12 bar Bues - killer easy
Deftones: Root -easy
System of a Down: Peephole- easy
Anything really by greenday - easy
Phish - Down with Disease - easy to moderate - Good slap with Drop D tuning
Phish - Llama Taboo - medium - it's pretty fast, but repetitive.
Grey Boy All stars - Jack Rabbit - pretty easy
Herbie Hancock - Chamelian - Easy, but the first notes are pickups and can throw ya.
Karl Denson - Unwind your mind - really easy - it's a 1-5 in C

Jerytheracecardriver get 1,000 cool points from me. Now we just have to post this in the normal forum and add some more advanced songs to the list. Songs for tapping, songs for slapping, songs for harmonics, songs for double thumbing. Songs for billy and songs for sue. Songs that love to be played by you. Songs that dance and laugh and sing. Songs that simply don't do a thing. Ok im done.

Sorry for going backwards a long way in time, but in the second post in this thread, "JerrytheRacecarDriver" said that RHCP - Higher Ground was a good beginners song. I view myself as a pretty handy bassist and i still have trouble with the starting riff in this song... Was this a mistake or does everyone just outclass me so incredibly? Personally, i suspect the latter of the two!

I have to say, if people are looking for a relatively easy piece to improve their rythym on the bass, they should try playing the Bass part for Led Zeppelin - Moby DIck... Apart from being a great song that's fun to play, it really gets you using a lot of the fretboard and is great for a general fun piece to play...

bassman21, I never said that Higher Ground was easy, merely that it was a good song for practising/learning slap with.

im pritty noob to bass and i found these to be pritty esey.

stevi wonder-i wish
black sabbath-nib (excluding solo)
black sabbath-iron man
stabing westward-onyour way down
arrowsmith-walk this way
and i just lernd primus-antipop


oops i just noteced thet this forum is a year old, im so noob

Only in Dreams by Weezer

are you gonna be my girl
parallel universe-chilis
she wants to move-n.e.r.d-incredibly easy.

blink 182- **** it -superduper easy good for a new players worm ups and tempo
pratice
and a good and easy blues scail is the Eminor pentonic blues
]-------------------0--2--3--2--0------------------[
]-------------0--2---------------2--0--------------[
]------0--1--2-----------------------2--1--0-------[
]0--3------------------------------------------3--0[
just play it up and down it sounds preaty cool for how easy it is

1 of my first songs were long view by green day.....it might take u a while but its an awsome song to play.

[QUOTE=bassman21]Sorry for going backwards a long way in time, but in the second post in this thread, "JerrytheRacecarDriver" said that RHCP - Higher Ground was a good beginners song. I view myself as a pretty handy bassist and i still have trouble with the starting riff in this song... Was this a mistake or does everyone just outclass me so incredibly? Personally, i suspect the latter of the two![/QUOTE]

The riff itself is one of the simplest slap riffs I can name, but it does move at a speed which makes it tricky for some.

Manson-This is the New ****-very easy
Manson-Disposable Teens-Easy
Manson-Antichrist Superstar-easy
GN'R-Welcome to the Jungle-Intermediate
RHCP-By the way-easy
Slipknot-Duality-easy

Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Eye of the Tiger
Green Day- American Idiot
Nirvana- Come as you are

I'd say that the more advanced beginner would probably try Black Sabbath- NIB, and some Rage Against the Machine.

ok i got some really easy songs for people who are into nirvana, niel young and stuff.


nirvana-about a gurl realy easy
nirvana-come as you r
niel young- rocking in the free world
the violent femmes- 36-24-36

ill post more when i know the songs :thumb:

NOFX- Stickin' My Eye
Slayer- Dead Skin Mask
Rancid- Journey To The End Of The East Bay, Don Giovanni
Metallica- For Whom The Bell Tolls
Blink 182- Man OVerboard

Im a newbie to bass and these are really easy! :thumb:
Im tryin to learn some of the harder rancid stuff, any tips will be welcome :cool:

[QUOTE=avenged182]lol easyest song ever played on bass
green day- brain stew lol infact here is the tabs
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--5-5--4-4--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0
a whole lot of times[/QUOTE]

WOW ur definatley wrong on that one bud. it goes like this
--------------------------------- x10000
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
--5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--0-0------

but i like the A-F icon

but a good song to start out with (if u wanna become a good punk bassist) is probable and anti-flag or rancid song...cuz after that you can pretty much play anything

[QUOTE=Biscuit_box]NOFX- Stickin' My Eye
Slayer- Dead Skin Mask
Rancid- Journey To The End Of The East Bay, Don Giovanni
Metallica- For Whom The Bell Tolls
Blink 182- Man OVerboard

Im a newbie to bass and these are really easy! :thumb:
Im tryin to learn some of the harder rancid stuff, any tips will be welcome :cool:[/QUOTE]

I'm a punk bassist but i only play for one year
here are some tricky rancid songs

- Axiom
- Detroit
- Dope Sick Girl
- The Brews
- Maxwell (ofcourse)
- Hyena
- Young al Capone
- Dead Bodies

im a beginer myself- nirvana,teen spirit + white stripes enter sandman pink feel good time

try:

tsunami bomb - take the reins - easy - nice song, enough variation and easy-to-hear-what-you-are-playing
tsunami bomb - lemonade - easy - but maybe a bit tricky for reaaaaaal beginners
anti-flag - drink drank punk - easy - if you are a beginner who wants some 'more of the real stuff'
rancid - time bomb - easy - feeling like a good beginner?
rancid - maxwell murder - easy/moderate - almost moderate?

does any1 no any rly easy but kool basslines which arnt the same all through the song.

im thinkin along the lines of smoke on the water
E: --0---3-5----0----3-6-5-----0---3-5-----3-0-0

[QUOTE=e-$tr1nG]G--------------------------------------------I-
D--------------------------------------------I-
A--------------------------------------------I-
E-0--1--0--3--0--3---------------------------I-


EXTREMELY EASY :thumb:[/QUOTE]

It should be: 0--0--1-0-0-0-3--0--3
There is more to the song but this is the basic riff.

greenday-all of there songs
velvet revolver-slither
rage against the machine-killing in the name of
nirvana-in bloom and sliver

play that funky music white boy

----9-7-9---7-9---
---------7-9------
-7-7--------------
------------------ real easy bass tab it sounds kewl when played fast

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hey

Rage against the machine - guerilla radio - good use to use your fingers faster
Red hot chili peppers - Otherside - Easy Good use To practise Strumming with a plectrum
Sex Pistols - God Save the queen - Just A nice song to play to, of course it's easy, its sid vicous playing! :amaze:
Blink 182 - All the small things - nice punky method of strumming.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - not easy for beginners nice way to develop on the old slapping and popping
Black Sabbath - Iron Man - nice way to learn, like they did of school of rock!
nirvana- come as you are - nice to play along to

heres Some i shall return with more :D

Song
 

[FONT=Garamond][COLOR=DarkOrange][SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS]heres 2 nice riffs to play, 1st ones kinda metally. So here you go

E- 00-1-000-1-000-1-000-3-000-1-000-1-000-1-00-3----------------------
than play
A-008-007-005-0001
------------------------------------------------------------------------
nice funk/can be used in punk riff

E3-3-6------
A-----3-4-5-
D---------3-5
G------------
Then play backwards sounds v good! :thumb: faster it is, more effective is sounds. :lol: [/FONT] [/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT]

[QUOTE=ihatemybass]Alkaline Trio - Goodbye Forever
The Ataris - Teenage Riot
Green Day - When I Come Around

These songs arent exactly begginer songs. You should give them a try after a good 4 or 5 months of playing.[/QUOTE]


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?

Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused

I can play pretty much all of the Rage songs I've looked at without too much of a hassle, but I can't figure out the technique to Take the Power Back. Anyone with some measure of skill care to clarify on that one?

weezer: hash pipe
Very easy song

down with the sikness-disturberd (i m not not good at spelling)

foo fighters - everlong-very easy
Nirvana-polly- very easy
Three days grace- just like you- easy

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

Smells like teen spirit- NIrvana (duh)
Dive-Nirvana
Hate to say i told you so-The Hives
The beautiful people-Marlyin Manson
all easy Sh*t

[QUOTE=Riovanne]I can play pretty much all of the Rage songs I've looked at without too much of a hassle, but I can't figure out the technique to Take the Power Back. Anyone with some measure of skill care to clarify on that one?[/QUOTE]

G---------------------------
D-----------3--------3------
A-----3--5----3--5----------
E-0-0-------------------0--0
The intro is really easy but i'm not sure about the rest of the song

[QUOTE=SociallyDistorted14]G---------------------------
D-----------3--------3------
A-----3--5----3--5----------
E-0-0-------------------0--0
The intro is really easy but i'm not sure about the rest of the song[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know the tabs, but I'm wondering about the actual technique of playing the song. It sounds kinda slap/pop to me, but I just can't figure it out. No matter how many times I've played the song through, I can't get the same sound and feel.

It is slap/pop. Tim C has a very unique sound, partly because he makes his own pickups, but that's the technique, at least.

Is there a place on the internet that I can find all of these songs so I can hear them? It's kind of hard to learn them if I can't hear them. I used to have Kazaa but that screwed up my computer big time so I don't have that anymore. Any suggestions of a place I can listen to them at would be appreciated, thanks.

Lol, the first song i actually learned to play all the way through was the YTSE jam by Dream Theater I think it is a good beginner song ( but the solo is HARD)

Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground is not that difficult and sounds really cool.
Metallica's Seek and Destroy easy good open notes and hammer ons practice
Pantera's Walk easy good practice on timing
Nirvana any song of theirs

The Hives - Main offender - easy, almost moderate - gets a begginer moving their fingers around :thumb:

Invisible Touch by Genesis has got a pretty cool and fun bassline. Some of the faster fills may be a little tricky for an absolute beginner, though.

Also:

[QUOTE=Jerry the Racecar Driver]At last, my genius is recognised .

Anyway, here's my contribution:

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye - Easy, but hella fun and incredibly catchy
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Forget Her - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin - This and the two above it are great examples of awesome phrasing
Yes - Roundabout - Easy
Muse - Time Is Running Out - Easy
Tim Buckley - No Man Can Find The War - Easy

Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life (the rocked up version) - Moderate
Muse - Hysteria - Moderate
Primus - Groundhog's Day - Pretty easy chording/slap practise
RHCP - Higher Ground - Slap practise[/QUOTE]

This guy knows where it's at :thumb: