a few good and easy songs

greenday-warning-this song will really help with ur timing and if you play this song first before a long practise session it will warm up ur fingers and get u in that "zone" for playing

greenday-boulevard of broken dreams-good song and EXTREEMLY easy to play

greenday-hitchin a ride-2 riffs 4 the whole song

mellowship slinky in b major by the chili peppers is one of my favorite songs to play. The intro is easy, but after that ( depending on ur skill obviously) it gets a little tricky, but I have been playing bass since christmas and I can play it( i don't have the complete rythm down) so if you have been playing longer u will be able to play it

[QUOTE=avenged182]lol easyest song ever played on bass
green day- brain stew lol infact here is the tabs
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a whole lot of times[/QUOTE][FONT=Fixedsys]hey i love your icon.. kick ****in ***[/FONT]

this was my beginner list:

the ramones - chinese rocks - easy
nirvana - school - ultra-easy
the ramones - Blitzkrieg bop - easy once you got the hang of speed-picking
the ramones - 53rd and 3rd - easy, slow and fun
the sex pistols - sub-mission - easy
AC/DC - highway to hell - easy
Rob Zombie - ***** Liquor - easy and fun
poison - talk dirty to me - moderately easy, try it!

also a few other fun songs to try:

The ramones - i wanna be your BF - mega-easy and awesome fun
the ramones - i can't be - easy
the ramones - i believe in miracles - easy and catchy
BRMC - spread your love - simply AWESOME!
the sex pistols - liar - easy and fun

i'm sorry for the proliferation of ramones songs, but dee dee practically taught me my bass rudiments!! lolololol

[QUOTE=BassBeginner]
i'm sorry for the proliferation of ramones songs, but dee dee practically taught me my bass rudiments!! lolololol[/QUOTE]

...i really, really hope you didn't think that was actually THAT funny

anyways, good beginner songs.. hm... although i think eventually theres a point where you start writing your own rather then just continuously learning other peoples stuff, here's some stuff to get you started off and build your confidence up:

Johnny Thunders And The Heart Breakers - Pirate Love (Great song, fun to play, fun to listen to)
Jet - Are you Gonna Be My Girl
Grey Matter - Burn No Bridges
Black Flag - Fix Me
Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
The Blood Brothers - Trash Flavored Trash
The Blood Brothers - Guitarmy
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit


those are all REALLY, REALLY REALLY easy and super fun to play, they all sound great too.. and as always are fun to play along to the actual song with

Could anyone reccomend some easy base lines from ska bands?

most ac/dc songs are easy.
highway to hell would have to be the easiest.

Ska Basslines
 

if u want some good ska bass lines then u should try madness and spunge.

all these are pretty easy and are the first songs i learnt :thumb:

rhcp - parallel universe
rhcp - scar tissue
green day - american idiot
green day - brain stew
ratm - guerilla radio
ratm - wake up
ratm - testify
bouncing souls - manthem
blur - song 2
and most blink 182 stuff

[QUOTE=skatrpunk][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.[/QUOTE]

You can still play it on a bass.

Most of the Good Charlotte tabs are easy... Bloody Valentine has awesome bass tabs.

War - Low Rider

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Doesn't matter what it was played on, it's still an easy bassline.[/QUOTE]

If it's not played on a bass, is it technically a bassline?

Blink 182-What's My Age Again
Switchfoot-Meant To Live

Both are easy, but make you feel like you accomplished something.

Scorpions-Winds of Change-Easy
Scorpions-Send Me an Angel-Easy
Metallica-My Friend of Misery-Easy
Metallica-The God That Failed-Easy
White Stripes-Seven Nation Army-Easy
Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit-Easy

Scorpions-The Zoo-Easy
Scorpions-Holiday-Easy
Pink Floyd-Money-Easy

Songs that helped me very much:

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
NIB - Black Sabbath
Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine(RATM)
Bombtrack - RATM
Bulls on Parade - RATM very easy
Bombtrack - RATM - takes a bit of practice but once you get it its real fun
Testify - RATM - personal fav very simple
Scar Tissue - Chili Peppers

Personally I don't think their is such a thing as "Beginner" songs. Anything you sit down and really work out will come to you in time. Playing bass is all a matter of finger excersize. Once your fingers can move fast enough you'll have no trouble with bass, from, there its up to your creativity.

Anything by Blink-182, lol

Personally i can't stand blink 182 and all this wannabe punk ****. punk died with the sex pistols, black flag, ramones, misfits are still around i think.

Not too mention lately theres too much "punk" and no where near enough metal....we need people to step up and be the next Pantera!!!

as for easy tunes to play
[b]Black Sabbath[/b] - Sweet Leaf, The Wizard
[b]Cream[/b]- Sunshine Of Your Love
[b]Gwar[/b] - Sick Of You
[b]Metallica[/b] - Nothing Else Matters, The God That Failed
[b]Rage Against The Machine[/b] - Bullet In The Head, Fistfull Of Steel
[b]White Stripes[/b] - Seven Nation Army (Stupid Easy)
[b]Pantera[/b] - This Love (gets harder as the song goes on)

The songs that i found easy my first time:
 

these sonegs helped me alot:
communication breakdown: led zeppelin
Time: Pink Floyd (you might not get it all but the chorus is good.)
Whole lotta love: Led zeppelin

One thing i recommend doing is listening to the song being played by the band on the internet or on cd either before or as you play the song. it helps... really.

:wave: :wave: :wave: Good luck

Bombtrack-easy
Adams song-easy
Brain Stews-Simple
All the small things-easy
Enter Sandman-Medium(increases ur hand movement) just play the song slow and eventually ur hand movement will become faster!!
Happy practising

I learn this is the place by the chili peppers first....as its just one riff that repeats, and its not that difficult to pick up....also good for picking control

Californiacation-Moderate
Brain Stew-2 year old can play it
Enter Sandman-Moderate
Bombtrack-Easy
Money- Riffs r awesome good for increasing hand movement

The Suicide Machines- Hey-easy(to medium depending on what YOU think easy is)

the notes basically stem from an A-major scale
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d------------------4----6--
a----4-7--5--4--5----7-----
e--5------------------------

maybe beat=!150 im not really sure..

This is one of my fav. songs to play

Pixies Bass tabs are usually really easy. Try Gigantic or Hey. My favorites are Wave of Mutilation and Where is my Mind?

green day--------minority------easy
toto-------------hold the line--easy
suicide machines-new girl------easy
goldfinger-------99red ballons-easy

system of a down- sugar- very easy- great for endurance building
nirvana- heart shaped box- easy- starts going into multiple strings for beginners
system of a down- aerials- easy- just really fun
korn- any song- easy to moderate- fun and pretty easy to play
system of a down-streamline - moderate- the sliding works on left arm speed

First songs I played on bass were
Sum 41 - Motivation, In Too Deep, and What We're All About (super-easy)
Most of Green Day's stuff is easy, Ramones are simple..
Anything by Simple Plan, Blink 192, Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne are really easy. I don't particularly like those bands, but the bass lines are ridiculously simple.
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone, also fairly easy
Jimi Hendrix - Fire, Cocaine
ZZ Top - La Grange
All these basslines are simple but effective, so if you want to learn something quickly without much difficulty, try those.

Cream- Sunshine of Your Love- easy

Deep Purple- Smoke on the water- very easy

e-0-3-5-----0-3-6-5------0-3-5
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