Simple songs that use multiple techniques

[Drop1]

I've been hunting songs to polish up my ghost notes and strengthen my fretting hand.

Ive been drilling RHCP's suck my kiss.

I learned it wrong as a beginner. I thought it incorporated open strings in the main riff and I thought it was slapped due to the way flea hits the strings so darn violently.

This song has a lot of dead notes on the most difficult part of the neck to play on (imo).
It also has some nice slides and some interesting rythms all while being very easy to play. There are parts of the rhythm I thought I was gonna get hung on (I couldn't play it as a beginner and its one if the reasons i chise this somg to drill) but that came naturally.
And being so low on the neck definitely gives my hand a work out.

So I'm looking for other simple songs like this that incorporate multiple techniques. My only real requirement is the song have a decent amount of ghost notes. That's my main focus right now. I almost never use ghost notes when playing my own stuff and Id like to break that habit. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

How bout some material from a ghost note master.

 

[Drop1]

How bout some material from a ghost note master.

Hahaha. If I tried to play that on my bright a$$ bass it would sound like 2 cats fighting in a trash can. It does make me wanna thow some foam on the bass lol..

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

Hahaha. If I tried to play that on my bright a$$ bass it would sound like 2 cats fighting in a trash can. It does make me wanna thow some foam on the bass lol..

Sounds good make a tape!

 

[steamthief]

Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz?

 

[Drop1]

Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz?

I appreciate the effort I should have clarified.

I'm not looking for slap songs.
I have no issues with ghost notes while slapping. I dont even have issues with ghost notes with a pick. Just finger style for some reason.

 

[Rib 13]

Chic/Bernard Edward's basslines

 

[bearhart74]

Fleas bass work on You Ought To Know is pretty cool and uses quite a bit of ghosting

 

[Yamarolorg]

My suggestion is -- Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody. There's definitely some ghost notes, it's simple'ish, theres a walking bass line, there's a few 4ths in there so you get to do some finger rolls (multiple techniques and such).

/that's all I got.

 

[Drop1]

My suggestion is -- Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody. There's definitely some ghost notes, it's simple'ish, theres a walking bass line, there's a few 4ths in there so you get to do some finger rolls (multiple techniques and such).

/that's all I got.

That's enough. Thanks.

 

[RyanOh]

 

[Number179]

This guy writes killer songs, is a master bass player, then teaches you how to play them. I’d describe him as a master rather than hero. Ghost notes included - tastefully.

 

[Les Fret]

I appreciate the effort I should have clarified.

I'm not looking for slap songs.
I have no issues with ghost notes while slapping. I dont even have issues with ghost notes with a pick. Just finger style for some reason.

It’s a bit confusing. In your first post and title you say you want songs with multiple techniques and now you say you only want fingerstyle songs with ghost notes?

 

[mmon77]

You have to master the basic song structure before you worry about ghost notes and such.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

How bout some material from a ghost note master.

Hahaha. If I tried to play that on my bright a$$ bass it would sound like 2 cats fighting in a trash can. It does make me wanna thow some foam on the bass lol..

Seriously, nobody does ghost notes fingerstyle better than Rocco. Drop your tone, cut your treble, whatever. Get your left hand mute going and start chugging along with him. Any tower of power song is a good example

 

[Drop1]

Ohhh, I found a super fun one.
Basically taking the main riff, putting a bunch of variations on it and adding a bunch of slides and ghost notes in fills.

 

[Drop1]

It’s a bit confusing. In your first post and title you say you want songs with multiple techniques and now you say you only want fingerstyle songs with ghost notes?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to confuse. I was speaking about things like ghost notes, slides, etc. Not completely changing the playing technique. I suppose this would have been better under general instruction.