddy of mine got one cheap and wants to try it, wants me to play my acoustic guitar on some songs with him any suggestions, and please don't say blink 182

[csyn]

Are there any easy ones from Propaghandi?

[fortyseven]

Are there any easy ones from Propaghandi?

Amazing band. Urm.

I want u 2 want me - pretty simple.
Back to the Motor League - aint too hard, just watch the fills in the slow bit.
Antimanifesto - Cool fills at the start, pretty easy to follow, just need the speed.
Showdown and Less talk, more rock are pretty easy. As are Haille Selasse... and Apparently Im a PC facist...

[csyn]

Thanks dude, I' really digging this band lately.

[PietroCrespi]

Playing Blink stuff, for a pick player, helps picking technique and rythm. Marks not an amazing bass player, but he can pick pretty fast and keep time too.

:eek: I can't believe I ever said that. Now I think blink is great. I use Carousel to warm up before shows at my church.

[NuclearRabbit]

Keep working at hysteria, and the chorus is different to the main riff:


G---5-3h5 (x2)--------------------7 5h7 (x2)
D------------------5-3h5 (x2) ------------------7 5h7(x2)
A-3---------------------------5----------------------------
E----------------3--------------------------5

I got a question: what does 5-3h5 (x2) mean?
I mean, I think it's like:3(then I don't know what the h is doing), and 5, and you repeat those two twice. Amirite?

[Ting]

I got a question: what does 5-3h5 (x2) mean?
I mean, I think it's like:3(then I don't know what the h is doing), and 5, and you repeat those two twice. Amirite?

h means hammer-on.

[NuclearRabbit]

h means hammer-on.

And hammer on means?
And also, where can I see the tabs(correct term?) for some Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs? So I can see them like:
G:---x--------xxx
D:-------xx------
A:--x-----------x
E:----------x----

Thanks in advance.

And is it just me, or can't you guys neither see tabs on mxtabs.net?

[fortyseven]

And hammer on means?
And also, where can I see the tabs(correct term?) for some Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs? So I can see them like:
G:---x--------xxx
D:-------xx------
A:--x-----------x
E:----------x----

Thanks in advance.

And is it just me, or can't you guys neither see tabs on Mxtabs.net?

Mxtabs was shut down by the RIAA (I think). There's a link to a letter posted before you login to the forums. The structure is still in tact but you cant actually open the tabs.

[Ting]

And hammer on means?
And also, where can I see the tabs(correct term?) for some Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs? So I can see them like:
G:---x--------xxx
D:-------xx------
A:--x-----------x
E:----------x----

Thanks in advance.

And is it just me, or can't you guys neither see tabs on mxtabs.net?

If the tab says

G-5h7
D----
A----
E----. You would fret the fifth fret on the G and pluck. Then while the note is still ringing you would fret the 7th fret without plucking.

[LoveViking]

And hammer on means?
And also, where can I see the tabs(correct term?) for some Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs? So I can see them like:
G:---x--------xxx
D:-------xx------
A:--x-----------x
E:----------x----

Thanks in advance.

The best sites for bass tabs are www.ultimateguitar.com or bassmasta.net

also, some good songs for beginners are
Dazed and confused - led zeppelin
7 nation army - white stripes
anything by ac/dc (very easy and boring bass lines)
sunshine of your love - cream, slow and not to complicated
boris the spider - the who

[natemurray]

Well i dont know if this has been posted before but Lustra- Scotty doesnt know pretty easy ^_^ i learned to play it im about 2 hours and im a real novice here good tab for it at www.bassmasta.net

[Gibling]

Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

Kind of hard at first for me but now that I know it it sound amazing, even by itself!

[JebRand]

Giddy Stratospheres By the Long Blondes. really good for learning how to play pushed rythems.

[kingcold435]

Not sure if anyone mentioned:

-Parklife-Blur (easy...my first song...nice easy walking bassline)
-Das Alte Leid-Rammstein (easy)
-rammstein-rammstein (f**king easy as anything)
-Who made who- ac/dc (easy...also good practice for training your ear to hear the pitch changes...also, just a few notes)
-Sell your soul- kill cheerleader (easy)
-back in black- ac/dc (easy...I find ac/dc is good for training your ear to hear the difference between a and e string as williams plays a lot of a
-weisses fleisch(easy-ish) 0030 is the verse on the e...you have to pick up your speed to keep up but otherwise easy
-buck dich (easy/moderate)
-snap your fingers, snap your neck by prong/demon hunter (easy) the tabs you will see call for 3's and 5's every bar. The bass player is actually hitting them 3s choked off every few bars. I'd reccomend just playing open e's. it will be hard to tell the difference. 000 00 000 are the verses and 55 33 (on the e) and then 2 on the a is the song.
-wolt ihr das bett in flamen sehen-rammstein

[tabufx50]

whole lotta love -zepp
the rain song - zep
any zep song is easy bass, but killer bass
judas priest - any song
U2 - any song




tabufx50
http://www.bassguitarchops.com/

[pearlsjam482]

The whole self-titled Rage Against The Machine album is great for getting better as a beginner. Some of the better bass lines for beginners off of that album are: the Bombtrack intro, Bullet In The Head, Know Your Enemy, and Freedom.

[Buzzbomb]

Are there any easy ones from Propaghandi?

Albright Monument Baghdad. The intro has some nice fills.
The only good Fascist is a very dead Fascist. Sweet octive intro
Ska Sucks. Nice bouncy line.

[badtaste]

I'm living on a diet of the Misfits right now:

Die die my darling; Hybrid Moments; Last Caress; Green Hell; Bullet; Dig up her bones; Dust to Dust; Astro Zombies; We are 138.

All good for working on your singing along skills as well.

[ROM]

there are a few by Rush that I found fairly easy if you slow them down.

[Keaira]

blink182 weezer

[sreeja]

From which song a beginner can start.

[Iceman-rocker]

metallica. start with load/reload and work your way backwards.
when you finish their first album, you are a medium to decent guitar player.

[FieldyFanBassist]

try manson songs they are easy

[NortherlyNanook]

I can't help but share the joy of one of my favorite first songs that I learned on bass: Rancid's "Salvation." Very gratifying, and it isn't too hard for beginners.

[Jesse93]

no doubt- its my life

[billy corgan]

longview by green day

[Cosmia]

Mama by My Chemical Romance.

Epic, and fun to play.

[Thrash_King92]

Metallica-For whom the bell tolls is pretty simple
:thumb:

[burtonbassist_101]

actually one of the first songs i learned by metallica on the bass was seek and destroy.

i would also recommend the master of puppets main riff. even if you don't learn the whole song, the main riff is a GREAT finger exercise.

[Rectify88]

Isn't there just a book to get that has songs that every up and coming bassist should learn. Cause I can read Tab, but what am I gonna do when I finish the fast track books?

[Joelbassman]

This is a little advanced, but one of the more easy 'solo bass' pieces to learn; Power by Marcus Miller is IMO one of the quintessential pieces to learn as a bassist. Not for beginners, but once you're ready you should try tackle it bit by bit.

[GUTS]

Big Wig - falling down

if your cool, you can learn the guitar part as well.

[Zandt]

dunno if it's been said yet but
Beatles: All My Loving is incredibly easy (but a lot of early Beatles stuff is)
And
Guns N Roses: Sweet Child of Mine (long, but I found it easy at least)

[johnny33]

The first song is Blink 182- First date
http://www.play-bass.com/blink_182_first_date_bass_tab.html

The second is Warning - Green Day
http://www.play-bass.com/warning_green_day_bass_tab.html

The third is Seven Nation Army -White Stripes
http://www.play-bass.com/white_stripes_seven_nation_army_bass_tab.html

Hope these help

[ilikemusicthx]

the killers - mr. brightside
ladyfinger (ne) - little things
the fashion - solo impala

[Joshy]

rhcp - parallel universe - moderate - easy bassline but its in 16 notes, play with your fingers to build up great endurance and speed.

yeah it is quite simple but beginners won't be able to play that quick.

Alot of Coldplay songs are really simple to play.

Coldplay - Don't Panic - Incredibly easy - this song is so easy its just not funny
Coldplay - The Scientist - Incredibly easy - like this one
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Wet Sand - Easy - not too hard

[Left Shoe]

yeah it is quite simple but beginners won't be able to play that quick.



you are disagreeing with a post from 2004, oh lawd.

[rockermaniac]

if you want to learn to play songs on ur guitar or bass then you should check out the Behindtheplayer series...I bought Fieldy and Blasko and they're frigin awesome...great tabs, sick songs. never before seen photos...****in cool ****!

[FadeToBlack]

I'll be picking up my first bass some time soon, so any extremely easy songs to practice hand movement and stuff for a complete beginner? I've literally never played a guitar or bass in my life