tabs for beginners

newbierocker · #1 11-15-2007, 05:23 PM

Hey. I took up bass about a month ago, after playing electric guitar for three years. I got a book with a bunch of basic baselines, but now I'm not really getting anywhere. Can anybody suggest some need to know tabs?

SundanceChile · #2 11-15-2007, 05:27 PM

I'm highly against tabs. IMO, you should be sticking to sheet music, but to each his own.

Starter bass lines:

12-Bar Blues Progression
Seven Nation Army
Another One Bites The Dust
Sunshine of Your Love
Black Magic Woman
Paranoid/Iron Man/N.I.B.

The last few might be a bit harder, but certainly aren't impossible if you take it slow and practice enough.

Edit: And check this thread. easy songs!

**DeanT** · #3 11-15-2007, 06:55 PM

Easy TABS =

Anything by U2. Particularly "With or Without You."

Deep Purple. "Smoke on the Water."

The Troggs. "Wild Thing."

The Police. "Roxanne."

bobba66 · #4 11-16-2007, 07:18 AM

Early Cream is a good intro to bass. "Sunshine of your Love" "White Room" etc.

mward69 · #5 11-16-2007, 11:10 AM

One of the coolest {I think} songs that was fun on bass and pretty easy was MOby Dick from Zeppelin. You playing from the 3 fret to the 12th. I learned tons of their stuff....another one that has a great walking line and pretty busy on the neck is the lemon song, not sure of your level of playing, but worth learning.

bigbass94 · #6 11-16-2007, 11:32 AM

Summertime blues by blue cheer

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------------------------------------------1H2H3-----5-5-5
-1333--1333--1333--1333--1333--1333--3------------3-
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Its a fun song to play ......oh yeah, theres a bass solo

locolobo85 · #7 11-16-2007, 09:47 PM

A couple others that I worked on early were Money by Pink Floyd and Daytripper by the Beatles.

LowEnder2112 · #8 11-17-2007, 09:46 PM

easy basslines..?

+1 on Money
-Black magic woman
-hotel california

and if you want some easy slap try brick house by KC and the sunshine band

those three are really quite easy. give em a try

Depth_Charge · #9 11-17-2007, 11:19 PM

Gouge Away - The Pixies.
Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson.
I Love Rock N Roll - Joan Jett and the Black Hearts.
Anything by Blink 182
Dakota - Stereophonics