Notes from a Bass Guitar Masterclass presented by Andy Chamberlain at London School of Theology in February 2015. Sections include: - Ideas for going beyond the root note - Notes on the next - Major scale for transposing - Octave slides - Passing notes - Using low 5ths - Ghost notes - Tips on riffs Get over 40 free lessons from Musicademy http://bit.ly/1pQDyUF More from Musicademy for bass guitarists http://www.musicademy.com/info/worship-bass/

1. Bass Seminar
• Ideas for TASTEFULLY going beyond the root
note
• All material taken from the Musicademy DVD
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2. Bass Seminar
• All material taken from the Musicademy DVD
video lessons

3. Notes on the Neck
Move up in 4ths
Cover every chromatic note
Paired string notes (two frets apart)
E+D
A+G

4. Transposing
Major scale for transposing
-----|-------|------|------|--------------------------------
--6--|------|--7---|---8--|-------------------------------
--3--|---4--|------|---5--|-------------------------------
-----|---1--|------|---2--|--------------------------------

5. Major scale A string
--6--|------|--7---|---8--|-------------------------------
--3--|---4--|------|---5--|-------------------------------
-----|---1--|------|---2--|--------------------------------
-----|---5--|------|---6--|--------------------------------

6. Octave slides
Slide up to same note octave up NEXT STRING
Don’t use the same finger

7. Passing Notes
Step wise
1 2 1
7th or 2nd of next chord
Low 5th
current chord or next chord
5th always directly a string below the root

8. Using low 5ths
10,000 Reasons: Chorus chords
|A E |B/D# C#m |A E |B riff |
|A C#m |A B C#m |A B |E |

9. Ghost Notes
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
/ / ( /) / / (/)
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
/ / / (/) / (/) /
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
/ / (/) / (/) /
Ghost notes in brackets (/)

10. Riffs - Note choice
• Riffs should be based around chords not
scales
• recommended riff notes
- 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 8th (octave)
• Major chords - note choice order =
5th below, 5th above, octave, 7th 2nd p3rd in that
order

11. Riff notes
-----|-------|---3--|--4---|-------|--5-----|-----------
--6--|------|--7---|---8--|-------|-(9)2--|-----------
--3--|---4--|------|---5--|-------|--6----|------------
-----|---1--|------|---2--|--------|--3----|----------

12. Minor Chord Riffs
Feature b7th and b3rd
Chord tones 1 1 7 1 3 1

13. The Power of the Cross
Playing high and low
positional playing
joining high and low sounds
Using passing notes
5th below
stepwise passing notes
Groove
Ghost Notes
8th notes
Riffs
Using chord tones

14. Here For You
Slides Octave runs Chord tone based runs
Riffs
121
steps wise passing notes
low 5th passing notes
158 riffs
minor 7th based riffs

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