The first song that I learned on the bass guitar was Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. This is also the first song I mastered on the bass guitar. It is pretty easy, and the rhythm is slow enough to pick up quickly. After reviewing other site’s tablature and picking it out the first few times, I realized that it was a bit difficult to read these tabs since I was coming from a sheet music background. I decided to tab it out here very clearly for anyone who is just picking up this song for the first time or is a beginning bassist. I have also included the video with lyrics at the bottom of the Seven Nation Army bass tabs page.
The fact about this song is that there is no actual bass guitar being played. The sound is actually created by running Jack White’s semi-acoustic guitar through a Digitech Whammy pedal set down an octave. The riff was composed at a sound check prior to a show at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.
When I first got my bass, I didn’t have a tuner. So, what does one do when there is no tuner available? Go online and see what the internet has to offer. I have found this website called “TuneMyBass.com” for free help with that. It has an interactive tuning feature for 4 string, 5 string, 6 and 7 string basses. It also offers different tuning styles including standard, drop d, 1/2 step down, low b and drop c.
The image on the left gives you a good view of what the tuner looks like. You just hover over the strings on the image while on TuneMyBass.com and it will repeatedly play that note for you. The greatest thing about this online bass and guitar tuner is that it is 100% free. I love free stuff! Check it out and give yourself a hand. You can also use this site to help verify that your tuner is on target if you do have a tuner. This is how I found out that my tuner was calibrated too high.
This was originally an unreleased Unplugged Performance by Pearl Jam due to the fact that Eddie Vedder is seen here writing Pro Choice down his arm during the performance. Or, maybe it has something to do with him falling off his stool, I don’t know. At 2:19 in, Jeff Ament takes off on his bass solo as he stands on the drum platform. Awesome little video that I had never seen prior to today. Thanks to Matt S. for giving me the tip on this one!
I have added the bass tabs for Porch to the website. I am currently learning this song, and thought I would share. It has been a pretty easy learn, but the pace of it has been my challenge. Jeff Ament plays it on a 5 string but it is very easy to play on a 4 string. The beginning has no bass, but the bass slowly makes its way into the song. It’s a very progressive song, music energy and power continuously builds up throughout this song. Check it out!
Want some good solid quotes from the best bassists in the biz? Check out the new page on Sabra’s Bass by cicking here & find some good quotes and images. If you have a suggestion for more artists or quotes, feel free to contact me anytime. The artists do not have to be isolated to bassists, so anyone from Jimi Hendrix on down the line is welcome.
This page will continuously be growing so, enjoy! If you want to suggest something now, click here.
I’m getting excited. I am going to see Carbon Leaf on the 19th and this is a show that I thought I would never see. For the longest time they only played the East Coast. I don’t live anywhere near there.
In light of the occasion, I have been working on a Carbon Leaf song called Let Your Troubles Roll By. The video to the original song is below and when I get it perfected, I will add my own. The bass lines are fairly easy. There is a part that I have not quite figured out yet, but the majority of it is the same few notes. I have not found any tabs online for free or otherwise. I’ll keep my eyes out, but if I figure it out first, I will post my own bass tabs for this song.
The guitar chords are very easy, too. It consists of two chords, A & D. I have about mastered the basic chords on the guitar, so now to completely master it on the bass. I am close…so close.
I had a thought today when I logged onto Pandora.com. I have created stations based on almost everything from DubStep to Irish Folk music … so why not bass players? So I started googling around for bass players and to get a start on my station, started with Les Claypool (Primus and more) as the station seed. As I continued to browse around and see more bass player’s names that I recognized I added in several more artist seeds including Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Larry Graham (Graham Central Station), Ben Kenney (The Roots and Incubus) and John Entwhistle (The Who). Finally I had enough seeds to be satisfied. I am still building this station, but if you care to check it out or add it to your Pandora, click here.
I have been on a mission to figure out the proper tuning for Nirvana’s version of Where Did You Sleep Last Night. I pretty much got the tabs figured out, now if only I could get the proper tuning. As I was perusing Nirvana bass tab examples, I came across a note that said to tune it E flat, A flat, D flat and G flat so I tried it. It sounded so close, but just not quite right. I will continue my mission until I find the sound I am looking for and in the mean time, comments are always welcome!
I have not recorded me playing the bass yet, but I thought I would share another one of my interests with you. I told you that I love to sing. Now, whether I am any good or not is anybody’s guess but I love it anyway. This is Have You Ever Seen the Rain originally recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival. The levels are off quite a bit in this recording. It was my first attempt, but let me know what you think anyway!
I have been playing piano since I was very young. Took lessons for YEARS!!! My mother was a country singer and instilled a passion for music in me. Her passion was mostly limited to one style of music, so I took that a huge step further and began to broaden my musical horizons around the age of 12.
I picked up the flute in middle/high school for “band”. It was the only instrument I was permitted to play since it wasn’t too noisy. Time went on and I lost interest in any instrument except my voice.
About a year ago, I picked up the guitar. I had messed around with them before since my mother played. I knew how to tune it, that was it. After 9 months of continuously practicing the guitar, I knew that the ideal instrument was a stringed one, but not a guitar.
There is something about the bass that moves me…drives me to want to play again and again. I have found a new venture in music. A new destination to journey to. I have already begun this adventure into the land of bass, yet I have so much more to go. Join me, will you?
The first song that I learned on the bass guitar was Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. This is also the first song I mastered on the bass guitar. It is pretty easy, and the rhythm is slow enough to pick up quickly. After reviewing other site’s tablature and picking it out the first few times, I realized that it was a bit difficult to read these tabs since I was coming from a sheet music background. I decided to tab it out here very clearly for anyone who is just picking up this song for the first time or is a beginning bassist. I have also included the video with lyrics at the bottom of the Seven Nation Army bass tabs page.
