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How To Play Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac/John McVie)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:30:07 +0000

Here’s the second tutorial in a short mini series of John McVie lines. This tune looks at Little Lies – from the Tango In The Night album.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac/John McVie)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:31:05 +0000

Here’s a tutorial showing how to play the John McVie line to Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac.

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If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:28:23 +0000

Here’s another McCartney tutorial – this one is Hard Day’s Night. If you have any questions please use the contact form at my play bass guitar website.

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How To Play Stepping Out (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:11:43 +0000

Here’s another Graham Maby bass guitar tutorial for you. Today we’re looking at the line to Stepping Out. If you have any questions please hit me up via the contact form at my learn bass guitar website.

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How To Play I’m The Man (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:38:40 +0000

Here’s a tutorial for the great Joe Jackson song I’m The Man – very cool Graham Maby bassline.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my learn bass guitar website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Fools In Love (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:27:40 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s the next in my series of Joe Jackson/Graham Maby basslines. This tune is called Fools In Love and has a cool, swing reggae vibe. If you have any questions, head over to my learn how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play Lovecats (the Cure)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:28:52 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on how to play through the Lovecats by The Cure. As always if you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Is She Really Going Out With Him (Joe Jackson/Graham Maby)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:38:33 +0000

Here’s the first of a new mini series of tutorials looking at some of the early work of Graham Maby with Joe Jackson.

Today’s lesson looks at Is She really Going Out With Him. If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play Bass To Hard Day’s Night (Beatles)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:33:42 +0000

Here’s another McCartney tutorial – this one is Hard Day’s Night. If you have any questions please use the contact form at my play bass guitar website.

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How To Play All My Loving (Beatles/McCartney)

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:21:39 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:38:32 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

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If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play 8 Days A week (beatles/McCartney)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:58:13 +0000

Here’s the first in a mini series of early Mccartney lessons – it’s 8 Days A Week.

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If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:47:26 +0000

Here’s a video lesson showing how to play a line that will get you through Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:14:52 +0000

Here’s a tutorial lesson showing the three sections you need to learn to get through my favourite Rolling Stones tune Paint It Black. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me on my how to play bass website.

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How To Play Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:02:01 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on playing through the bass line to Honky Tonk Woman. If you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play I Wish (Stevie Wonder)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:37:56 +0000

Here’s a tutorial on how to play I Wish by Stevie Wonder in the original key of Ebm on a conventionally tuned 4 string bass. If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:59:01 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play through Jumping Jack Flash. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the contact form on my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:00:06 +0000

Here’s a simplified lesson on how to play an authentic sounding line for Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones. If you have any questions please use the contact form on my how to play bass website:

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How To Play – California Girls (Beach Boys)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:35:07 +0000

Here’s the next in my mini-series of video lessons on Beach Boy bass lessons….today we’re looking at California Girls. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play Surfing USA (Beach Boys)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:04:33 +0000

Here’s a video tutorial on how to play through Surfing USA by The Beach Boys. If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Midnight Hour (Duck Dunn/Wilson Pickett)

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:30:19 +0000

Here’s the sixth lesson in my mini series of Duck Dunn bass tutorials. This lesson is The Midnight Hour.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Raindance Maggie (Chili Peppers)

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:42:10 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the new Chili Peppers tune The Adventures of Raindance Maggie. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to use the contact from on my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – Respect (Otis Redding/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:13:19 +0000

Here’s the 5th in the mini series of lessons looking at Duck Dunn lines. This lesson is Respect – the Otis Redding version. If you have any questions, please use the contact form at my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – Hard To Handle (Otis redding/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:38:27 +0000

Here’s a video lesson – the next in the mini series of Duck Dunn bass lines – showing how to play the line to Hard To Handle by Duck Dunn (the otis redding version). If you have any questions, jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Hold On I’m Coming (Duck Dunn/Sam and Dave)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:32:23 +0000

Hey

Here’s the third in a mini-series of Duck Dunn bass line tutorials. This one is Hold On I’m Coming by Sam and Dave. If you have any questions don’t forget to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd/Duck Dunn)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:13:25 +0000

Here’s a lesson showing how to play the main parts of Knock on Wood – this is my favourite Duck Dunn bass line!

If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Mr Pitiful (Duck Dunn/Otis Redding)

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:52:11 +0000

Here’s a short video on playing the main sections to Mr Pitiful by Otis Redding. The bass line was played by the very great Duck Dunn. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to use the contact form on my how to play bass website.

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How To Play Mama’s Pearl – (The Jackson 5)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:13 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line for Mama’s Pearl by The Jackson 5. If you’ve got any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Shake Your Body Down (The Jacksons)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:52:25 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play the basic groove to Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) by the Jacksons. This is a synth bass line – so you’ll need a synth bass sound! I teach the basic groove and 4 fills that you can use at the changes of section.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to connect with me.

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How To Play – Sherry Darling (Bruce Springsteen)

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:53:52 +0000

Here’s a quick video lesson on how to play the bass to Sherry Darling by the very great and very underrated Garry Tallent. If you play in any kind of rock, pop or modern country setting then Garry is one of the guys you should be checking out. This is from an album called The River which is probably Garry’s finest work.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – ABC (Jackson 5)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:47:00 +0000

Here’s a quick bass lesson on how to play the bass line for ABC by The Jackson 5. The original bass player was Welton Felder (I think).

If you have any questions then head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:01:40 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a lesson looking at the synth bass line section of PTY. There’s a slap section too – perhaps Thomas will teach that one day

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to hook up with me.

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How To Play – Beat It

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:59:27 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play bass to Beat It by Michael jackson. If you’ve got any questions don’t hesitate to hop over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to get in touch.

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How To Play – The Ties That Bind

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:03:04 +0000

Here’s a video lesson on how to play the basic parts of Garry Tallent’s bass line on The Ties That Bind from Bruce Springsteen’s The River album.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to ask me a question.

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How To Play – Don’t Stop Me Now Part 1

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:35:32 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play Don’t Stop Me Now. This is the first part of a two parter. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at my how to play bass website.

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2. Band in A Box for Bass Players

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:12:32 +0000

Here’s the second in my series of columns on Band In A Box for bass players.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me via my how to play bass website.

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How To Play – 25 Miles

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:53:59 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play Edwin Starr’s 25 Miles. It’s a simple two bar groove – but there are some great fills in the tune!

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my How To Play Bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – What Does It Take (To Win your Love)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:32:49 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play the bass line to the great Junior Walker track What Does It Take (To Win your Love).

As always, if you have any comments don’t hesitate to head over to my How to Play Bass website and use the contact form.

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1. Band In A Box For Bass Players

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:36:07 +0000

Here’s the first of a new series on how to use Band In A Box to generate practice tracks that have both rhythmic and chordal elements. If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – Come See About Me

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:56:17 +0000

Here’s the fourth in a mini-series of lessons on early Jamerson/Motown bass lines. This one is Come See About Me. If you want to ask any questions – head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Back In My Arms Again

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:00:45 +0000

Here’s the third in a mini-series of Jamerson bass lines. Today’s lesson is Back In My Arms Again by the Supremes.

If you have any questions please use the contact form on my how to play bass website to get in touch with me.

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How To Play – Heatwave

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:14:21 +0000

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to play bass to James Jamerson’s bass line to Heatwave.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:04:27 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play Jamerson’s bass line to Ain’t Too Proud To Beg.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – The Chain

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:58:00 +0000

Here’s a quick video tutorial on how to play the bass line to The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. If you have any questions on the lesson, don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form

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How To Play – Little Green Bag

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:47:34 +0000

Here’s the first part of a video lesson on how to play the very cool line to Little Green Bag from Reservoir Dogs.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Long Train Running

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:58:59 +0000

Here’s a video lesson showing the main sections of Tiran Porter’s bass line on Long Train Running.

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Jimmy Mack

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:38:59 +0000

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to play bass to Jamerson’s basic lines on the Martha & The Vandellas tune Jimmy Mack

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – 5ive Gears In Reverse

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:50:05 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play Bruce Thomas’s line on 5ive Gears In Reverse (Elvis Costello)

If you have any questions please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Drive My Car

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:01:20 +0000

Hey

Here’s a tutorial video on how to play Drive My Car by the Beatles. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Wonderwall by Oasis

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:14:11 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a tutorial on how to play Wonderwall by Oasis.

If you have any questions, as always head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Exodus

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:31:23 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a very cool and very easy bass line to play – It’s Exodus by Bob Marley. There are only four different two bar sections to work on ….so it’s pretty straightforward.

If you have any questions, jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to hook up with me!

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How To Play – Get It On (T-Rex)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:06:24 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to Get It On by T-Rex.

If you’ve got any questions then jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Satisfaction

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:51:37 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – You Shook Me All Night Long

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:17:49 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play through You Shook Me All Night Long by AC:DC. Cliff Williams is one of those bassists who you only notice when he stops playing – but he’s been holding it down for AC:DC for a long time now…

If you’ve got any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Tear Your Playhouse Down

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:14:42 +0000

Here’s a lesson on the main parts of Pino’s bass line to Tear Your Playhouse Down. If you have any questions please jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – I Can’t Turn You Loose

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:51:51 +0000

Here’s a quick tutorial looking at Duck Dunn’s bass line to I Can’t Turn You Loose by Otis Redding. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Don’t Look Back In Anger

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:33:41 +0000

Here’s a look at playing through the bass line to Don’t Look Back In Anger by Oasis. This is a good tune for beginners – it’s a good way to start looking at 16th note rhythms as you start to get more proficient.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Little Wing – Hendrix Version

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:59:14 +0000

Here’s a video tutorial on getting you through Little Wing by Hendrix. Please note – the original (from Axis Bold as Love) is actually in Eb – but most bands play it in E. (And the published music is in E too). So I’ve taught it in E by detuning my bass a half step.

If you have any questions on this please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Come Together

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:49:32 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play Come Together by The Beatles.

If you’ve got any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Purple Haze

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:37:41 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson aimed at beginners on how to play Purple Haze.

If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Walking On The Moon

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:29:35 +0000

Here’s a real beginner’s lesson – Sting’s bass line in Walking ON the Moon. Nice and easy, perfect for beginners. Any questions – go to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

L8r

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How To Play – Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:02:13 +0000

Hey

Here’s a tutorial on the basic three parts you need to learn to get through John Deacon’s bass line on Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

As always if you have any questions don’t hesitate to jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Radioactive (Kings of Leon)

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:31:23 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick video lesson – especially for beginners – on how to play the bass line to the latest track from the Kings of Leon, Radioactive.

If you’ve got any queries please head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – China Girl

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:03:09 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to China Girl by David Bowie.

If you have any questions, please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Le Freak

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:13:42 +0000

Here’s a quick video lesson on how to play the three main parts of the song Le Freak by Chic. Search on YouTube and you’ll find some great versions of Chic playing this live.

If you have any questions, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

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How To Play – Disco Inferno

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:15:17 +0000

Here’s a quick video lesson on the bulk of how to play the bass line to Disco Inferno by The Trampps (I think from Saturday Night Fever?).

The bridge is still to come – I’ll add it to the page when it’s uploaded….

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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – That’s The Way I Like It

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:40:08 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to KC & The Sunshine Band’s tune “That’s The Way I Like It”.

This is an easy ‘groove’ tune for Beginners.

You can add in some variations if you want…but my advice is to keep the Verse pretty much as it is and apply variations to the chorus form.

If you have any questions please jump over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – Good Times

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:08:06 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick lesson on playing Bernard Edwards’s great line on Good Times. If you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – I Want You Back

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:50:17 +0000

Hey

Here’s a two parter on how to play Welton Felder’s great bass line to I Want You Back.

Here’s Part 1:

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And here’s Part 2:

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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my How To Play Bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – One Love/People Get Ready by Bob Marley

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:47:41 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick lesson specifically for beginners. It’s the bass line for One Love by Bob Marley.

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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to use the contact form on my how to play bass website.

How To Play – Sir Duke – Part 2

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:18:41 +0000

Here’s the second part of the lesson on how to play the bass line to Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder/Nathan Watts.

This video covers just the great riff! (What a riff!)

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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – Smooth Criminal

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:34:02 +0000

Here’s a lesson on How To Play Bass to Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. It’s been requested lots of times – so I thought it was time to feature it. If you have any questions then head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – Parklife

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:00:50 +0000

Hey
Here’s a lesson on how to play the bass line to Parklife by Blur. This is a good one for beginners to get under their belt – as it’s pretty straightforward – and learning it will help improve both their abilities and their confidence.

If you have any queries don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

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How To Play – Money For Nothing

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:39:30 +0000

Here’s a lesson on how to play the bass line to the verse and chorus section to the Dire Straits songs Money For Nothing. (I think Sting played the bass on it, as well as sang on it – but I’m not totally sure).

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If you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

How To Play – Sir Duke – Part 1

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:10:02 +0000

Hey

Here’s a tutorial on how to play the bass line to Sir Duke. Part 1 covers the basic verse, the pre-chorus and the chorus.

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If you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to send me an email.

How To Play – Masterblaster – Part 2

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:56:04 +0000

Here’s Part 2 of The Masterblaster Tutorial

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If you’ve got any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

How To Play – Masterblaster – Part 1

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:13:49 +0000

Here’s Part 1 of a tutorial on how to play the bass line to Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder. Part 1 covers the intro and the verse – I started on the chorus but ran out of time. I’ll try and include that section in Part 2. Which is due in a week or so.

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If you have any comments please hop over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – She’s Not There

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:47:34 +0000

Hey

Here’s a two parter on how to play she’s not there by Santana. Cool song, cool bass line.

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If you any questions jump over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – Tush

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:36:52 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play bass line to Tush by ZZ Top. This is a BEGINNER’S lesson – for beginners to the bass this is a good song to learn. It’s not too complex with the fretting hand, and the plucking hand delivers a nice constant shuffle rhythm.

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If you have any questions you can head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to ask away.

Paul

How To Play – Teenage Dirtbag

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:18:25 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a lesson for you beginners out there – this one looks at how to play the bass line to Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus. This is a fun tune for beginners and it’s not too hard.

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If you have any questions for me, the quickest way is to use the comments form on my how to play bass website. See ya next time.

How To Play – Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:22:56 +0000

Hey

This lesson covers how to play the bass line to Should I stay Or Should I Go by The Clash.

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If you have any questions for me, head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

Paul

How To Play – Soul Man – For beginners

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:13:48 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a bass lesson for all you beginners and intermediates out there. This is the great bass line to Soul Man by Duck Dunn, performed by Sam and Dave. The main thing about this one is to learn the riff and then play it consistently and with some groove throughout the tune.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you have any comments or questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

Paul

How to Play – Teen Spirit – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:19:59 +0000

Here’s the latest tutorial video for beginners. This is a bit of grunge for ya – Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions or comments head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

How To Play – Pick Up The Pieces – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:33:19 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick step by step beginners lesson on playing the bass line to Pick Up the Pieces by The Average White band.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you have any questions for me please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

Paul

How To Play – La Grange – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:54:52 +0000

Hey everyone

In this video for beginners I’ll walk you through how to play La Grange by ZZ Top.

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always if you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form to drop me an email.

Paul

How To Play – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down – Beginner’s Lesson

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:30:01 +0000

In this lesson we’re going to look at learning the bass line to I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down, the version featuring Bruce Thomas on bass.

Due to YouTube’s length restrictions this is a two parter….

Here’s Part 1:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here’s Part 2

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As always if you have any comments or questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

Paul

How To Play – Let’s Groove Tonight – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:26 +0000

Hey

Another video lesson for all you beginners out there:

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always if you have any comments head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

Paul

How To Play – Baggy Trousers – For Beginners

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:14 +0000

Hey

Here’s a video tutorial on how to play the bass line to Baggy Trousers by Madness. This is a good tune for Beginners to pick up…it’s not too complex, but there’s some nice lines in the song. Here’s the video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions or comments then please head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form on the website!

How To Play – Cover Me – For Beginners

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:15:54 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a video tutorial on how to play the bass to Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen. This is a good tune for beginners to pick up – it’s pretty easy. Once you’ve got the basic lines down, try playing around with some different rhythms and some different runs – this tune really lends itself to that kind of experimentation….

Here’s the vid:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions head over to my how to play bass website and email me.

How To Generate A Backing Track Around Cycle of 5ths Using BIAB

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:13:54 +0000

Here’s another Band In A Box screencast. If you’re learning licks and riffs – like some of Thomas’s great licks! – you should be learning them in every key and in every quality of chord (eg major, minor, major 7, dom 7, min 7, min 7 flat 5 etc). This screencast shows you how easy it is to set up a backing track using Band IN A Box that will go through the Cycle of 5ths and give you rhythmic and chordal accompaniment as you go round the cycle (great for subliminal ear training!)

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you have any questions or comments head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to send me an email.

How To Generate Sight Reading Etudes Using BIAB

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:06:44 +0000

Band In A Box is a great tool to help you practice. Here’s a Screencast Tutorial which shows you how to use it to generate fresh sight reading etudes at the touch of a couple of buttons (if you’re reading music you should have a constant ‘diet’ of fresh material to work with).

Click here to view the embedded video.

Just for the record I have no affiliation with PG Music who make band in a box – I just think it’s a great program for bass players to use to practice with.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form to email me.

How To Play – It must be love – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:20:37 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s another lesson for beginners. It’s the Madness tune IT MUST BE LOVE. It’s a good tune to pick up – there’s some interesting rhythms going on, some 3:4 bars, and just a good fun tune to play along to.

Due to YouTube’s length restrictions this one is a two parter. Here’s Part 1:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here’s Part 2:

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always if you have any comments or questions then head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form to send me an email.

How To Play – Play That Funky Music – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:07:37 +0000

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. This isn’t the exact line that’s played on the record – especially in the riff section – this is what’s evolved in playing it week in week out with my band. But it works and it’s a fun tune to playalong to….

Here’s the lesson:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the Contact form.

How To Play – Bring On The Night – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:16:30 +0000

Hey

Here’s another beginner’s lesson on Sting’s bass line to BRING ON THE NIGHT. This is a cool tune to learn becauseit will help you with your rhythmic development. The bass line to the verse is always on the off beat. And the Chorus is a nice little 16th note figure.

Here’s the Lesson:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you have any comments feel free to head over to my how to play bass website – which is aimed at beginners and intermediate players – and send me an email via the comments page.

How To Play – Bed’s Too Big Without You – For beginners

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:36:51 +0000

Hey

Here’s another video song lesson for all you beginners. This is Sting’s bass line on BED’S TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU from the Regatta Da Blanc album. It’s pretty straightforward – but watch out for the rhythms, neither the verse and the chorus start on the downbeat.

My advice is to learn the parts and then playalong with the record and focus on delivering the lines consistently and with good feeling through the tune. When you get to play in a band you’ll find that there are songs you have to play that have lines you’ve got to deliver, so you may as well start preparing for that now!

Here’s the video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always, if you have any questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form to send me an email.

Enjoy

Paul

How To Play Time is Tight – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:43:02 +0000

Here’s a quick video tutorial on how to play Time Is Tight – the original was played by Duck Dunn and of course the artist was Booker T and The MGs.

Click here to view the embedded video.

This tune is a good discipline for beginners – because the bass line is doubled by the guitar and/or the organ you have to deliver it consistently throughout the tune. So learn the line, and then play along with the original and try and cop some of Duck’s energy and groove.

If you have any questions or comments please head over to my how to play bass website and use the contact form.

Deliberate Practice Tutorial 1

Paul Wolfe — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:39:09 +0000

Here’s the 1st in a series of free Deliberate Practice tutorials applied to bass guitar topics so that people can see how Deliberate Practice can be applied.

This tutorial is based on two bars of STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU that one of my Membership Ezine readers was having trouble with. And the tutorial walks through a way to get these bars absolutely nailed – and you can apply this method to just about any bass line or piece of music that you want to learn.

You can download the Tutorial by right clicking here:

Tutorial 1

Blue Pill or Red Pill – Which One Will You Take?

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:44:38 +0000

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In the Wachowski brothers film ‘The Matrix’ there’s a key scene in the first third of the movie where Keanu Reeves character is offered two pills. If he takes the blue pill nothing changes for him and life will carry on as before. If he takes the red pill however he will learn the truth, the answer to the question: What is the matrix?

Blue Pill. Or Red Pill. It’s a decision that will change his life for ever.

What’s The Film “The Matrix’ Got To Do With Learning How To Play The Bass?

It’s to do with whether you want to take the red pill or the blue pill. The red pill represents the truth. And most guys out there want to get better at the bass. Hell, if you asked them they’d probably say that they don’t just want to get better, they want to get great.

Only the way that most bassists go about trying to get great is the equivalent of taking the blue pill. They buy into some of the courses out there that proclaim: You can learn how to play the bass in 81 days. Or: Slap like a master in just 30 days.

What Happens Once The 30 Days, Or 81 Days, Or However Many Days Are Up?

What happens is this. They wake up on day 82, or day 31, and they find that they’re maybe a little bit better than they were on Day 1. But only a marginal amount. And so they do one of two things. They give up in frustration. Or they toss away the course that obviously doesn’t work and they go looking for another one.

Why Don’t These Courses Work?

Here’s a personal belief of mine: you can’t teach someone to be great at ANYTHING in 30 days. Or 81 days. That’s just not enough time to accumulate mastery. If you believe the greatness meme making the rounds you need somewhere in the region of 10,000 hours of disciplined practice to make you great.

Let’s say you could manage 10 hours a day, every single day, for 81 days. You’ll not have managed a tenth of that 10,000 hours that it’s generally considered that you need to put in. And let’s be ruthlessly honest, the kind of person who buys a ‘blue pill’ product is not going to practice for 10 hours every single day.

And you know what, it doesn’t actually matter how good or bad these courses are – anyone taking them is simply not going to achieve the result that’s being sold because the time frame is wayyyyyy too short.

Let’s look at this statement: ‘Slap Like A Master in 30 Days.’

This is a classic ‘blue pill’ product. If you ask informed bass players to name some great slapping bass players you’ll probably end up with these names. Victor Wooten. Marcus Miller. Stanley Clarke. Flea. Larry Graham.

Let’s take Victor Wooten – who can definitely slap like a master – because I know some of his biographical details. Victor first started getting serious attention as a great bassist around the early 90s. At which time he was around 25.

It’s well documented that Vic started learning to play bass aged 3. And was playing professionally soon after, by the time he was 7 or 8. The important point here is that by the time he began to generate critical acclaim he’d been playing and practicing for 20 years or so.

Not 30 days. Or 81 days. 20 years of practice actually gives us around 7300 days to play with, give or take a few hundred.

So no course – no matter how brilliantly designed or put together – is possibly going to be able to reduce those 7000 days into just 30. Or 81. Or even 500.

What’s The Alternative? What’s The Red Pill Approach?

The ‘red pill’ approach is simply this: the truth.

Here’s what acoustic bass player and jazz educator Todd Coolman tells prospective students they need if they’re going to have a small chance at success: ‘…a great work ethic, strong self-discipline, talent, great potential, good training, the ability to network and a lot of luck.’

Wow. The truth’s kind of scary right? Here’s another piece of truth.

There’s no magic pill that will make you good. At the bass or anything. I’ve said this before in other articles – but it bears repeating – if you scratch the skin of somebody considered ‘really talented’ at their chosen discipline what you’ll find is that they’re not ‘talented’ because they were born with a gift that you or I don’t posess.

No, their talent is simply a function of hard work over time.

And scientific studies are being conducted that back this up – AND refute the myth that people are either born talented at something. Or they’re not.

I Don’t Want To Be Great. I Just Want To Get Better. What Can I Do?

To get better at the bass – whether you aspire to be ‘great’ or ‘talented’ or merely ‘good’ – what you need to do is have a focused practice system that will ensure that you make constant and consistent improvements in your playing.

The only system I know that does that is called Deliberate Practice. Before you click on the link though I want to tell you that how good you eventually get by applying Deliberate Practice in your bass playing is down to YOU, down to how much focused and deliberate practice you put in over the upcoming months and years.

Deliberate Practice is definitely a ‘red pill’ product. The question you have to ask yourself is: Do you want to know the truth?

What Is Deliberate Practice?

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:43:46 +0000

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I’ve just finished – and released – a course called Deliberate Practice as it applies to bass playing. This article will give you an overview of what to expect from the Deliberate Practice course. But first, we’ll start by looking at what Deliberate Practice isn’t.

What Deliberate Practice Isn’t

Deliberate Practice isn’t a blue pill product. There are no promises along the lines of: If you try this for 10 days (or 30 days, or 81 days) then you’ll develop monster chops.

Deliberate Practice isn’t a pre-written, one-size-fits-all practice routine that you can take out of a box and start using and see immediate results.

Deliberate Practice isn’t some hocus-pocus system that I’ve developed – it’s based on a detailed study of violinists at the Berlin Conservatory of Music by Dr. Anders Ericsson that took place in the mid 90s.

So What Is Deliberate Practice?

Deliberate Practice is a system, that anyone of any ability level can use as the backbone of their practice routine. And the system is designed so that if you follow it rigourously – and adopt its principles – then your bass playing will improve.

And continue to improve. Not just for a week. Or a month. But for however long you use Deliberate Practice to structure your regular practice sessions.

If I Use Deliberate Practice How Good Will I Actually Get?

You’ll get better – that’s a given from using the system. How far you’ll actually go – how good you’ll actually end up – will depend on you. And specifically, it will depend on how much practice time you’re prepared to put in.

There’s a train of thought that says to get to be world-class you need to put in approximately 10,000 hours of dedicated practice. If you practice 3 hours a day, every single day, it will take you 10 years to rack up those 10, 000 hours.

There are very few of us that have the discipline or the motivation or the sheer bloody mindedness to clock up 10,000 hours. But using Deliberate Practice WILL help you get better, and more importantly you’ll experience constant and consistent improvement.

And you’ll also understand why some people stop making improvements despite regular practice and utter the dreaded words: “Hey man, I’m on the plateau.”

So How Exactly Does Deliberate Practice Work?

The key to constant and consistent improvement is making sure that your daily practice is always challenging, and that you’re always working on exercises and material that are stretching you as a player.

If you practice material you can already play then you’ve drifted into your Comfort Zone – and you won’t make any progress no matter how much practice time you put in.

I Want To Be A Rock Bass Player, Or A Reggae Bass Player, Or A Funk Bass Player. Does Deliberate Practice Still Apply?

It doesn’t matter what type of music you want to play, Deliberate Practice works by aligning your short, medium and long-term musical goals to a graduated series of exercises that will eventually allow you to achieve those goals (although by then you will have undoubtedly developed a new set of goals).

And it works for rock, pop, punk, reggae, jazz, funk, fusion, death metal, classical – any type of music you want to master.

So If I Start Using Deliberate Practice, Will I Still Need A Teacher?

If you’re a beginner, or intermediate player the answer is yes. Having a teacher means you don’t have to re-invent the wheel. You can take your goals to a teacher and get his or her assistance in building your Deliberate Practice oriented Practice Schedule.

If you are a more advanced player you should still use Deliberate Practice. But there’s a fair chance that you’ll be able to build a practice schedule without a teacher’s help.

How Will I Know I’m Getting Better?

One of the Principles of Deliberate Practice is making everything that’s part of your practice routine measurable. By keeping a detailed practice journal (whether real or virtual) you’ll be able to measure your progress merely by glancing at your journal. You’ll be able to see that you’re playing exercises and bass lines at tempos NOW that were difficult or impossible only a few weeks previously.

By making EVERYTHING measurable you really will be able to see this constant and consistent improvement. Though please note, it doesn’t happen overnight. But over time you will see a clear improvement in your ability levels.

Why Deliberate Practice Is Important

Few of us get the opportunity to go and study the bass guitar at places like Berklee College of Music – whether it’s because of time, or money or location. So we have to teach ourselves – or find a good, local teacher. When I was in my mid 20s I had a burning desire to get better at the bass.

So I took lessons with one of the most renowned teachers in the UK at the time. And I practiced my butt off – 6 hour practice days sometimes. 8 hour practice days a few times. I even got dumped by one girlfriend because I wouldn’t go to a party with her because I was practicing.

And though I was getting fractionally better – the improvements in my playing just weren’t correlating to how much time (and money!) I was spending. I figured that if I kept at it it would click into place.

Only it never did. And with the benefit of hindsight I can tell you it was because the ‘course’ I was following was pretty random, and not designed using the principles of Deliberate Practice. And the new material and exercises presented to me were not challenging my playing, or taking me out of my Comfort Zone.

And eventually I got frustrated. And stopped taking lessons.

The Laws Of Physics

If I could send something back in time, the Deliberate Practice muli-media course that I’m working on would be it. I’d send it back to myself just before I started taking lessons with that guy – who I call the Arch Guru of Scales – and I’d give myself a precious gift. A gift of knowledge. Knowledge on how a practice schedule needs to be built so that you’re always improving.

The laws of physics dictate that I can’t send something back in time to myself. So all I can do is the next best thing – make sure I get this course out there so all you bass playing guys and girls who want to get better can do. So that you’ll have a system that will help you get from Beginner to Intermediate. Or intermediate to advanced. Or wherever you want to go on your bass playing journey.

It’s the only system I’ve ever come across that allows you to do it. And that’s why it’s so important.

If you want to find out more about Deliberate Practice, then click on the Deliberate Practice link.

How To Avoid The Plateau – And How To Continually Improve In Your Playing

Paul Wolfe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:36:31 +0000

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“Help me, man, I’m on the plateau!”

I’ve seen that phrase – or variations of it – countless times in posts on TalkBass.com over the last year or so. I’ve had emails from some of my subscribers too with the same complaint.

Heck, in the 90s I even proclaimed to all and sundry that I was becalmed on the plateau myself, got frustrated and stopped trying to improve my bass playing abilities for a good 10 years or so (a period I now refer to as my “wilderness years”).

So What Is The ‘Plateau.’

The plateau is the Bermuda Triangle for bass players. It’s an imaginary place where bassists who’ve reached a certain level of proficiency (and that level varies from person to person) describe they’re stuck in when they don’t seem to go any better no matter how much they practice.

And so to explain to their peers, friends and families why they’re not getting any better despite investing two, three, or four hours of practice most days of the week they shrug their shoulders and say the dreaded words: ‘I’m on the plateau.’

The sad truth is that most players could escape this plateau and start progressing in their playing again – TODAY! – if they only knew how.

So How Do You Escape The Plateau?

Before you can escape it, first you’ve got to understand it.

In his excellent book ‘Talent Is Overrated,” author Geoff Colvin introduces us to the concept of The Learning Zone, courtesy of Noel Tichy, a professor at the University of Michigan business school.

Tichy draws three concentric circles. The inner circle he calls The Comfort Zone. The middle circle is The Learning Zone. And the outer circle is The Panic Zone.

The Comfort Zone represents all those activities that we can already perform. The Learning Zone represents all the skills and activities that we are not able to perform, but that we can envisage being able to learn.

The Panic Zone represents activities that are so far beyond us that we cannot even visualize how we might possibly perform them.

And bassists stranded on ‘the plateau’ are simply people who practice without going beyond their comfort zone. This is why they’re not making any progress; because they’re practicing the wrong material.

How Can You Move Out Of The Comfort Zone?

The first task is to identify that you’re actually in a comfort zone. If you look your practice schedule for the last few months this should be readily apparent. If the exercises you’re practicing today are the same or similar as 3 months ago – or 6 months ago - and at similar tempos, then it’s a pretty safe bet you’ve landed in the comfort zone.

Then identify what your learning zone is.

This is a skill in itself as you need to identify what skills you will need to work on, along with exercises that will help you attain those skills. Identifying your learning zone is something that you may need to do in association with a more experienced player, either a teacher or a mentor, as their greater knowledge can suggest specific exercises to direct you out of your comfort zone and into your learning zone.

What happens when you assimilate something from the learning zone, to the point that it becomes comfortable.

This is a natural part of the learning process. As your abilities increase, so your Comfort Zone expands.

So to avoid the whole plateau effect starting all over again, it’s vital to constantly assess your abilities and change your practice schedule accordingly to make sure that you’re always in the Learning Zone. If you do this you’ll always be working on exercises that will improve your playing. And you’ll always be challenging yourself in your Learning Zone – and you’ll never have to utter those dreaded words again: ‘Hey man, I’ve hit the plateau!’

If you want to understand more about learning and the learning zone it is discussed in my Deliberate Practice course.

How To Play Tears of A Clown – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:59:17 +0000

Hey

Here’s another tune for Beginners to learn how to play. IT’s Bob Babbitt’s bass line to Tears of A Clown by Smokey Robinson. There are basically two parts to the tune, the verse and the pre-chorus/chorus. And these parts then repeat.

So watch the video – make notes if you have to and learn this great tune. (One note – this song is in the key of Db, and has a C FLAT in the lines – this is the same note as B, and correct musical theory is to call the note C Flat…)

Here’s the video…

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any comments don’t hesitate to head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

How to Play BAD by Michael Jackson – for beginners

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:37:27 +0000

Hey

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to play the bassline to Bad by Michael Jackson. As the title says – this is a BEGINNER’S LESSON.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions then you can head over to my how to play bass website and use the Comment form!

Paul

How To Play the Bass Line to Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:56 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a video tutorial for beginners on how to play the bass line to Billie Jean to Michael Jackson. The bass line makes the song – if you’re playing this live and you make a mistake everything falters. So your challenge is to learn the basic riff (s) – and then play along to the original recording and get it absolutely nailed all the way through.

Here’s the video

Click here to view the embedded video.

There will be a PDF available which will have the bass line notated out in notation and bass tab – but you’ll need to be signed up to my free monthly ezine for that. Head over to my how to play bass website to subscribe. The subscription box is on just about every page.

How To Play Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:11:58 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a lesson for beginners on how to play the bass line to Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley. The notes are pretty easy – the difficulty is the rhythm. Especially the triplet rhythm in the verse. But if you listen closely to the original you should get it.

Here’s the video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always if you have any comments or questions head over to my how to play bass website and use the comment form to send me an email.

Cheers

Paul

How To Play The Bass Line to Use Somebody BY Kings Of Leon

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:14 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s a quick lesson on how to play the bass line to Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. This is a great turn for beginners because the majority of the bass line is in a steady 8th note rhythm with mainly the root note as the note being used for each chord.

Here it is:

Click here to view the embedded video.

As always if you’ve got any comments then head over to my how to play bass website and use the comments form.

Cheers

Paul

How To Play A Bassline to Brown Eyed Girl

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:47:18 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s another lesson.

This is a lesson on how to play through Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison on the bass. There are some suggestions as to how you can vary the verse up. There’s no notation or tab for this lesson.

Due to YouTube length constraints this is another two parter. Here’s Part 1:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here’s Part 2:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any questions you can head over to my how to play bass website and use the comment form to ask them!

Enjoy.

Paul

How To Play The Bass Line To Moondance by Van Morrison

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:40 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s another of my older lessons. Again due to length restrictions on the ‘Toob the lesson is split into two parts.

Here’s Part 1

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here’s Part 2

Click here to view the embedded video.

Now there’s a sketch PDF that goes with this lesson – to get it all you need to do is jump over to my how to play bass website and sign up for my free monthly Ezine.

As always if you have any questions or comments don’t hesitate to use the contact form at my website or use the comments feature below.

How To Play The Bass Line to Jamming by Bob Marley

Paul Wolfe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:09 +0000

Hey everyone,

Here’s a quick video lesson on how to play the bass line to Jamming by Bob Marley. It’s a pretty easy tune – there’s only three sections to learn. There’s no music notation/tab to go with this lesson – but all the notes and note locations are covered in the video – soyou shouldn’t have any problems.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you’ve got any comments or questions either leave them below or head over to my how to play bass website and use the comment form.

Cheers

Paul

How To Play London Calling By The Clash

Paul Wolfe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:36 +0000

Hey everyone

Here’s another older lesson that I filmed. The ‘Toob disabled the first part of the video – so it’s nice to put both parts together in one place! It’s a great tune.

Here’s the First Part:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here’s the Second Part:

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Enjoy!

How To Play The Bass Line To Light My Fire

Paul Wolfe — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:05:30 +0000

Hey

Here’s an older lesson that I filmed on How To Play the bass line to Light my Fire. I’ve got the part in music notation and tab on my HD somewhere – if you need it then head over to my website, use the Contact Form and ask me for it. Make sure you tell me that you came from Thomas’s Site!

Again due to the ‘Toob’s time restrictions this is a 2 parter. Here’s Part 1

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here’s Part 2:

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Enjoy!

Paul

How To Play Bob Babbitt’s Bassline to Ball Of Confusion

Paul Wolfe — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:12:20 +0000

The bass line to Ball Of Confusion by The Temptations is a great one for beginners to learn. The song is easy – there are only two sections in the tune – and the main two bar riff repeats for about 95% of the tune

So it’s a great lesson in playing for the song – taking that 2 bar line and really digging in and making it groove.

Click here to view the embedded video.

There’s no music notation or tab with this one – but seriously it’s very straight forward and all the info is contained in the video.

If you have any comments you can either head over to my website and use the contact form, or just post a comment directly here!

Enjoy!

Paul

How To Play The Bass Line To PUMP IT UP

Paul Wolfe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:09:51 +0000

Hi everyone,

In this lesson we’re going to be looking at how to play the bass line to Pump It Up. The original bass line was played by the very great and very underrated Bruce Thomas.

This lesson is featured in my free, monthly ezine. The next issue is published on November 4th – you’ll need to head over to my how to play bass website to subscribe.

Due to the time restraints of YouTube I had to split the video into two parts.

So here’s Part 1:

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And here’s Part 2:

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Enjoy

Paul