Taken from a seminar taught at Mission Worship 2014 here are 10 ideas for Worship Bass Players for the Brenton Brown song Everlasting God Obviously this is all quite difficult to demonstrate on a slide presentation so do check out our Keyboard DVDs http://www.musicademy.com/info/worship-bass/ Get over 40 free lessons from Musicademy http://bit.ly/1pQDyUF

1. Worship Bass Masterclass
10 ideas based around ‘Everlasting God’
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2. Verse 1
• Kick Drum
• Clap the kick drum with track then in isolation
with drums – which beats are the bass grove
on?
• 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e
& a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

3. play with kick drum
• long and short notes, use left and right hand
damping
• use finger 2 to play root – gives better access
to full scale
• use 1 finger per fret
• use walking fingers - not just index!

4. ghost notes
• used for inflections
• sense of pushed sound
• too pushed can be too funky (use your love is
amazing to demo)

5. Pre Chorus
• Mark notes
• Chords = 3 4 3 4 5 6 5
• often just marking the chords is the best way
• add 8th notes to build momentum but not
before
• don’t use 5/7 at the end – doesn’t sound as
right in the pocket

6. Chorus 1
• 8ths notes
• can use fingers like plectrum for U2 ish sound
• use lowest strings for main body (E and A) or
fullest sound
• extra notes use chord tones NOT primarily
scale

7. Building riffs Using chord tones
• Think chords first! Chorus chords are:
Chorus chart
|Bb |Bb |Eb |Eb |
|Gm |Gm |Eb |Eb |

8. Bb scale for understanding notes to
use
Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Notes Bb C D Eb F G A
Chord maj min min maj maj min dim
7th maj min min min dom min dim (bb7)
basic chord (triad) makeup
1 Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim
3 D Eb F G A Bb C
5 F G A Bb C D Eb
7th A Bb C D Eb F G
name maj7 min7 min7 maj7 dom7 min7 dim7(bb7)

9. Note choice
• recommended riff notes
- 1st 3rd 5th 7th 8th (octave)
• note choice order =
5th below, 5th above, octave, 7th 2nd p3rd in that
order

10. Chorus 1 riff notes used
|Bb |Bb 7th|Eb |Eb |
|G7th 8th |Gm 7th|Eb |Eb 5 1 2 |
|B 7th 8th|Bb 7th|Eb |Eb 7th|(minor 7th!)
|Gm |Gm 7 8 7th|Eb |Eb |
Ending – slide – use in moderation!

11. Chorus 2
|Bb |Bb 7th |Eb |Eb 7th (m) |
|Gm 7 8 |Gm 7th |Eb 8 5 1 1 5 |Eb85851 |5612 (1)
|Bb5 78 |Bb 5low 7 |Eb |Eb 51515 |7 1 3
|Gm |Gm 7123 7|Eb |Eb 8 |